Soul Nourishment #10

"Remember, parenting is a huge imposition in life that should be received as a calling from God to deny self." - Andy Savage

First Time Obedience - blog post
"I tend to look at my children through this lens, 'It is the kindness and mercy of the Lord that leads to repentance.' Romans" -Sally Clarkson

"Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife...the beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out." -Proverbs 17:1,14

"Reading is the exposure to Scripture, but meditation is the absorption of Scripture.  And it's the absorption of Scripture that leads to the transformation of our lives. . . . It's not so much what we read in the Bible that changes us, but what we remember." - Donald Whitney

"But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does." -James 1:25

"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.  For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." -Joshua 1:8

"A Wise Woman realizes that what she meditates upon will emerge in her speech." -Pat Ennis

Titus 2:3-5 - "In these Scriptures, Paul is saying that when a wife and mother fulfills her God-given duty, she acts as a barrier against that family's dishonoring God and His Word.  While the woman in the home is not the leader, she is the dominant influencer." - John MacArthur

1 Timothy 6:6-8:  Godliness + Contentment = great gain!

"A Wise Woman builds a financial reserve for financial challenges and a spiritual reserve for emotional challenges." - Pat Ennis 

"If you must become over involved - become over involved in your role as a character builder in your home." - Charles Swindoll

"Couples need to schedule time to communicate, since it rarely happens spontaneously in the midst of busy routines." - Pat Ennis

"Marriage used to be about us, now it's about me." - Tim Keller

"On The first Day Of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me..." - Passionate Homemaking

How To Cultivate Fresh Faith In The Gospel - blog post by Jonathan Dodson

"Prayerful communion with the Spirit can lead to grace-based transformation of our hearts."

"However diligently we may impart to them (our kids) a knowledge of God and his works, if we do not appear to think highly of him, to love his character, to admire his works, and to prefer him to every other object, our instructions will have but very little effect. . . . To speak God's praises to the rising generation is then, if possible, even more important than to impart to them a knowledge of his works.  Both, however, are necessary and should never be separated." -Edward Payson