Be The Light
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| Teaching and Training. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. |
As Christian parents we teach and train on purpose and for a purpose. God has given you and I the significant vocational passing on of our faith as a heritage to our children; the most important job we will ever have.
We want our children to have a relationship with Jesus, a friendship. One way we include Jesus in our lives is through prayer. We tell Jesus all of our hopes, dreams and fears just like we would tell a BFF.
Martin Luther tells us that "It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last of the evening".
In our homes we can model prayer by praying together. Praying for one another and with one another.
This hand prayer prompt works well with children. Each finger represents prayers of praise, confession, thankfulness, friends and family and self. The closing can simply be, Lord in your mercy hear my prayer.
The Lord's Prayer can be spoken out loud each morning before everyone goes their separate ways. Prayers of thanksgiving can be given each evening.
Create a "Ransom" note Lord's Prayer family poster and hang it in the kitchen or family room.
We call the world dark because it is filled with sin. We call Jesus the light because He breaks through the darkness of sin by His death and resurrection. He shows us that through faith in Him as our Savior.
We light the candles in church to remind us that Jesus is present as the Light of the world.
These little tea light houses can serve as a reminder to bring Jesus into our homes .
To get this paper tea light house template use the link at the bottom of the post.
For the sake of time I chose to cover the windows up with paper before printing. Card stock works well. I knew that I could not spend the required time that it would take to cut out all of those sweet windows. I used a heart paper punch to make some small windows and a scalloped circle to make the large front window. I added a window pane with card stock and used yellow tissue paper to the back of the large front window to give it a finished look.
Insert a tea light. Welcome Jesus! He is the Light!
As you can see with the reference of the pen , the little paper tea light house is...little.
Under 4 inches in height.
A perfect fit for my desktop shelving. A visual reminder to invite Jesus into my space and into my heart each day with bold prayers of praise, confession and thanksgiving ; prayers for others and prayers for myself.
For the sake of time I chose to cover the windows up with paper before printing. Card stock works well. I knew that I could not spend the required time that it would take to cut out all of those sweet windows. I used a heart paper punch to make some small windows and a scalloped circle to make the large front window. I added a window pane with card stock and used yellow tissue paper to the back of the large front window to give it a finished look.
Insert a tea light. Welcome Jesus! He is the Light!
As you can see with the reference of the pen , the little paper tea light house is...little.
Under 4 inches in height.
A perfect fit for my desktop shelving. A visual reminder to invite Jesus into my space and into my heart each day with bold prayers of praise, confession and thanksgiving ; prayers for others and prayers for myself.
Growing our faith. Putting our faith in action. How can we as a family respond to God's Grace?
Do an act of love to someone who is in a hurting, sad, or sick..in a dark place. Share Christ's light .
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