Jesus Embraced

Sometimes we forget that our kids have their own relationship with the Lord. The Holy Spirit is working in the lives every day, whether we realize it or not.

In everyone’s life there comes a time for a decision, a moment when we either choose to accept Jesus’ offer of salvation or refuse it. We can either embrace him or reject him. The same is true for our kids. As parents we ought to encourage them to seek Jesus and we should share with them our own spiritual journey.

Entering into salvation changes us, and the Holy Spirit continues that changing from that day forward. We become a spiritually alive person, a new creation in Christ. The same is true for our kids, so we also need to remember to encourage them to continue growing in their own relationship with our Lord.

We invite others to join us in discovering what it’s like to be a Christian parent who teaches and models God’s truth to their kids. Jesus Embraced Parenting asks tough questions at times, but it is so worth learning how to help our children grow spiritually.

God bless,

Eric and Amy

One of the hardest things to teach our kids about love is the idea of loving our enemies, because it’s so hard for us to do it ourselves.

We wrote Jesus Embraced Parenting because we realized that being a parent is so much more than just providing our kids with easy answers. As Christians, we have to be willing to do the hard stuff and then teach them about it too.

One of the fruits of the spirit is love but the idea of loving those who we don’t like is especially tough because we can get confused about what that means. In Luke 6:27-36, Jesus is asking us to do practical acts of love: do good, pray, offer a second chance, give, lend, forgive. He isn’t asking us to join them in their sins. He isn’t asking us to let them keep abusing us. But he is telling us to show love to everyone, whether we think they deserve love or not. That is a tough standard to model to our kids, but it’s a healthy one.

We invite others to join us in discovering what it’s like to be a Christian parent who teaches and models God’s truth to their kids. This study asks tough questions at times, but it is so worth learning how to help our children grow spiritually.

God bless,

Eric and Amy

Being a parent is so worth it. Amy and I embrace the responsibility because we so appreciate our kids. Our two guys are fun and smart and silly at times. They ask tough questions, show compassion, and sometimes do stupid stuff. They are just two kids trying to grow up in this crazy world, and we want to be there to help them through it all.
-Eric (and Amy)

We wrote Jesus Embraced Parenting because we realized that being a parent is so much more than just providing for the physical and emotional needs of our kids; we can’t neglect their spiritual needs.

One of the fruits of the spirit is love., so we want to nurture that in our kids. We want them to learn how to love God and their fellow humans. We want to model that love to them and also teach them the Biblical truth that Jesus modeled to us- that love is essential for us as Christians. We can’t be Christians without having love because God Himself is love.

We invite others to join us in discovering what it’s like to be a Christian parent who teaches and models God’s truth to their kids. This study asks tough questions at times, but it is so worth learning how to help our children grow spiritually.

God bless,

Eric and Amy