Acts 25:11-12 reveal an interesting historical and Biblical insight:
Paul, speaking before Governor Festus, determining that he would not be safe or have a fair trial if sent for trial back to Jerusalem, said (as a Roman citizen) “I appeal to Caesar.”
Porcius Festus responded: “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.” And that triggered a journey of transport that turned out to be rather lengthy and challenging, but it was done under the authority and protection of earth’s mightiest known kingdom. In an often brutal and brutish government, a citizen was guaranteed the right of appeal to his sovereign.
SURELY, if we appeal to OUR HEAVENLY FATHER in prayer, to Our FATHER we shall go!!
How much more than Caesar will our SOVEREIGN gladly give us a welcome audience? And that under all the protection and provision of the MIGHTIEST KINGDOM that will ever be known!!

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“Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent’s job is to make the rule. The child’s job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.” (Henry Cloud) http://www.screamfree.com

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Podcast #136: Boys Adrift With Dr. Leonard Sax

Don’t hold God to promises He’s never made: “You won’t have problems in this life.”
Don’t choose to believe what our circumstances and feelings will tell us to believe: “You’ve messed up big time, God really can’t help, God has abandoned you just like your friends have.”
Don’t trust in your feelings, trust in His faithfulness.
Don’t put more stock in what you feel, than what you know He said.
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