A Godly Offspring

The desire for our children to have their own walk with the Lord is the desire of many Christian parents. Public worship too is good but to draw close to the Lord is more than that.

"Dad, you just don't understand." As this phrase rang over and over in the ears of Jim Sammons, he knew that God was trying to get his attention. Something would need to change in the way that he interacted with his children or . . . .

The world pulls in many directions. God pulls in one direction. When you feel pulled in different directions, or that you and your wife are going in different directions, or that the family is split, or ... that is the time to let the peace of God "umpire".

It is far easier to criticize our families rather than to praise them. Even in trying to praise them, pitfalls may arise. How can fathers encourage their wives and children? Mothers, also: how can they praise their husbands and children?