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Christian Meditation For Children
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Ten Things I Hope to Teach your Children
The Ten things I hope to teach my Children:
Being the father of five; I am constantly teaching my children both literally and through my actions. With the Labor Day weekend and a finally moment to reflect – I thought about the things I hope I can pass on to my children.
This is not focused on teaching them how to add or spell but how to face life and be of character. We all have a responsibility to resource, equip, teach, and provide for those who are coming after us, and who are preparing to take our place. We are expected to do all we can to help ensure their growth and security; to teach them the things you value the most. Teach them to learn from your mistakes and not necessarily repeat them. It’s probably your most important and fulfilling tasks as a parent – passing on the values that will sustain them through their lives of challenging tasks and difficult decisions.
What, then, should we be careful to pass on tour children? What values do you want to instill? Here are my ten torches I hope to pass on:
To value money less: I want my child to not let their careers dictate their time and who they are. Learn them to find joy in their family and friends; in serving others and to find your stock in life in god and not in your workplace. Teach a child to learn to save more and spend less and to not have to continue upgrading your spending habits to match your earning increases. Have your child learn to not to have to continuously upgrade your house and car. Your child should want to find their satisfaction in worship and not in your toys.
Reflection time: I hope to pass on to my children how critical free time is and how valuable your time is. I think as a generation our worst fault is our “busyness” and ability to overbook ourselves. We never ever have any time to reflect or to meditate; to spend time alone or for that matter to book a lazy time at home with the family. My first value will be of time – to be less busy; less scheduled; less stress – to value your free time and to learn to schedule “nothing” or time to do nothing. The time to meditate; to reflect; to dream and plan is so critical to a healthy life but is often completely missed. My children should learn to leave the office an hour early to spend more time with the family instead of working late.
A Servants Attitude: As Americans most of us are blessed to have more than we will ever need. Most of us live in excess – having more toys and spending our free time enjoying our toys and leisure. We should want to teach my children to use their blessings on helping others – to use their free time serving others. It takes a long time to realize the joy of helping others far exceeds the pleasure of driving a new boat or playing the latest video game. My second torch to pass on is to teach my children it is far greater to serve others than to serve yourself.
The importance of friends – deep biding relationships. One of the best things we can bequeath to the next generation is how helpful, how rich, and how essential it is to have abiding and vulnerable personal relationships with one another. They need deep relationships that they can not only share with but who will also hold them accountable. They need deep friendships. (Hebrews 10:24) They need to have a small group that is biblically based and will help them grow spiritually.
Less perfection. It seems with emails; computers and better communications – errors seem to get magnified and publicized. Unfortunately this has led to huge pressures to be perfect. Everyone now strives to be so perfect. We shouldn’t teach our children to be perfect! I hope to teach my children to be able to accept the truth about faults, weaknesses, and failures and not hide in shame, self-judgment, and condemnation. Teach your child to be more forgiving and less judgmental. I want them to learn to be honest beyond honest; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. This will help them deal with the baggage they will naturally carry and learn to grow as imperfect people who have a living message of hope for a world that is lost. Learn them to experience more joy and happiness in their imperfection.
Less judging. This seems to be such an issue I decided to make it a point in itself. We all are guilty of judginng OURSELVES and others too harshly. Culture is constantly setting standards no one can meet and then we judge ourselves too severely. Worse yet we are constantly judging others when we hate it when others judge us. It seems these days those who call themselves Christians end up being the most judgmental. Again nothing is as critical as teaching your children the importance of trust and honesty; about confession, forgiveness, grief, restoration, healing, and moving on. And once they learn to be less judgmental of others they also stop being so concerned with judging themselves and if others are judging them. It’s so freeing.
Praise. I hope to model to my children how proud I am of them; how wonderful they are and how much God loves them. Our children need our blessing. They need to know we aren’t holding on to power, territory, or authority. They need to know we trust them and love them and we believe in them and Support them, take initiative to help, mentor them, and guide them. Give them confidence in who they are so they aren’t so apt to change to make someone else happy.
God’s blessings don’t mean being wealthy. Unfortunately we have somehow tied our wealth or lack of it to how much God is blessing us. And if we are successful it’s because God is blessing our actions. True we do owe everything to God but somehow we attribute our success to his approval and that’s far from the truth. You should want my children to learn God’s love and blessings are the same whether we are rich or poor and aren’t an indication of either.
