Blue text question taken from the text's "For Study and Discussion"
Biblical quotations from Revised Standard Version Bible1. How can you help yourself and your child(ren) from falling into Satan's trap of negative thinking as Peter did at the beginning of the chapter? Do you see a correlation between negativity and the inability to recognize Christ's presence? How do you refocus that relationship?
2. Read Mark 14:66-72
[66] And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came; [67] and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus." [68] But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway. [69] And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them." [70] But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean." [71] But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak." [72] And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.
and then 1 Peter 4:8 [Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins].
Knowing that Christ gave Peter grace after he failed so miserably, how would he have you extend this kind of grace to your own child(ren)? What would this look like in your daily interactions?
3. How do you help your child(ren) receive grace? give grace?
4. What concrete step can you take this week to highlight grace in your home?
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