Focus on the Family Magazine - October/November 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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KIDS & TEENS / TALKING TO GOD<br />
a prayer for my kids<br />
To withstand pressure<br />
throughout <strong>the</strong> school year<br />
BY TONY WOOD<br />
LORD IN WHOSE PRESENCE is peace,<br />
I’ve never known a time when kids faced <strong>the</strong> kinds<br />
of pressures <strong>the</strong>y do now. They are pressured to not<br />
just do well academically but to c<strong>on</strong>sistently excel.<br />
They are pressured to be outstanding in every possible<br />
pursuit.<br />
God, You know that I want my children to do well<br />
in <strong>the</strong>ir pursuits and to apply <strong>the</strong>mselves, but please<br />
keep me from driving <strong>the</strong>m in unhealthy ways. Reveal<br />
to me if this is something I do but am unaware of. I<br />
want my children to dream and reach and strive, but<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly in ways that are life-giving and balanced, not<br />
in ways where <strong>the</strong>ir self-worth and value depend <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>ir success. I want <strong>the</strong>m to enjoy <strong>the</strong>ir school years<br />
and not resent <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
Help my children to rely <strong>on</strong> Your strength in <strong>the</strong><br />
midst of pressure. May <strong>the</strong>y find <strong>the</strong>ir identity in You,<br />
not in performance or achievement. Amen.<br />
T<strong>on</strong>y Wood is an award-winning s<strong>on</strong>gwriter. He and his wife,<br />
Terri, live in Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
Excerpted from Lord, Help Me Pray for My Kids by T<strong>on</strong>y Wood.<br />
©<strong>2023</strong> T<strong>on</strong>y Wood. All rights reserved. A <str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Family</strong><br />
resource published by Tyndale House Publishers Inc.<br />
“We were under great pressure,<br />
far bey<strong>on</strong>d our ability to endure. . . .<br />
But this happened that we might<br />
not rely <strong>on</strong> ourselves but <strong>on</strong> God.”<br />
—2 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NIV)<br />
JAKKAPAN-ADOBE STOCK<br />
LORD, HELP ME<br />
PRAY FOR MY KIDS<br />
by T<strong>on</strong>y Wood<br />
In this collecti<strong>on</strong> of daily prayers, T<strong>on</strong>y<br />
encourages parents to pray for <strong>the</strong>ir kids<br />
in ways <strong>the</strong>y haven’t c<strong>on</strong>sidered before.<br />
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