kingdom – Teaching My Heart

Honoring the Gift of Parenthood in God's Image

October 20, 2014 KevinComment (0) Posted in Christian LifeTagged cherish, children, Earth, God, Heaven, honor, invest, Jesus, kingdom, Kingdom of God, love, parenthood, prepare, raise, serve, teach

Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from Him.
Psalm 127:3 NLT

We adopt concepts and principles of educating children that were articulated by Charlotte Mason such as respecting a child as a born person, teaching them habits, valuing relationships and the affirmation and commitment “I am, I can, I ought and I will.”

Charlotte Mason, painted by Frederic Yates, 1902

I am a child of God
I ought to do His will
I can do what He tells me
And by His grace I will
SBA Elementary motto

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God's Type

August 6, 2014 KevinComment (0) Posted in Bible Study, Know God, Personal ramblings, WorshipTagged David, fear, God, handsome, humble, Jeroboam, king, kingdom, Saul, Solomon, valiant, warrior

While reading about the split of the kingdom of Israel after Solomon’s death I ran across the description of Jeroboam.

Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings 11:28

I wanted to revisit how God described Saul, Israel’s first king.

[Kish] had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome peson than he among he sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 9:2

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(1024 words, estimated 4:06 mins reading time)