Session Notes

Preparing for Adolescence: Steps to Overcoming Inferiority

Ask if she would be willing to share that list with you or with her youth pastor. Let her know that it’s highly likely that many of the problems she has listed have been experienced by most people, and she can benefit from their experience.

Preparing for Adolescence: The Agony of Inferiority

Did you know that approximately 80 percent of teenagers don’t like the way they look? No matter how minor the physical “problem” is, it can create anxiety and depression.

I like that this articles stresses that a child may not feel intelligent if he/she struggles in school or fails.

I DON’T MEASURE UP AS A MAN!

But regardless of your size right now—or how big you get in the months ahead—remember this: Others will accept you because of your attitude, not your altitude. It’s best to focus your energy on growing the man inside: who you are at your core, how you treat other people, and especially how much you imitate Christ.

How to Help Your Child Grieve:

Cherish the memories. Continue to talk about the loved one who died. Look through photo albums, talk about funny things the deceased said or reminisce about pleasant experiences.

Husbands and Wives: Pure Pleasure: Setting the Mood with Words

In Solomon’s Song of Songs, both the bride and her husband knew the value of a few kind words. The young wife was insecure in her looks and about her simple background and station in life. Her husband used language to build up her self-esteem.

In turn, this bride sought out times to be with her husband.

This is a good article stressing that intentional romantic commitment cultivates a strong/intimate relationship. Cal affirms me in this way almost daily.

Focus on the Family Magazine: Taking It Slow

Dating as a single parent can be complicated. We’re torn between letting our date get to know our children and protecting our kids from being hurt by another person potentially leaving their lives.

This is a fantastic brief article on protecting your children’s hearts from uncommitted relationships.

Office Hours: As Though There Were No God He shook his head. “If I don’t know the answer to the God question, then how could I be committed to an answer to the God question?”

“Commitments are reflected in movements of the will.”

“What does that mean?”

“They’re reflected in how we live.”

I good article in living as if we believe God exists even if we do not know for sure.

Why Kids Need Their Grandparents:

Every child needs a grandmother and grandfather — a person who is older, wiser and willing to hold his or her life up as an example of faith. A person who forgives and teaches forgiveness. A person whose abundance of faith will be there in sufficient supply when children need it. Because sooner or later children need more faith than what they possess.

You Can Survive the Stormy Teen Years:

This article makes a great point to enforce values God has laid on your heart according to His timing.

Teaching Children to Be Peacemakers: Teaching Children to Be Peacemakers

Wise-way choices are better than my-way choices. Selfishness is not smart and will not lead to happiness. The wise way is to obey authority, make right choices, seek godly advice and respect others.