I’m not advocating all of what Andy Stanley does or offers, but here’s a good quote from his book, Next Generation Leader: 5 Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future
The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover the portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.
Figure out what makes a difference and DO THAT‼!
(ht: Matt Perman)
Parents: Imitate Christ For Your Children
“Take care what you do in front of your child. It is a true proverb, ‘He who sins before a child, sins double.’Strive rather to be a living epistle of Christ, such as your families can read, and that plainly too. Be an example of reverence for the Word of God, reverence in prayer, reverence for means of grace, reverence for the Lord’s day. Be an example in words, in temper, in diligence, in temperance, in faith, in charity, in kindness, in humility.
“Do not think your children will practice what they do not see you do. You are their model picture – and they will copy what you are. Your reasoning and your lecturing, your wise commands and your good advice – all this they may not understand, but they can understand your life!”
The Upper Room, “The Duties of Parents”, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1970], 312.
GIVE ME A BOOK, an article about reading, http://ow.ly/12VSx
2. To use some extraordinary devotions in the morning.
3. To examine the tenor of my life, and particularly the last week; and to mark my advances in religion, or recession from it. 4. To read the Scripture methodically with such helps as are at hand.
5. To go to church twice.
6. To read books of divinity, either speculative or practical.
7. To instruct my family.
8.To wear off by meditation any worldly soil contracted in the week. (PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS, a devotional classic).
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