After reading the article “How to Raise Healthy Children? Parents Must First Manage Their Own Emotions” ... As I read this article, I found myself drawn to several points that I wanted to reflect on more deeply: 1. First, I completely agree with the title of the article, “How to Raise Healthy Children? Parents Must First Manage Their Own Emotions.” Of course, as parents we must respect our children’s emotions, but before that, I believe our own emotions must first be healthy—healthy enough to be respected by our children. 2. I also agree with the statement that “the most important emotion parents must first learn to manage is anger.” The article says, “Anger has a destructive potential and is therefore an emotion that gets people into trouble, so we usually bury it. However, when buried, anger can explode inwardly as depression, guilt, anxiety , or shame —or outwardly as aggression.” I believe that if we as parents cannot restrain or regulate our anger in front of our childre...
The way the Lord builds His church [Acts 4:19-20] I have gained insight through studying Acts chapter 4 during the church leadership Bible study session. The revelation I received is regarding how the Lord established His church (referred to as the early church). However, what surprised me is that the pattern of how our churches are being established in this current age seems to be the opposite. I identified the pattern of how the Lord established the early church in five steps, which I have named the "Top to Bottom Method": (1) Prayer (v. 31, see also 1:14-15), (2) Being filled with the Holy Spirit (vv. 8, 31), (3) Proclamation of the gospel (vv. 8-12), (4) Increase in believers (v. 4, see also 2:47), (5) Loving community (vv. 32-37). However, I believe that the methods of the world are the exact opposite, which I have called the "Bottom to Top Method." I compared the world's methods with God's ...