Tag archive: discipline
One Brick At A Time
We currently have a section of our house where a brick layer is laying bricks. When he first arrived I was surprised that it was just him. We have had a number of trades in our house recently and there are usually a number of people on site. But this is just one brick layer…
Time Out
The answers were varied and often it depended on the personality of the child. Psalm 38:1-22 Reference: “Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.” Psalm 38:1 NIV Explore: I was recently listening to some talkback radio about disciplining children. Parents were calling in to discuss whether the time…
A Heavenly Work Out
But you persevere knowing it will get easier. Philippians 3:1-14 Reference: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,” Philippians 3:13 NIV Explore: I have just started jogging again. I have never been…
The Negative Consequences
When there’s been bad behaviour I can’t reward them Genesis 42:6-24 Reference: “He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.” Genesis 42:24 NIV Explore: I love to give my boys special things. One of…
Black, White and Grey
This leads to some very interesting “conversations” in our house! Genesis 15:7-21 Reference: Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. (Genesis 15:13 NIV) Explore: My husband sees things…