Jean Matthew Hall
Writing Encouraging Words
Category: Bible
Time Alone with God–You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me!
Face it! When you have young children squeezing one more thing into your day is hopeless! Even if that one thing is spending time alone with God. Have you heard the story of Suzanna Wesley who had (I believe) 18 children? She had her…
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Parenting From Fear Or Courage?
I’ve been a parent for 48 years. Boy! I’m old. Over this half-century I’ve seen many changes in our culture—including our Christian culture. I’ve watched the family structure crumble little-bit-by-little-bit. It’s a huge contributor to the other social ills of 21st Century America, in…
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Parenting Your Powerful Child Part 3 of 3
Bits of wisdom from Parenting Your Powerful Child: Bringing an End to the Everyday Battles by Dr. Kevin Leman. Proverbs 9:10 (HCSB) “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” From pages 256-257…
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Parenting Your Powerful Child Part 2 of 3
Bits of wisdom from Parenting Your Powerful Child: Bringing an End to the Everyday Battles by Dr. Kevin Leman. “Every family has a powerful child…or two. Some are easy to pick out— you can hear them from way down the block. Others you may…
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Become Like Little Children
Matthew 18: 1-7 NIV 1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you…
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YOUR CHILD’S HEART
I Samuel 16:7 b says: “Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.” Luke 16:15 b says: …
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PRAYING OVER YOUR CHILDREN
For the past fifty years I have prayed over my sleeping children, then grandchildren. Even when they were in their teens (too busy usually to pray with me) I knelt beside their beds late at night and prayed specifically for them. When my sons…
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Encouraging Words for Parents
Today’s encouraging words for parents are from Songs from a Mother’s Heart: Meditations on the Psalms by Pamela J. Kennedy-posted by Jean Matthew Hall Psalm 9: 1-2 1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful…
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For Parents: Inspiring Blogs & FaceBook Pages
I was supposed to make my first Saturday post for parents last week. My apologies for missing that date. During the Christmas holiday my sweet sister-in-law and dear friend of 50 years died in a tragic auto accident. I spent the first week of January…
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Bringing Big Doctrines Down to Kid Size
How can we teach Bible doctrine to children in ways that they can understand?
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Contact Jean at jean@jeanmatthewhall.com