Equippers Newsletter: Thoughts, Quotes, Links

Today's offering is quote/link intensive because I've become backed up, in a good way, with quality tidbits I wanted to share. I'm sure you'll find at least a decent percentage of this very useful. Much of it gleaned from monitoring preaching and family ministry leaders on Twitter.

All may not appear to be directly related to raising children, but most have principles you need to teach. Or, they are here to strengthen and encourage you.

* Saying "I love them but I don't LIKE them" is hypocrisy,self-delusion, and violates agape. "Love covers all sins" Prov.10:12 -- Rick Warren

* "Surrendering to Jesus is laying down my own plans and using my life for the benefit of other people." - -- Rick Warren

* "Intercessory prayer is love on its knees" -- Allan Taylor

* Consider sharing this 1 minute, 15 second history video with your children. Very educational. A lot of into for a short clip. http://www.onenewsnow.com/ap/vid/default.aspx?videoId=18725

* If you are a Christian, does anyone see anything in your life that deserves a supernatural explanation? -- Dr. Gerald Harris

* Great article on what it means to live in the power of the Gospel: http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=764

* Will Mancini heard this in a vision-casting session, from a surgeon: "When the nucleas is cohesive the rest of the cell knows what to do; it knows how to multiply." How does that apply to the home? The church?

* "You protect your personal integrity and testimony when you do not fight and do not fuss." -- Charles Stanley

* "To all those who has been hurt loving someone, there's no other remedy but to love some more." -- Run-D.M.C.

* Check out this list of myths about Christian marriages, and read the linked article from Rick Warren: http://blogs.lifeway.com/blog/marriage-family/2010/01/myths-of-a-christian-marriage.html

* A touching blog from a dad about the adoption of two boys from Haiti. It had been in the works for years and came to fruition miraculously after the earthquake. http://aaronivey.com/?p=9593

* Powerful 2 1/2 minute video clip on the relationship between adoption and abortion.
http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/2208_russell_moore_on_the_connection_between_abortion_and_adoption/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DGBlog+%28DG+Blog%29&utm_content=Twitter