Worship values. We need to teach and model the realities of what is truly important in life. Our time to worship and our faith in God should be the most important thing in our lives. Worship is a seven day per week pastime not a Sunday morning date. Our children have to know that everydat starts with God. We need to place more emphasis on Sunday as a day of reverence. Sunday is THE day of worship, a day of reverence and rest not a day to schedule birthday parties and little league games. We need to teach and model the reality of God and his grace, being loving in our relationships, the truth of the Word of God, the salvation that comes through Jesus, the importance of a life surrendered to God, that God is first and foremost, that God sees all we do so being an honest person, living holy lives, and living in community – is the only way to live. Once we trust in God and put our faith in him and worship Him as He deserves – the rest of our lives become much richer and become much easier to manage. Our children have to know that all of reality and all of life is spiritual at the core. This is God’s universe, whether we are dealing with marriage, dating, finances, careers, or our mission in life. We have to teach our children to see that God has principles, answers, solutions, and guidance for every single area of life, so they will look to him and trust his ways. Learn to trust in the Bible for our answers not our culture.
The Importance of Prayer – though it’s last it’s certainly not the least. We need to pass on to our children how important prayer is; what a blessing it is to be able to talk to God. You can’t have a better friend or supporter. How often is HE and our prayer time the first thing we cut out of our busy schedule. Teach them to have a set prayer time; to start the day in prayer; to pray in the same quiet room; to become a habitual prayer. Pray, Pray and Pray.
May God bless you and your children.
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A Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God (Volume 2); Consisting of a Meditation for Each Morning in the Year, Upon Select Texts of Scripture. $26.15 This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: Printed by Deare and Andrews in 1803 in 391 pages; Subjects: Devotional exercises; Calendars; Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes; Religion / Christian Life / Devotional; Religion / Devotional; Religion / Meditations; Religion / Christianity / Calvinist; |
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Break Through And Break Free! How To Use Bible Meditation To Turn Head Knowledge Into Revelation Knowledge And Receive What You Believe For $13.5 Jesus died on the cross of Calvary to give us the ability to overcome adversity and be victorious in every circumstance that life throws at us. Many Christians have no idea how to apply the Bible to their own personal lives in order to walk in the victory that belongs to us. Break Through and Break Free will show you how to make the Bible and all that God offers you, as a believer, a reality in your own life. It is possible to be an "overcomer" when it comes to this thing called "life," and the way to do it is through Bible meditation. In this book, I will show you what meditation is, how to do it, and how to get results. I have included practical meditation guides for the following areas in your life: dignity and self-worth, healing, prosperity, anti-anxiety and alleviating worry. As you meditate on these scriptures, revelation will follow, which will then lead to manifestation.This book will help you to be all that Christ died for you to be; to have all Christ died for you to have; and to do all that Christ died for you to do. Vicki Heymann was born in South Africa and now lives in Australia, with her husband, Marius, and her two children, Jacobus and Ingrid.Vicki has completed a Bible course through the Correspondence School of Jerry Savelle Ministries and graduated with a ministerial diploma. She preached regularly at Newcastle Christian Centre under the leadership of Pastors Marty and Margot McCrindle. She coordinated faith courses and was a prayer leader, while attending.Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/BreakThroughAndBreakFree.html |
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Come Walk with Me: A Woman's Personal Guide to Knowing God and Mentoring Others $10.99 How Can I Become the Godly Woman I Desire to Be? Are There Things I Can Do to Deepen My Relationship With God? What Can I Do To Help Other Women Mature Spiritually? Women are inherently relational; they naturally respond to people, particularly other women. Because of this, many women learn best through a one-on-one mentoring relationship—such as the one described in Titus 2 (“…older woman…train the younger women.”)   Yet countless people have difficulty finding a godly woman prepared to fill this role. That’s why author Carole Mayhall has written Come Walk with Me: to stand in the gap as counselor and guide while you grow, and to teach how you too can assist younger Christian women in their spiritual walk. Carole’s friendly, practical advice will help you: Review the Crucial Basics of the Christian Faith.  Fall more deeply in love with God as you learn about His love for you; discover the immeasurable value of the Bible and the purpose of prayer; and learn how studying God’s Word in different ways can impact your life. Dig into God’s Word.  Find out which study methods work best for you! Choices include verse studies, personal applications, Scripture meditation, chapter studies, Scripture memorization, character studies, topical studies, and the use of prayer notebooks. Apply Bible Truths.  Learn about obeying God, loving your husband and children, being self-controlled and pure, managing a household, and showing kindness (as described in Titus 2). Pass on What You Learn.  Learn how to fulfill the biblical command to help other women grow in the Christian life. |
