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Mom, You Guide Their Hearts You feed them, bathe them, hold them, kiss them, and pray for them. Your days are spent loving and caring for your children. In all the distractions of life and the demands of being a mom, how can you know if your children will grow to follow after God? Bestselling author, Elizabeth George has journeyed through the ups and downs of mothering children into adulthood. In A Mom After Gods Own Heart, she offers encouraging advice and practical tips to help you raise children of all ages in the knowledge of the Lord. Here you'll find . . . Easy-to-apply principles for effective parentingSpecific tools for teaching your children about God's love for themBiblical insights to encourage you along your parenting journey Mom, as you meet your children's daily needs, know that God has given you a privileged position of influence over their livesyou guide their hearts! No matter what their ages, you can help them experience His love, blessings, and provision when you become A Mom After God's Own Heart.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	22 janvier 2019
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9780736974516
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE , OREGON
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Portions of A Mom After God s Own Heart Growth and Study Guide have been added to this edition of A Mom After God s Own Heart.
A Mom After God s Own Heart
Copyright 2005 by Elizabeth George (book and study guide)
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Eugene, Oregon 97408
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Contents
Acknowledgment
A Word of Welcome
Focusing on the Heart
Training Children for God and for Life
Ten Ways to Love Your Children
1. Take Time to Nurture Your Heart
2. Teach Your Children God s Word
3. Talk to Your Children About God
4. Tell Your Children About Jesus
5. Train Your Children in God s Ways
6. Take Care of Your Children
7. Take Your Children to Church
8. Teach Your Children to Pray
9. Try Your Best
10. Talk to God About Your Children
Making the Choices That Count
Growth and Study Guide
Quiet Times Calendar
Notes
About the Author
Books by Elizabeth George
About the Publisher
Acknowledgment
As always, thank you to my dear husband, Jim George, M.Div., Th.M., for your able assistance, guidance, suggestions, and loving encouragement on this project. And a special thank you for the contribution of your wisdom in the From a Dad s Heart sections in this book.
A Word of Welcome
Dear Mom,
Without even meeting you, I can tell you are someone very special! Why? Because you re choosing to read this book. When you consider its title, it becomes pretty obvious that you desire to be a mom after God s own heart. This book is packed with information and how-tos that will show you how to fulfill the desires of your mother-heart-how to become a mom after God s own heart. As we begin our journey together, a few things will make it even sweeter.
Open your book and enjoy it! Vital information is here. Encouragement is here. God s Word is here. I ve even tried to make it easy to read for you as a busy woman and mom. In my mind I ve pictured you reading this book in a quiet moment after the kids leave for school or while the little ones are napping or as you wait up for your teen to come home or as you rock your baby to sleep or maybe even as you recline against a tree while your kids enjoy a romp in the park. Enjoy your book! Carry it with you, and let God s Word instruct you and give you a power boost and a pat on the back all at the same time.
Open your heart to the priorities and topics covered in this book. They are tailor-made just for you, mom. They ll give you God s wisdom and guidelines for this major role in your life.
Open your heart through prayer to the Holy Spirit. Ask Him to illuminate God s Word, to help you understand God s plan and priorities for your life, and to transform you, heart and soul.
Open your heart to others. Look around. Are there other moms in your church or neighborhood who would benefit from learning what being a mom is all about? Invite them to get A Mom After God s Own Heart too, and go through it together. Then you ll be growing as moms and in the things of the Lord. And to really accelerate your understanding, go through the Growth and Study Guide at the back of this book. You ll love it!
Open your heart and dream! Dream of becoming the mom you yearn to be-a mom after God s own heart.
And now let s put feet on those dreams! It is the prayer of my heart that the contents of this special book for moms like you will encourage you, excite you, instruct you, and inspire you to follow after God s own heart!
In His great and amazing love,
your friend and fellow mom in Christ,
Elizabeth George
F OCUSING ON THE H EART
Focusing on the Heart

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
PROVERBS 4:23

N o matter what you do each day or in life doing things God s way is a matter of the heart. Whether it s deciding how to spend your money or your time, how you treat people, how you dress, or how you do your work, your choices reveal your heart. And the same is true when it comes to how you raise your children-no matter what their ages.
Why is the condition of the heart-both yours as a mom and the heart of your child-so critical? The Bible answers this all-important question.
At the Heart of All Things
As you already know from personal experience, the heart is the chief organ of physical life. It s obvious to everyone that the heart occupies the most important place in the human system. But the heart, as used in the Bible, also stands for our entire mental and moral activity, including the emotions, the ability to reason, and the will. The heart is also used figuratively for the hidden springs of the personal life. 1 That s why God warns and instructs us to keep [our] heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23).
In other words, we are to present our entire beings to God. [and] the heart is first. It speaks of the inner life, the mind, the thoughts, the motives, the desires. The mind is the fountain from which the actions flow. If the fountain is pure, the stream that flows from it will be pure. As a man thinks, so is he. 2

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.

So what does this have to do with being a mom? First, we need to know how important our child s heart is. W.E. Vine, giving insights into Matthew 15:19-20, wrote, Human depravity is in the heart, because sin is a principle which has its seat in the center of man s inward life, and then defiles the whole circuit of his action. That s the bad news. But, second (and here comes the good news), Scripture regards the heart as the sphere of Divine influence (Acts 15:9; Romans 2:15). 3
So here, my fellow mom, is our twofold challenge. To raise (and keep on raising!) a child after God s own heart, we must till the soil of each tender heart and sow the seed of the Word of God while praying fervently for Divine influence. At the same time, we must devote ourselves to diligently training and to dealing with and disciplining the sin that is a part of every child s life.
But where does all of this mothering, committing, praying, dedicating, dealing with, and disciplining begin? It starts in your heart, dear mom!
As moms, our job assignment from God is to raise children after God s own heart-children who seek to follow God and hopefully experience salvation through Jesus Christ. And following through on God s plan for us is all about our hearts. It s all about fulfilling God s instructions to us. He wants us to focus on giving our heart, soul, mind, strength, and time to influencing and shaping the hearts of our children toward God and His purposes.
Children with a Heart for God
You can probably think of men and women in the Bible who had hearts for God, who followed after Him. But there are also a number of children in the Bible who had hearts for God, ranging all the way from preschoolers to preteens to young adults. These children loved and served God in a variety of ways. And each one of their stories has lessons for us as moms after God s own heart, no matter what our children s ages.
Samuel- Everyone from toddlers to grandparents alike loves the story of the boy Samuel s response to God s call. (You can read about this part of Samuel s life in 1 Samuel 3:1-21.) It s what we dream of for our own growing children that they never know what it s like to not love and follow God. That s how I see Samuel. He s the young guy whom most believe at around 12 or 13 years old heard God calling him and answered.
What made Samuel a child after God s own heart? In 1 Samuel 3 we read that he-
heard God s call and
answered Him. He
listened to what God had to say, and he
responded to the voice of the Lord, saying, Here I am! Speak, for Your servant hears (verses 4 and 10).
From the heart-actions of the boy