Never A Dull Minute!: Brief Article by George Barna

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Our Target

1. Have fun together often.
2. Stimulate a hopeful disposition with a constant appetite for Heaven & the eternal state.
3. Encourage & train family members to be wise & faithful stewards of the resources placed under their control so that they will be responsible caretakers, generous givers & cheerful tithers.
4. Prayerfully arrange for family members to be mentored and befriended by people who will encourage them to discover & pursue God’s plan.
5. Raise children who have an accurate understanding of their talents and gifts. Arrange opportunities for them to develop & employ their passions in the advancement of God’s kingdom through their daily life and vocation.
6. Worship together in the home and with other members of the body of Christ.
7. Discover the truth of God’s word together through regular Bible reading & study.
8. Raise children who honor and respect their parents
9. Raise children who desire to love the Lord with all their hearts & come to know Him as savior at an early age.
10. Live other centered lives.
11. Honor one another through kind speech & loving actions.
12. Testify about salvation thru Jesus Christ – in word and deed.
13. Glorify God – Serve the Lord with gladness & obedience.

Mom and Dad's Favorite Movies

Biographies and Books We've Read Together

Heroes of History: John Adams, Independence Forever by Janet and Geoff Benge
Amon's Adventure: A Family Story for Easter, by Arnold Ytreeide
Heros of America Illustrated Lives: George Washington
What we're reading now: The Bible, "The One Year Book of Christian History," and "Jacob Deshazer (Christian Heroes: Then and Now)," by Janet and Geoff Benge
The Mitchells Series, by Hilda van Stockum
The "Sally Series," by Elizabeth Coatsworth
John Welch
John Bunyan
Hudson Taylor
Gladys Aylward
Corrie Ten Boom
C.S. Lewis
Amy Carmichael
"The Winged Watchman," by Hilda van Stockum
"Growing Together in Gratitude," by Barbara Rainey

Never A Dull Minute!