Parenting

Do You Love God with All Your Mind? 

Note: The final devos of 2024 will be based on Pastor Mark & Grace’s new workbook “Parenting on Point.” To get a physical copy, visit realfaith.com/donate through the end of the year.  “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” — Colossians 3:2  The mind is where our … Read more

Do You Love God with All Your Soul? 

Note: The final devos of 2024 will be based on Pastor Mark & Grace’s new workbook “Parenting on Point.” To get a physical copy, visit realfaith.com/donate through the end of the year.  “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits…” — Psalm 103:2  We now turn our focus to loving God … Read more

Do You Love God with All Your Heart? 

Note: The final devos of 2024 will be based on Pastor Mark & Grace’s new workbook “Parenting on Point.” To get a physical copy, visit realfaith.com/donate through the end of the year.  “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” — Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)  Parenting often brings with it a … Read more

What’s the Goal of Parenting?  

Note: The final devos of 2024 will be based on Pastor Mark & Grace’s new workbook “Parenting on Point.” To get a physical copy, visit realfaith.com/donate through the end of the year.  Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord … Read more

What’s Your Legacy?

Judges 8:30-31 – Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. As we learn about Gideon’s character development from fearful to faith-filled, we have to wonder – does this spiritual growth transfer … Read more

Did Your Parents Play Favorites?

Genesis 37:3-4 – Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully … Read more

Have You Overparented Your Kids?

 2 Timothy 1:7 – for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Overparenting is “too much involvement by parents in the lives of their children, so that they try to help with or control everything that happens to the child.” (1) Overparenting is the common overreaction to … Read more

Do Kids Have a Sin Nature?

Ephesians 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. The Bible is clear that young children are supposed to listen to and obey both their mother and father. This is necessary because the world is a dangerous place, children lack wisdom, and God has assigned the parents to protect, train, … Read more

This Parenting Tip May Save Your Children

1 Thessalonians 1:2 – We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers. When I held our first child, a beautiful little brunette girl, it dawned on me that I really had no idea what I was doing. Sure, I’d read books on parenting, done Bible studies on … Read more