Mother Theresa wisely said, Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.Life is not easy. It gets harder as you get older. These are some phrases we sometimes hear throughout life. And maybe there is some truth to

Ask God to help you focus on that person, the eternal spirit, that is living inside that temporary body that may have limitations. -Sonya Shafer.Sonya Shafer is a popular homeschool speaker and writer specializing in the Charlotte Mason Method. She ha

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. -Matthew 25:40.Good friends are valuable for many reasons, one being that they help to prevent isolation and loneliness while increasing our

Parenting is broken people raising more broken people. Im not perfect; so, I must go to something that is perfect, and thats God and Gods word. -Dan Seaborn.Dan Seaborn is the founder and president of Winning At Home, a non-profit ministry that enc

Does your child know what blasphemy of the Holy Spirit means?Blasphemy is a fundamental biblical directive we should understand well to be able to teach our children when the time comes. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is a willful, wicked rejection of God

If your kids want to listen to rap music, why not encourage them to listen to rap music about God?Timothy Brindle and Jonathan Gibson, together, are passionate about teaching kids about God and the Bible through their fun and engaging book series, Acr

Sweat more in the training so you will bleed less on the battlefield. -Greg KouklAs human beings, we are designed to be resilient. There are ways to teach children how to stand firm and have courage when faced with adversity or failure. Resilience is

Children have to make their faith their own. They have to get to that point where they can defend the Bible and defend their own faith, not their parents faith.-Jesse Florea.Jesse Florea has worked at Focus on the Family for nearly 30 years. For 25 o

As I'm sure you know, we, as human beings, don'talways respond correctly when our patience is being tested.Even if we try and be gentle parents, we sometimes lose control and yell at our children when we are disciplining. Emotional reactivity and knee-

"We have at this point way over 300 near-death experiences that describe an awareness or a detailed encounter with God." -Jeffrey LongJeffrey Long, M.D., is a radiation oncology physician who, over 20 years ago, founded the Near-Death Experience Researc