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I encourage you to find joy in the mist of the half Christmas day schedule switch, the loneliness of the quiet when they have headed on to the other parents and the sadness that this was not the way you dreamed it would be.</div>
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Find joy in the moments with your kids, get busy if that what helps you, reach out to friends...they would love to have you but may hav<span class="text_exposed_show">e forgotten you are a lone. So reach out, reach inside and make a change...find a new tradition. Just because this is not the way we planned our life doesn't mean we can make it a game changer for the best. </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">So CHEERS to you, you are a rock star! Hold that head of yours high, love your kids and know that they will be ok and so will you!!! </span></div>
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MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-73676898009463214112014-10-10T10:03:00.001-04:002014-10-10T10:03:09.725-04:00Day 3. Fear. Praying for Boys.This chapter was so profound for me. I can be an over protective mom and that can create a sense of fear in a son. Brooke McGlothlin said it perfectly in her book Praying for Boys. <div>Cultivating a posture of strength in a man is important for five simple reasons:</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> When they’re tempted to do what’s wrong, they can remember what it felt like to overcome, and draw from that reservoir of strength to choose what’s right. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The world needs more men who aren’t afraid to take a stand, no matter the cost.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Their future wives will appreciate a man who isn’t afraid to make bold, fearless decisions for the benefit of his family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Their future children will reap the benefits of a father who worships the Lord without fear of what others might think.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> The kingdom of God will be furthered as men follow hard after their God- given dreams. Strength in a man, the right kind, is of the utmost importance.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This book praying for boys is opening my eyes in ways I had not even begun to think. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm looking at fear in a different light. Where do I need to let go and where do I need to encourage him to move forward! I want him to be all of the things above and all the Lords called him to be. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OIhW6P3Zh34/VDfnGzzdyiI/AAAAAAAABGw/UQ2towVICb8/s640/blogger-image--1966393100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OIhW6P3Zh34/VDfnGzzdyiI/AAAAAAAABGw/UQ2towVICb8/s640/blogger-image--1966393100.jpg"></a></div></span></div>MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-47544622535097150362014-10-09T21:43:00.001-04:002014-10-09T21:43:31.666-04:00Day 2. ObeyTeaching our sons to obey is vital to their success not just in this life but in a life lead by the Lord. The bible is full of scripture that warns about the consequences for not obeying. If we don't start by teaching our sons to obey us how will we ever expect them to obey Jesus? Moms we have a HUGE responsibility in setting our boys up for success on this one! <div><br></div><div>Can you share some of the ways you use to help your sons learn to obey?! </div><div><br></div><div>Scripture to reference. </div><div> Taken from Brooke's book. 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Ezekiel 36:26-27 says I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. <div>This is my cry and my prayer for my son today. Lord only you can bend his knee and his heart towards you...but I stand here as his mom and war for him in prayer that as he has accepted you as his Lord and Savior that he gives to you his <b>whole</b> heart!</div><div>How can we as a community of Moms of boys pray specifically for your son?</div><div><br></div><div>If you have not started yet, download Brooke's book and join us each morning as we pray for our sons of all ages! 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Well the MOB (Moms of Boys) Society is doing it again and I want to do the blog again.<br />
So here is the deal, go to the website <a href="http://www.themobsociety.com/2014/09/15/21-days-prayer-sons/">http://www.themobsociety.com/2014/09/15/21-days-prayer-sons/</a> and sign up. If you can get there today 9/16 you can download the book for $1.99. Sign up, get the book and follow along. Each day I will blog about that days reading and prayers and you can just read along or comment and share your story. <br />
Where are you struggling, where are you worries, where are you seeing prayers answered?<br />
