Lessons on Parenting: What Parents in the Bible Can Teach Parents Today - Softcover
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Throughout the pages of Scripture, Moms and Dads are found making choices and decisions that impact their children and those around them. The blessings or fallout from those choices and decisions most definitely can apply to our lives as parents today. So what can parents today learn from those parents of old? What could happen in our families if we apply the lessons taught through these Scriptural accounts? Those are the questions this book seeks to answer.
In his engaging style, Mark J. Musser leads his readers through nineteen stories--each one involving Old Testament parents whose words, actions, and attitudes still echo through the generations.
Through each thought-provoking chapter, discover:
*You are qualified to parent, regardless of the doubts that Satan throws at you.
*You are called to be a super-model, not on the runway for spectators, but in daily life for your children.
*You must guard against compromise in your life and in your family.
*You can be a chain-breaker and end any family history of dysfunction.
*You are the rock your children need to feel safe and secure.
*You are called to exemplify selflessness and sacrifice.
*Your life and choices today will affect the lives and choices of your grandchildren fifty years from now.
And much more!
Throughout the pages of Scripture, Moms and Dads are found making choices and decisions that impact their children and those around them. The blessings or fallout from those choices and decisions most definitely can apply to our lives as parents today. So what can parents today learn from those parents of old? What could happen in our families if we apply the lessons taught through these Scriptural accounts? Those are the questions this book seeks to answer.
In his engaging style, Mark J. Musser leads his readers through nineteen stories--each one involving Old Testament parents whose words, actions, and attitudes still echo through the generations.
Through each thought-provoking chapter, discover:
*You are qualified to parent, regardless of the doubts that Satan throws at you.
*You are called to be a super-model, not on the runway for spectators, but in daily life for your children.
*You must guard against compromise in your life and in your family.
*You can be a chain-breaker and end any family history of dysfunction.
*You are the rock your children need to feel safe and secure.
*You are called to exemplify selflessness and sacrifice.
*Your life and choices today will affect the lives and choices of your grandchildren fifty years from now.
And much more!
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From the Author:
BOOK EXCERPT
I have never owned a yellow car with black trim nor have I ever had a running meter on my dashboard. Nevertheless, I still spend a great deal of time feeling like a taxi service.
This was especially true when my wife and I were fostering children.
Over the years, we have fostered twenty-seven children and have had as many as ten at one time (nine foster children and our own son). Now, I love kids, but that's a lot!
You can imagine that with ten kids, ages five to thirteen, the Parent Taxi Co. was continually in service. Our brownish-grey Astro van took kids to therapy, counseling, school, plays, parks, pools, birthday parties, sporting events, fishing trips, church, children's club, youth group, and much, much, much, much more!
As owner-operator of this Parent Taxi Co. I can tell you that there weren't a whole lot of thank you's left behind by the passengers. But they did leave behind a whole lot of crumbs, ripped papers, pencils, portable video game cartridges, school books, and gooey substances!
Have you been there? If you are reading this book as a parent, then I am sure the answer is a resounding "YES! Preach it, Mark!"
It seems that it is part of a parent's lot in life to be the owner-operator of a chauffeur service, as we are obliged to bring our children to place to place to place...to place
The most important place to bring our children, however, is to Jesus.
We must indeed bring them to Jesus through trips to church, to youth group, and to kids' club, but that is not all. We must also bring them to Jesus through daily devotions in our home, dinner time prayers, night time talks, etc.
We must be constantly finding ways to bring our children to Jesus so that they can experience His presence, His love, His truth, and His transforming power.
We see this repeatedly in the Gospels, as parents were continually bringing their children to Jesus in order to receive His touch and blessing
About the Author:
I have never owned a yellow car with black trim nor have I ever had a running meter on my dashboard. Nevertheless, I still spend a great deal of time feeling like a taxi service.
This was especially true when my wife and I were fostering children.
Over the years, we have fostered twenty-seven children and have had as many as ten at one time (nine foster children and our own son). Now, I love kids, but that's a lot!
You can imagine that with ten kids, ages five to thirteen, the Parent Taxi Co. was continually in service. Our brownish-grey Astro van took kids to therapy, counseling, school, plays, parks, pools, birthday parties, sporting events, fishing trips, church, children's club, youth group, and much, much, much, much more!
As owner-operator of this Parent Taxi Co. I can tell you that there weren't a whole lot of thank you's left behind by the passengers. But they did leave behind a whole lot of crumbs, ripped papers, pencils, portable video game cartridges, school books, and gooey substances!
Have you been there? If you are reading this book as a parent, then I am sure the answer is a resounding "YES! Preach it, Mark!"
It seems that it is part of a parent's lot in life to be the owner-operator of a chauffeur service, as we are obliged to bring our children to place to place to place...to place
The most important place to bring our children, however, is to Jesus.
We must indeed bring them to Jesus through trips to church, to youth group, and to kids' club, but that is not all. We must also bring them to Jesus through daily devotions in our home, dinner time prayers, night time talks, etc.
We must be constantly finding ways to bring our children to Jesus so that they can experience His presence, His love, His truth, and His transforming power.
We see this repeatedly in the Gospels, as parents were continually bringing their children to Jesus in order to receive His touch and blessing
Mark has a passion to communicate God's design for life and the family. He and his wife, Christie, have fostered 28 children and have one teen-aged son of their own.
Mark has a Masters in Christian Education as well as earning more than 100 Continuing Education Credits in the area of children and youth development, family dynamics, conflict-resolution within the family, discipleship in the home, effective discipline, parenting teenagers, dealing with different personalities, etc.
He is further trained and certified through the National Center for Fathering (See: fathers.com) to lead various seminars and workshops. Mark and his family live in the Lehigh Valley of northeast, Pennsylvania. He loves Philadelphia sports teams--Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and 76ers; so he knows much about pain and heartache. He enjoys playing sports, writing books, hanging with his family, and referring to himself in the third person.
Check out his website at markjmusser.com. You will find all of Mark's other titles as well as some free resources.
Mark has a Masters in Christian Education as well as earning more than 100 Continuing Education Credits in the area of children and youth development, family dynamics, conflict-resolution within the family, discipleship in the home, effective discipline, parenting teenagers, dealing with different personalities, etc.
He is further trained and certified through the National Center for Fathering (See: fathers.com) to lead various seminars and workshops. Mark and his family live in the Lehigh Valley of northeast, Pennsylvania. He loves Philadelphia sports teams--Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and 76ers; so he knows much about pain and heartache. He enjoys playing sports, writing books, hanging with his family, and referring to himself in the third person.
Check out his website at markjmusser.com. You will find all of Mark's other titles as well as some free resources.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1516888448
- ISBN 13 9781516888443
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages174
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