http://ibcstudentministries.org/2007/10/09/what-does-sucess-look-like/ Wordpress website of IBC Student Ministry in IBC in Port Angeles, Wa. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:30:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ibcstudentministries.org/2007/10/09/what-does-sucess-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kathleen Thomson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:15:55 +0000 http://ibcparents.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/what-does-sucess-look-like/#comment-3 I want my children to be free standing moral agents for God like Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Amy and I came home from Women's bible study on Daniel tonight and we were both charged up by the stand that these young men took in the face of a fiery death. Amy's comment to me was that one of her favorite verses in the Bible is when these young men say in Dan. 3:17-18, "our God whom we serve is able to deliver us...but even if He does not, ...we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image..." That's what success looks like to me. I want my children to be free standing moral agents for God like Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Amy and I came home from Women’s bible study on Daniel tonight and we were both charged up by the stand that these young men took in the face of a fiery death. Amy’s comment to me was that one of her favorite verses in the Bible is when these young men say in Dan. 3:17-18, “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us…but even if He does not, …we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image…” That’s what success looks like to me.

]]> http://ibcstudentministries.org/2007/10/09/what-does-sucess-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Cheri Roth Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:58:22 +0000 http://ibcparents.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/what-does-sucess-look-like/#comment-2 Each of my children had, from me, a special prayer that I felt to be theirs personally. But for all 4 of them, the foremost concern was first and that every other part of their lives should come out of that. For one of my sons, the prayer began: "May you love and follow the Lord; may you have a kind and gentle heart; may you be healthy in spirit, body and mind...." Each of my children had, from me, a special prayer that I felt to be theirs personally. But for all 4 of them, the foremost concern was first and that every other part of their lives should come out of that. For one of my sons, the prayer began: “May you love and follow the Lord; may you have a kind and gentle heart; may you be healthy in spirit, body and mind….”

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