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MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-70675886337993026402014-01-30T21:04:00.001-05:002014-01-31T15:49:13.740-05:00I Quit<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been praying for a word to live by, one that God would give me to help me move forward in my walk with Him. I prayed over and over and non stop the word QUIT kept coming up. I rejected it every time saying to myself that's my mind, that's indigestion. It was not. As I began to pray for wisdom as to why this word kept coming up God began to show me all the places in my life that over time I've said "yes" to things, words and items that God did not ask me or want me to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I stand here for 2014 saying "I Quit" to rejecting myself. You see most of my life I've never had a problem with my weight. Then about 10 years ago I was diagnosed with an auto immune disease of my thyroid. The short story is I now no longer have a thyroid and have had many health issues related to Graves Disease. I've been through since 6 months of prednisone at very high doses and radiation treatments to help save my vision. I went form a size 6 to an 18 and a diverse during this time. This started my rejection. I've never gotten down to my fighting weight and for years this has played in my head that I'm not pretty enough, I'm not thin enough, I'm not perfect there for I won't date, I won't put my self out there in ministry because I don't feel good enough...every so often I think I've conquered this and I give it to God but it's my Achilles heel and I listen to the lies again...so I quit rejecting myself and allowing these lies to hold me back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I quit dieting and vow to continue the healthy eating and let the weight focus go. </span></div>
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MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-63193074170571489932012-02-16T08:26:00.000-05:002012-02-16T08:26:48.347-05:00Hope for the Weary Mom - Book<img src="http://www.themobsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Weary-Mom-250x250-v2.png" /><br />
I can not wait for my book! I am the weary Mom!! Once I get the book I will be blogging about it and my life as a weary Mom! It's been a long time but I am excited about getting back to Blogging!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-51799565598326144292011-08-02T09:00:00.000-04:002011-08-02T09:00:55.855-04:00New Blog to FollowI have found a new blog to follow full of wisdom and Mommy insite!<br />
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Enjoy my friends! <br />
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Tedd and Marge Pripp in their latest book<u>, Instructing a Child's Heart </u>, say "We give our children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of."<br />
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"That's why from the very beginning I've tried to teach my boys the difference between saying, "I'm sorry" and "Please forgive me"<br />
The simple profound difference between the two lies in the person's intent. When someone wounds me, inflicts pain, or generally does something that affects me adversely, it's either done on purpose or it isn't."<br />
I'm sorry is allowed when the result of their behavior was an accident.<br />
"Forgive me is used when one has deliberately sinned against another. <br />
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Teaching this difference helps them understand the difference in behavior and in sin.<br />
Praying for you all at we begin to come to an end in this journey. MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-66109748233926794572011-06-26T22:23:00.000-04:002011-06-26T22:23:07.729-04:00Day 19 - Salvation<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Enought Said!! </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and beliece in your heart taht God raided him from the dead, you wikl be saved - Romans 10:9</span></em>MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-62798645988231831562011-06-25T07:24:00.000-04:002011-06-25T07:24:08.733-04:00Day 18 - AngerWe are beginning the next section called When Hearts Soften<br />
Brooke shares a wonderful story about her boys in the beginning of this section and it sheds like on where I am right now. Nick asked about being Baptised the other day. I asked him if he knew what it means. And honestly He said no. So together we watched our church's video for kids on Baptism and talked about it for a few minutes. He says he understands and can answer my questions but I still have a check in my heart...I don't think he does. I think he wants to do it because he saw how emotional I got when one of his friends did it. There does not seem to be a heart connection to it at this moment. So for now we are holding off. And I am praying for the Heart Change and for Jesus to lead the way not me and my emotions.<br />
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Today we begin praying about Anger. I pray that God is using this in mighty ways for you all and that your son's heart softens, along with your heart change!<br />
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Blessings My Friends!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-10003550528585835432011-06-24T08:25:00.000-04:002011-06-24T08:25:16.222-04:00Day 17 - Self ControlChoosing to not follow your own way...that one is hard for me in some areas! I am struggling with my weight and comfort eating. I have not been a very good role model on this one but over the last month I have been trying to change my eating habits so that my example is a better one for Nick.<br />
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Where do you struggle with Self Control?<br />