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Come Walk with Me: A Woman's Personal Guide to Knowing God and Mentoring Others $13.99 How Can I Become the Godly Woman I Desire to Be? Are There Things I Can Do to Deepen My Relationship With God? What Can I Do To Help Other Women Mature Spiritually? Women are inherently relational; they naturally respond to people, particularly other women. Because of this, many women learn best through a one-on-one mentoring relationship—such as the one described in Titus 2 (“…older woman…train the younger women.”)   Yet countless people have difficulty finding a godly woman prepared to fill this role. That’s why author Carole Mayhall has written Come Walk with Me: to stand in the gap as counselor and guide while you grow, and to teach how you too can assist younger Christian women in their spiritual walk. Carole’s friendly, practical advice will help you: Review the Crucial Basics of the Christian Faith.  Fall more deeply in love with God as you learn about His love for you; discover the immeasurable value of the Bible and the purpose of prayer; and learn how studying God’s Word in different ways can impact your life. Dig into God’s Word.  Find out which study methods work best for you! Choices include verse studies, personal applications, Scripture meditation, chapter studies, Scripture memorization, character studies, topical studies, and the use of prayer notebooks. Apply Bible Truths.  Learn about obeying God, loving your husband and children, being self-controlled and pure, managing a household, and showing kindness (as described in Titus 2). Pass on What You Learn.  Learn how to fulfill the biblical command to help other women grow in the Christian life. |
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Experiencing God in His Word and World: Guided Meditations in the Psalms $7.47 Used - We innately muse and meditate. Children gaze delightedly on a photograph of an earlier age. Adults are transfixed by a waterfall. Lovers wonder at the romance of a moonlit night. Spiritual disciples attempt to understand their pilgrimage and their relationship to God. Christian meditation is an essential spiritual discipline (and joy) for all believers. The Psalms have been both a primary source and a catalyst for spiritual meditation throughout the ages. This book is a practical applicat |
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Experiencing God in His Word and World: Guided Meditations in the Psalms $10.66 Used - We innately muse and meditate. Children gaze delightedly on a photograph of an earlier age. Adults are transfixed by a waterfall. Lovers wonder at the romance of a moonlit night. Spiritual disciples attempt to understand their pilgrimage and their relationship to God. Christian meditation is an essential spiritual discipline (and joy) for all believers. The Psalms have been both a primary source and a catalyst for spiritual meditation throughout the ages. This book is a practical applicat |
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How To Handle Your Life $1.99 Encouraging children to start a daily habit of Bible reading, prayer and meditation is important. Carine Mackenzie, an established children's Christian author, has compiled this collection of stories from her own life. Appropriate Bible passages are suggested for daily reading and prayer points are suggested. The book is also illustrated with some appropriate black and white illustrations. It is an excellent devotional tool for 7 to 11 years old as well as holding great potential for children's talks and assemblies. The puzzle feature really sets this book apart from the others and will give an extra dimension to a child's devotional life. The stories are divided into four sections: The Bible; Jesus; Life & our Father God. |
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How to Handle Your Life $4.16 New - Encouraging children to start a daily habit of Bible reading, prayer and meditation is important. Carine Mackenzie, an established children's Christian author, has compiled this collection of stories from her own life. Appropriate Bible passages are suggested for daily reading and prayer points are suggested. The book is also illustrated with some appropriate black and white illustrations. It is an excellent devotional tool for 7 to 11 years old as well as holding great potential for child |
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How to Handle Your Life $6.61 New - Encouraging children to start a daily habit of Bible reading, prayer and meditation is important. Carine Mackenzie, an established children's Christian author, has compiled this collection of stories from her own life. Appropriate Bible passages are suggested for daily reading and prayer points are suggested. The book is also illustrated with some appropriate black and white illustrations. It is an excellent devotional tool for 7 to 11 years old as well as holding great potential for child |
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Juniper Tree Burning $2.81 Jennifer Braverman was once named Juniper Tree Burning, and she hates that name. It represents the childhood she escaped: her hippie mother, Faith, caught up in mind-altering salvation; her well-meaning father, Ray, interchanging kiss and slap, and her sickly little brother, Sunny Boy Blue, whom she could not save. Jennie, now a successful adult, newly married to a seemingly perfect man, Christian Braverman, is a strong, fiercely intelligent woman. She has left Juniper Tree Burning behind. All of this changes when she learns of Sunny's suicide. Whether an act of despair or revenge, her brother's final message sends Jennie running from her husband. Part love story, part family saga, and part road trip, Juniper Tree Burning is the story of Jennie's mad dash across the mountains and plains of the American West, toward the site of Sunny's death. As she flees her husband, Jennie must confront the childhood she thought she had escaped, with its tapestry of family sorrows -- the grinding poverty, the spider-infested adobe house, and her hippie parents, who relied on their own wounded, wayward hearts to navigate the chaotic Sixties, when people moved to isolated villages in northern New Mexico and raised their children outside the bounds of tradition. For Jennie, escape has always come at the expense of those who love her: the brilliant, needy brother she left behind, and now, her sure-hearted husband, Chris. But this time, Jennie can't escape the dirty little hippie girl she once was -- Juniper Tree Burning -- and all the shame and sorrow that comes with her. Nor can Jennie escape her own greatest challenge: accepting love. Moving seamlessly between past and present, blending elements of myth, metaphor, and post-modernism, Goldberry Long creates a dazzling meditation on legacy and legend, rebellion and renewal. It is a fearless novel about the flower children's children, a clear-eyed exploration of what the Great Experiment has wrought for |
