Focus on the Family Magazine - April/May 2024
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 / DISCIPLESHIP<br />
prayers God<br />
loves to answer<br />
Teach your teens to cultivate<br />
a vibrant prayer life<br />
BY ROBIN JONES GUNN<br />
ONE WAY TO HELP your teens cultivate a close c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong><br />
with God is through prayer. And you can teach <strong>the</strong>m<br />
how to do this. If you’re unsure where to begin, why not focus<br />
<strong>on</strong> four prayers God loves to answer? My husband and I taught<br />
our children <strong>the</strong>se prayers when <strong>the</strong>y were teens.<br />
“Give me wisdom”<br />
In a world of c<strong>on</strong>flicting messages, <strong>the</strong> input teens receive can<br />
be overwhelming and c<strong>on</strong>fusing. Since <strong>the</strong>y d<strong>on</strong>’t yet have life<br />
experience to draw from, it’s easy to make poor decisi<strong>on</strong>s that<br />
can lead to painful c<strong>on</strong>sequences.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> Bible, we read that God was pleased when King<br />
Solom<strong>on</strong> asked for wisdom. He could have asked for riches<br />
and power. So God made him <strong>the</strong> wisest man <strong>on</strong> earth—and<br />
blessed him with wealth and h<strong>on</strong>or as well (1 Kings 3: 5-13).<br />
Encourage your teen to always ask God for wisdom before<br />
making decisi<strong>on</strong>s, whe<strong>the</strong>r big or small.<br />
The apostle James tells us, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let<br />
him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach,<br />
and it will be given him” (James 1:5). Short, simple, true. This<br />
prayer can change <strong>the</strong> course of your teen’s life. And it’s a<br />
prayer God loves to answer.<br />
BEFORE YOUR TWEEN DAUGHTER<br />
BECOMES A WOMAN<br />
by Robin J<strong>on</strong>es Gunn<br />
D<strong>on</strong>’t drift apart. Grow closer to your<br />
daughter during her adolescence.<br />
Shop.<str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g>OnThe<strong>Family</strong>.ca<br />
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APR / MAY <strong>2024</strong>
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