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1. A Father's Day To Remember by Linda Lawrence  
   This is a tender story of conflict between a father and teenage son that can only be resolved with repentance and humility.
   
   
2. The Pruning Years by Samuel Dumas  
   ...While the lifespan in me
   Blends in her beam, then...disbands;
   I reach within my sacred smoke
   For clear words to say...
   
   
3. Intended for Good by L. Osmon  
   Sometimes forgiveness comes in the strangest packages!
   
   
4. Impress Of A Child by Samuel Dumas  
   A murmuring flow of substance,
   An unseen hope given,
   Answer to a pitying cry:
   Love.
   
   
5. The Mother's Way by Samuel Dumas  
   When you stand in the privilege of teacher,
   And you can taste the suffering
   That silently springs up from down-pursed lips
   In a childâs repentance for ungraceful deeds....
   
   
6. The Morning Stars of Math (excerpt) by Samuel Dumas  
   when I step out, as it were, on the roof of my success building, I take full prize of the kind of nirvana that I had experienced when my first daughter was placed into my arms by the doctor, and thereafter became mine, to hold and to love both her and her gifts forever.
   
   
7. The Search for Morning (annotation) by Samuel Dumas  
   I experienced one of my most deepest acts of encouragement to a youth and her mother the other year when I painted 15 digital paintings for Motherâs DayâI had asked each student to pick out a photo they liked from a magazine. I told them I would paint something for their mother for Motherâs Day. Ms Terry was one of those students....
   
   
8. Half-N-Half by Samuel Dumas  
   My father fed me milk,
   My mother poured me cream;
   My mother's touch was silk,
   My father's eye, a beam....
   
   
9. Post Delivery by Samuel Dumas  
   Years before it was fashionable, whenever I was out walking, I would always take my earbuds out as I approached a mail carrier and say, "Thank you for delivering our mail."
   
   
10. Just Say "NO!" by Tonja Taylor  
    We love our family members. However, loving someone doesn't mean you have to agree with everything they want. Other members of your family may not always understand, but sometimes, you have to just say "NO."
    
    
11. Your Holy Health - Part 17 - How to Have Better Teeth by Tonja Taylor  
    Here are tips I've proven to myself that have helped me stop having bad teeth and better enjoy greater health in my teeth and otherwise!
    
    
12. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 17 - More Scriptures for Destiny by Tonja Taylor  
    Still more Scriptures to speak over your children. The Word of God is a treasure box that is never exhausted!
    
    
13. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 16 - Scriptures for Destiny by Tonja Taylor  
    Here are several Scriptures about Destiny to speak over your children. Every time you accurately speak the Word of God over your loved ones, you are positively influencing the course of their lives!
    
    
14. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 15 - Destiny on Purpose by Tonja Taylor  
    You can never have too much wisdom from God! The more Scriptures you learn, the more you will love and live the Word--and the more you will have to speak over your children's lives and influence them for Christ!
    
    
15. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 14 - Scriptures for Wisdom by Tonja Taylor  
    Here are a few Scriptures about wisdom to speak over your children and yourself. You will always be right in asking the LORD to give you and your children more wisdom (James 1:5)!
    
    
16. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 13 - Get Wisdom by Tonja Taylor  
    Wisdom is the main thing we need to follow the LORD and have the most successful life possible. He tells us in James 1:5 that when we ask for wisdom, He gives it gladly and abundantly!
    
    
17. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 12 - More About Worship by Tonja Taylor  
    May this insight into the meaning of worship help you grow closer to your Creator, Elohim, the true and living God!
    
    
18. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 11 - Ways to Worship by Tonja Taylor  
    To worship the LORD our God, Jesus Christ, we obey His commands. Yes, we praise Him in singing and more, but true worship is obedience. Here are Scriptures for you to speak over your child about worship.
    
    
19. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 10 - Creative Ideas by Tonja Taylor  
    Here are many ideas I have successfully used to help sow the Word into my child and myself. These will work for you too!
    
    
20. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 9 - Faith Scriptures by Tonja Taylor  
    Faith grows; so when you sowâ"plant--faith in your heart and those of your children and other loved ones, it can bear much life-giving fruit!
    
    
21. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 8 - Speak the Blessing by Tonja Taylor  
    God has given us the privilege to speak His Word--The Blessing--over our children. Here is a bit of history about it's importance, so you can get started today with a greater understanding of helping shape your child's life for Christ by speaking the living eternal Word of God over them!
    
    
22. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 7 - Faith Persists by Tonja Taylor  
    Thank goodness God loves us so much that He is persistent! He has given us the privilege to be born again by faith in His Son, Jesus--and to speak His Word in faith to help shape the lives of our children for Him!
    
    
23. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 6 - Faith Speaks by Tonja Taylor  
    Our words are very powerful. God the Creator spoke words of faith to bring the earth and the entire universe into existence. He has given us the power of speech to help positively shape our worlds and even our children for success. So when we speak His Word, things are set in motion for the best of our children and His Glory!
    
    
24. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 5 - Sow Right Seeds by Tonja Taylor  
    Everything you say and do can be a seed. Make sure you are sowing right seeds--especially the Word of God--in your children. Also help them determine the difference between good and bad seeds the world is constantly trying to sow into them!
    
    
25. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 4 - Already Yours! by Tonja Taylor  
    While praying over--blessing--my young daughter one night, the LORD revealed to me that I was asking Him for something He had already provided in our Covenant through Christ Jesus, and that He is the eternally present God, the Now God Who is with us always!
    
    
26. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 3 by Tonja Taylor  
    Part 3 of LEGACY exhorts us that the battle is real, but we overcome in fighting for our children through faith in our victorious LORD Jesus!
    
    
27. LEGACY - Crafting Your Child's Future With Words - Part 2 by Tonja Taylor  
    The Blessing was coveted in the Old Testament and through the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus our Savior and LORD, it's even more powerful for every true Believer!
    
    
28. Out of the Mouths of Babes God Speaks by Tonja Taylor  
    Almost 20 years ago, the LORD was answering my request through my little one that day--even though I didn't recognize it at first!
    
    
29. The Power of Blessing Your Children by Tonja Taylor  
    Blessing your children can involve many things--but one of the most powerful ways, according to the Bible, is using your amazingly powerful words to pronounce a blessing upon them. Here are some sample Blessings you can use every day to bless your children and powerfully shape their lives for Christ!
    
    
30. A Very Wise Horse by Tonja Taylor  
    The LORD can speak through a donkey, or a "horse," to get His point across. Here's the true account of how He worked through a horse and my 5-year-old daughter to teach me a needed lesson.
    
    

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