What It Means To Be A Good Father

ByTim Nolte January 2, 2017January 2, 2017

One of the challenges I have is not getting upset with my kids. In turn that means not making my kids upset with the way I handle my frustrations with their behavior. I need to remember this verse every time I’m faced with training and disciplining my kids.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 NLT

http://bible.com/116/eph.6.4.NLT

Tim Nolte

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A Christ-follower, husband, father, and WordPress Developer with Forum One.

Daily Thoughts / Devotions/Studies

Prayer, Worry, and Thankfulness

ByTim Nolte April 6, 2017April 6, 2017

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. – Philippians 4:6 NLT Prayer is not always easy for me, especially when I’m compelled to do it all on my own. We live in a world that perpetuates that thinking. Good wants us not only to bring Him our needs but wants us to come to Him with be thanks when things are going well. It’s easy to forget to go to God in the good times but that’s like never hanging out with your friends but just going to them when you need something. Most of us don’t like to be in that kind of relationship very long. How do we think God feels…

Daily Thoughts

Not Been Forgotten…But Changes Coming

ByTim Nolte January 1, 2011August 30, 2014 Updated onAugust 30, 2014

Writing a quick note that although my last post was 6 months ago I think it’s about time to make some changes. I’m not sure exactly the plan. I may just start working on bring this site up to speed and use it as my hub for both Twitter and Facebook. Some other possibilities might be to roll it into a new Family site or move it into a portfolio of work site. I’m not sure, but 1 thing is for sure that with all of the domain names and “sites” that I control I need to pay some attention to them once again…or at the very least set them up to be a launching point to my activities in the Social Media space. Well,…

Daily Thoughts / Movies / Relationships / Romantic / Youth Work

Busy Night…Small World

ByTim Nolte November 19, 2005

Well, today (er, I guess looking at the time I have to say tomorrow), it was a pretty slow day at work. Had a fun time talking about bread with a co-worker, she has like 3 bread machines, seems like her family would have bread coming our of their ears. From the conversations in the break room today you could definitely tell it was a Friday. After work I stopped at the seminary to meet with Phil to talk about a projector installation project. This will probably be a side job, which means some extra cash. It shouldn’t take too much to get a list of the equipment needed and do the install. I decided I wanted to get over to the play at “A…

Blogging / Daily Thoughts

To Blog or Not To Blog, Why Not

ByTim Nolte April 30, 2006

As I was looking over the days RSS feeds I came across a news story on Digg by a mother. I just had to think again about this whole business of blogging. Even this past weekend as I looked through the classified ads that Vanessa had saved for me there was an article that talked about the dangers of blogging and trying to get a job. While I wouldn’t consider my blog to contain much of anything that is questionable, I still wonder about it all. I wonder if I should be so willing to participate in something that has so many dangers? Does my very involvement promote the activity to the youth that I am in contact with each week? Blogs in and of…

Daily Thoughts / Devotions/Studies / Featured

You Reap What You Sow

ByTim Nolte March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

“If you sow kindness, you will reap kindness. If you sow generosity, you will reap generosity. If you sow love, you will reap love.” – Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge by Mark Batterson

Kids / Parenting

Should I Give My Kid a Smartphone?

ByTim Nolte May 10, 2017May 30, 2017 Updated onMay 30, 2017

I pretty much agree with everything Craig has posted about. I’ve been on the Internet since High School, and I’m a web developer by trade, so I know all about the dangers. I’m not promoting being the over-protective parent that tries to shelter my kids and set them up for failure. It’s about let your kids experience things at an appropriate age level and teaching your kids. And to Craig’s point, you have no business giving your kids something you don’t understand yourself. It’s like giving your kids a gun because they want one and you’ve never even shot one yourself. Yes, I believe it’s that serious. From: Craig Gross Date: Wed, May 10, 2017, 8:14 AM I got this email today. I get this…