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What is your desire for your son in this area?<br />
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Blessings All!<br />
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If you did not get to be a part of last nights half way there party on FB. Make sure to go and look up the 21 Day of Prayers for Boys page on FB and chime in. There are prizes to be had, great offers on books and Amber is donating one of her awesome shirts as a prize. The page will be open through the weekend. Go check it out!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-67937223057001007492011-06-23T00:04:00.000-04:002011-06-23T00:07:01.702-04:00Day 16 - Gentleness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Boys and Gentle...if your son is like mine he can turn a stick into a gun, slays bad guys, good guys and anything that stands still.<br />
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"Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness..." Joshua 24:14MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-27170239066882230962011-06-20T22:36:00.000-04:002011-06-20T22:36:49.639-04:00Day 14 - GoodnessToday you have prayers for Goodness.<br />
Brooke encourages us today by asking "What are you aiming for? When your boys disobey, disrespect are unkind. When they seek to understand what's important. When they notice girls, cheat in school or fight on the bus. When they're seeking marriage, failing in school or deciding whether to have sex for the first time or not...what are you aiming for?<br />
I want their hears. No behavior modification or fad parenting of the day. No, I want the hearts of our boys because God want the hearts of our boys. I'm aiming for the heart. But how?<br />
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<span class="woj"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-23946"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">27</span></strong></sup> “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.</span> <span class="woj"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-23947"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">28</span></strong></sup> In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.</span> <br />
Looking at parenting through the lens of these verses has changed everything for me. You see I was a Pharisee. Boy was my cup clean on the outside. But on the inside? On the inside my cup was filthy, full of uncleanness.<br />
I had everybody fooled, even myself. I believed that if I did good things, it made m good. Actually, it's probably closer to the truth to day I believed that If I didn't do bad things, I wasn't bad. I didn't know that no one is good. I really didn't understand that everyone sins. And I didn't understand the depth of my own sin until the Lord showed it to me. <br />
Question: In our efforts to raise our sons are we teaching them that if they do good things they are good?Righteous even? If we teach them that being good is all if takes, if our discipline and training focuses on their behavior, how will they know they need a Savior?<br />
Are we raising little Pharisees? Or are we raising Godly men with a heart for God? If a Godly son is your goal, you must aim for the heart. Because unless the heart is changed - touched- the behavior will stay the same. It might look a little different, morph some as they grow. But behavior is always a symptom of the state of the heart. What's in the heart, comes out.<br />
"Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." Matthew 12:34<br />
Ask yourself these questions:<br />
1. What parenting tools have I been using that only focus on changing the behavior and not the heart? Am I willing to lay them down even if they produce what looks like a good child?<br />
2. Reaching a child's heart takes time. Behavior modification is much faster! Am I willing to change things about my life so that I have the time to invest in the hearts of my children?<br />
3. Most importantly: Am I willing to submit my own heart to God and allow Him to mold me from the inside out?<br />
Shepherding our boys is not the the faint of heart friends! Once a week or more I'm tempted to just throw it all out the window (including the boys...) and take the easier path. So what keeps me going? I want their hearts. Just like my Heavenly Father want mine! (From Brook - originally posted at the M.O.B. Society. Pg 29 - 30 leaders guide)MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-55782503626474755122011-06-19T22:32:00.000-04:002011-06-19T22:32:17.247-04:00Day 13 - KindnessWhat do you envision when you want your son to be filled with the fruit of the spirit of kindness?<br />
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I know for me I want to see that Nick's heart is sensitive to those around him. I want him to be a champion for those that are hurting. i want his heart to break for what breaks the Lord's heart. But I want him to learn to have boundaries in that kindness and only do what God has asked him to do. <br />
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I try to help Nick develop this sense of kindness by modeling it and following him when he sees something that needs to be "righted" or someone who needs a kind word. I want him to trust his heart and care for those around him. <br />
