We live under the immensely joyous reality that all those who are in Christ Jesus have been chosen by God the Father.

While true, joy-filled obedience to God produces life and flourishing, shallow religion and half-hearted worship lead to compromise, pain, and destruction. 

It's no wonder then that when our flesh is leading, we tend to parent through reacting to events vs. being proactive through the process of our children's sanctification.

By focusing first on who God is and what he's done, we're able to see who we really are in Christ. When we truly submit to the realities of the gospel, then this new identity orients what we do!