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Stories of the Courage to Teach: Honoring the Teacher's Heart $2 WISE STORIES TO HONOR AND ENCOURAGE THE HEARTS OF TEACHERS"A heartwarming collection of essays about the doubts, passions, insecurities, and life-changing moments of teachers."—American School Board Journal"Our history books are filled with examples of the efforts of committed education employees who helped to make this country what it is today. Stories of the Courage to Teach challenges today's teachers to see themselves not only as school employees, dedicated to serving children, but as leaders in their schools and communities." —Bob Chase, president, National Education Association"It's the worst-kept secret in education: the passionate and talented teacher makes more of a difference than any school policy. Yet for all the ink spilled over school reform, little gets written about what makes a great teacher tick. Stories of the Courage to Teach . . . [by Sam Intrator] bucks this trend by looking into the hearts of twenty-five effective teachers, knitting together their first-person narratives with his own ideas about great teaching.”—New York Times”The teachers featured in this anthology have all, at various junctures, been on the verge of exhaustion, and the book is, in many ways, a sustained meditation on how they’ve sought to regain their emotional and spiritual strength.”—Teacher Magazine”Stories of the Courage to Teach . . . honors teachers who struggle to rekindle their passion for teaching.”—Christian Science Monitor |
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We Believe: Forty Meditations on the Nicene Creed $0.99 Richard Maffeo has written a heartfelt and heartwarming commentary on the Nicene Creed. His words and story will help every reader recognize the Risen Lord on their journey of life. – Fr. Michael McDermott, Pastor, St. Charles Borromeo, Tacoma, WA.Rich Maffeo provides us with a wonderful meditation on the fundamental profession of our Catholic faith. These meditations come out of a long and reflective spiritual journey that has taken him from Evangelical Protestant churches to a faithful and practicing member of the Roman Catholic community. This is a “must read” for laymen and women who seek a better understanding of Catholic faith in relationship to the experiences of daily living. Richard shares his journey and faith so each of us may grow together as a Holy People. – Fr. Thomas FX Hoar, SSE, Ph.D, President of St. Edmund’s Retreat, Mystic, CT.For more than three decades, Richard Maffeo worshiped in evangelical Protestant churches. He earned his baccalaureate and masters degrees from Pentecostal schools. His religious articles have appeared in dozens of Christian publications. In 2003, a friend challenged him to study Catholic doctrine and compare it to what he already knew of Scripture and Church history. What he discovered caught him by surprise. Two years later, during the Easter Vigil of 2005, Richard was received into the Catholic Church.Richard and his wife, Nancy, attend St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, in Tacoma, Washington, where he serves as a catechist for sixth graders and a Lay Eucharistic Minister. He and his wife are married more than thirty-two years and have three grown children. This is his first book. His second – A Journey of Reflection – hasa planned publication date in 2008. |
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Yoga con cuentos: Como ensenar yoga a los ninos mediante el uso de cuentos $13.82 This parent-teacher guide features the ancient and powerful art of storytelling to illustrate the yogic philosophy in finding both personal and world peace. Combining 26 stories drawn from varied faiths and cultures—African, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, and Sufi—with the rewarding practice of yoga, this handbook provides a foundation for expanding children’s listening, literacy, and communication skills, as well as their physical fitness and self-confidence, resulting from the execution of the yoga moves themselves. A set of ready-made lesson plans urges a self-reflective practice for children and provides suggestions for follow-up activities, meditation, and relaxation in addition to the incorporation of the yoga poses with the retelling of the stories. A series of photographs facilitates an understanding of each yoga move. Esta guía para padres y maestros utiliza el antiguo y poderoso arte de la narración para ilustrar la filosofía yóguica de hallar paz interior y mundial. Combinando 26 cuentos de diversas culturas y tradiciones espirituales—africana, budista, cristiana, hindú, judía, musulmana, americana nativa y sufista—con la práctica enriquecedora del yoga, este manual provee una base para expandir las destrezas auditivas, literarias y comunicativas de los niños, así como también su salud física y autoconfianza, resultando de la ejecución de los movimientos yóguicos mismos. Una colección de planes de estudio ya preparados estimula una práctica autorreflexiva en los niños y provee sugerencias para actividades suplementarias,meditación y relajación, así como la incorporación de las poses del yoga en la narración de los cuentos. Una serie de fotografías facilita la comprensión de cada movimiento yóguico. |