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Enjoy today as you pray the scriptures about kindness for your boys!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-50957661109689608342011-06-19T22:07:00.000-04:002011-06-19T22:07:55.679-04:00Day 12 - PatienceBrooke encourages us today with this thought:<br />
I'm convinced that God cares less about how much I accomplish in lufe...the 'great things' I do in His Name...than He does about how I respond to the things He allows into my life on the daily. Some of the most accomploished in the Kingdom fo Christ are those whose names you and i will never know this side of heaven. And greatness is only measured bu how well we respond to Christ in the little things. Be patient for what God's plan is and not necessarily pursuing our own dreams.<br />
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Paul E Miller has this to say about greatness in his book entitled A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Disracting World:<br />
"Underneath her obedient life is a sense of helplessness. It has become part of her very nature...almost like breathing. Why? Because she is weak. She can feel her restless heart, her tendency to compare herself with other. She is shocked at how jealousy can well up in her. She notices how easily the world gets its hooks into her. In short, she distrusts herself. When she looks at other people, she see the same struggles. The world, the flesh, and the devil are too much for her. The result? Her heart cries out to God in prayer. She needs Jesus."<br />
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"But whoever would be great among you must be your servaant..." Matthew 20:26<br />
(GL page 25)MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-53172245657870170422011-06-17T23:51:00.000-04:002011-06-17T23:51:38.351-04:00Day 11 - PeaceToday we are on the Fruit of the Spirit called Peace. <br />
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Today this word has a sign of relief to it.<br />
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I love that I live on the coast and really cool things happen here. Today the Aquarium was releasing three turtles back into the ocean. They were all rescued from different circumstances and nursed back to health and placed back in the wild where they belong. But while we were waiting for this to happen I over heard a Mom telling the lifeguard, "I can't find my daughter" To make a long story short the 6 year old was looking for her family and was walking up and down the beach looking for them. She was found about 40 minutes after she had been reported missing. Watching the mom who was distraught broke my heart. All I could do was pray...and we did. After speaking to a few friends turned out we all prayed about about the same time..."Jesus, you know where this child is. Show her, illuminate her to the authorities looking for her. Help her return to her Mom...In the name of Jesus, Amen. About 5 minutes later it was announced that she was found. THANK YOU JESUS!!! When that announcement came a sense of Peace washed over me. She is home. There are so many lessons in that story today but I am going to stick to Peace. <br />
That Mom is resting tonight at Peace that her family is intact. The details of the day dont matter, the dishes dont matter what does matter is the family.<br />
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Mom's take time to be at peace with your life. It is not perfect, it is not going to be perfect but enjoy what God has given you. Take that time to renew yourself in Him, go out with the girls and recharge, go out on a date with your husband. Renew your self so that you are at peace with it, knowing God has you right where He wants you! Work from a place a rest!<br />
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May you be justified by faith and have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1)<br />
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Enjoy your Saturday!!<br />
Blessings!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-90936680071157393032011-06-17T05:51:00.000-04:002011-06-17T05:51:07.106-04:00Day 10 - JoyEncouragement from Brooke:<br />
What is joy really? And if my strength comes from the joy of the Lord (Psalm 28:7), then what does the joy of the Lord really look like? (LG pg 22)<br />
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As I type these words at 5:40 am having been awake since 4:30 stressing I am wondering what is joy and how do I find it at times like these. As head of my household I am looking at a move that will happen days after I get back from a missions trip, a birthday party where there is still lots to do and physically I am still struggling with bronchitis and pneumonia, not to mention the 15 other small things on my plate... and I am not great at asking for help. Not even from the Lord.<br />
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So this morning I sit here speaking to the Lord, asking Him for that strength that comes from His joy and I am already feeling better. Maybe that strength comes from sitting here in conversation, pouring out my heart and then listening and allowing Him to speak to me. After all that is what I would want Nick to do if he was up in the middle of the night stressing out. Wake me up, sit at the foot of my bed and tell me all that is worrying you and let me listen and let me help. It would give me great joy.<br />
