We have one copy of  Dancing with Max to give away. To be in to win, tell us how God is helping you as a parent.

I wrote:

God is helping me as a parent if  I follow all of his commands. If  I am obedient to God it helps the children to follow the command in Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”

“Teach your children why you believe what you believe. Don’t ask them to accept your beliefs blindly. Don’t be afraid to teach them to think for themselves. God’s Word can withstand the test.” – Dr. Paul Meier

“GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST”

“Get something off one’s chest.” I am sure you know what that means!

You unburden yourself of troubles by talking about them. You unburden yourself of  worries by talking about them. You unburden yourself of your sins by talking about them.

You know what your troubles are, you know what your worries are, you know what your sins are.

There are health troubles, financial troubles, people are out of work ……. and the list goes on and on.

Do you have somebody to talk to? Do you have a friend to talk to? A husband talks about his troubles and his worries to his wife. A wife talks about her troubles and worries to her husband.

Do you know the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus,….?”

My friend is the Lord Jesus Christ and I talk to the Lord Jesus Christ about everything. I unburden myself of my sins by talking about them to the Lord Jesus Christ. (First John 1:9)

Lewis E. Jones asks in his hymn “Would you be free from your burden of sin?”

And he also gives the answer: “There is power in the blood, power in the blood;…”