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You know, the scripture tells us that God disciplines those he loves and he does it with a lot of grace and some boundaries for our good.

And that's something that author and speaker Jeannie Cunyan echoed when she spoke with

focus president Jim Daly and me about the role parental temperament plays as we

set boundaries for our kids.

I think temperament plays a part in this, in the parenting temperament, where you have, and

often we marry opposites so you might have this in your relationship with your spouse.

But the point of that is that a hundred million dollar

question you know grace can be made cheap and then expectations are

reduced and children will rise to the expectation.

But there is kind of that green zone in that balance between grace and truth and responsibility.

And then it begins to get yellow on both sides if I can describe it visually

like that like if you have too much legalism you're going to hurt your child and

if you have too much grace it will hurt the child as well.

So where is that balance found?

How do you strive to hit that middle ground that's the healthy green where

Jesus wants us to live?

Yeah, I think it's having an understanding. healthy green where Jesus wants us to live.

Yeah, I think it's having an understanding of what Grace actually is, right?

So, you know, one time I was disciplining my boys and my son brother and said,

mom, just give us grace please every

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