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God is good all the time and He has the answer. Sometimes we just have to sit, pour out our hearts so it is not a distraction and then listen to His wise council.<br />
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I will be praying for you all, as Mom's, wives, sisters, daughters and Princesses of the Most High!!<br />
<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3>Psalm 28:7</h3><div class="txt-sm">New International Version (NIV)</div></div><br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-14307"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></strong></sup> The LORD is my strength and my shield; <br />
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. <br />
My heart leaps for joy, <br />
and with my song I praise him. MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-84059702845757008132011-06-16T09:04:00.000-04:002011-06-16T09:04:30.415-04:00The Fruit of the Spirit"Lord, fill my son's heart with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Amen" (WP ebook p 28)<br />
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Today we will look at Love, the first in the list of the fruits of the Spirit. The Bible tells us that God is love, yet the word is used loosely in our society today. We love our cars, our new toy, our new shoes, etc. How can we make the word LOVE mean the true meaning from the Bible...God is Love. What does that mean to you and your boy(s)? How do you teach them just how huge that word is? And it is huge. We have all had a situation where we have had someone in our lives that we really didn't love yet when we prayed for God to change our hearts, He did and showed us how to love and gave us that capacity. Maybe that is the key. God is the only one that can take that watered down word and make it whole again. <br />
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God I pray that you show us Mom's how to show our boys the real meaning of Love and that You are love! Touch our boys heart and show them Your love in ways that move their heart closer to you. In Jesus name! Amen!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-11416302133279616542011-06-15T14:51:00.000-04:002011-06-15T14:51:21.817-04:00Day 7 - HonorAfternoon everyone. I had to fight IE-9 and I won! woohoo...Just a little late.<br />
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When I think of Honor I think of the Office of the President. It is a position that we Honor, we respect it, we show certain behaviors to the person that holds that office. We stand when they walk in the room, we address them with certain titles and we look up to them. <br />
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I also think of a Knight in Shining Armor. In my house we love playing "Mighty Warrior". I don't think I have ever spoken to Nick or let him know in some other way that he is the man of the house but he has taken on that roll. He loves to rescue me from the mouse in the trap (I don't care if it is dead I'm not picking it up!) I had a friend who told me about a book called "Raising a Modern Day Knight" Has anyone else read it?<br />
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My desire is that our boys know honor, know how to defend his honor and her honor.<br />
Today I've been praying "Our boys fear the Lord, and receive honor (Psalm 15:4)<br />
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Do you have any stories to share about your boys? Any specific scripture jumping out at you?MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-67133562174423781912011-06-14T09:10:00.000-04:002011-06-14T09:10:36.496-04:00Comments and GmailI am working on it but something is wrong with Gmail and Blogger and it is not allowing comments. i'm working on it. It is my desire that this has a flow and we all have the chance to learn from each other. <br />
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I will let you know when we are up and running on the comments!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-70984287135560767822011-06-14T08:57:00.000-04:002011-06-14T08:57:57.547-04:00Day 7 - Servant's HeartI love those words..."A Servant's Heart". I want to have this and I want Nick to have this! Jesus lead by serving. He saw a need, heard from the Father and did it. Today's scriptures on page 25 will help us pray for that Servant's Heart. As I am praying 1Peter 4:10 <em>May ___________ use his spiritual gifts to serve others, as good stewards of God's varied grace.</em> I am reminded to pray that God shows him his spiritual gifts and that The Lord shows me where to guide and where to step out of the way. <br />
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I'm praying for you all and your boys today!!MaryChris Delcioppohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250925018403632724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119028365387816463.post-37107923742267336012011-06-13T16:32:00.000-04:002011-06-13T16:32:26.617-04:00Following AlongIf you are following along and have not connected to the Blog will you do it so I know who all I am keeping up with and praying for!<br />
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