This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church, we are beginning a series entitled "Family Portrait." The family is a significant part of God’s plan in the world. At one level we are all part of the family of God, as Paul writes: “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people …
5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family (pt 2)
This continues the post from yesterday "5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family." Practice 4: Worship together on the weekend. Now it may seem unnecessary to even say this, but a practical way to encourage your children to know God is to come to worship in community every week. If you want your kids to learn …
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5 Practices to Jumpstart Your Family (Pt 1)
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 If there is one thing that should you do for your children it is this: help them to know God and become followers of Christ. That is the bottom line. This is an incredibly …
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Jumpstart Your Family
Yesterday at Brooklife, I continued our series from Ephesians called "Jumpstart." I was talking about the topic of being children and parents who honor God from Ephesians 6:1-4. You can listen to the message via our web-site here. You can view the presentation that accompanies the message below. A recent article that I found particularly …
Matthew Erickson 