Safe home, a porn-free zone
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Love your children by keeping them safe. Prepare your children by educating them. Open your arms wide so they know you are always there. It’s up to us to make this world safe for our children. I’ve heard it said countless times over, “It’s not a question of if they will see it but when they will see it.” You know what I’m talking about, right? Porn. Raising children is like riding a rollercoaster, It’s thrilling, but a little daunting at times. The question I often ask myself is, what do my children need from me now? I take notice of their ages, stage of development and life challenges, t ..read more
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20 inspirational and funny parenting quotes
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Parenting is another way of ensuring you don’t really know as much as you think you do. Here are twenty parenting quotes I could find. The goal? To encourage and hopefully inspire you to raise and release world changers. And some quotes are here just for laughs. They are a little ridiculous, but hopefully, they will make you smile. Enjoy! Parenting quotes to inspire you “Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things they did not teach you. Material wears out but knowledge stays.” – Bruce Lee “We have to prepare the child for the path, not ..read more
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Seven lessons from our parenting journey
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Becoming a mom was a culture shock for me. When I fell pregnant with my eldest, I thought I had this parenting thing wrapped up in my mind. Never mind the fact that I hadn’t changed a nappy, let alone burped a baby or even babysat a toddler. I still remember over 20 years later how Neil and I drove home with Matthew in his car seat at probably 30km/h wondering, wide-eyed, how the hospital let us out with this newborn. And then, almost two years later, with Emily snuggled into our arms, we introduced her to her big brother. Our family was growing. Growing into being parents Fast forward a fe ..read more
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Love’s touch frees from fear
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
I was asked me recently about how the power of fear can control and affect a person’s life. From experience and research, I know that fear leads to one of two reactions. Either we pretend it doesn’t exist, or it paralyzes us. Fear ties us up with chains, locking us up from living life in full colour. Fear lies to us. Love leads us into truth. It’s actually love that frees us from fears chains. Love makes us feel safe, seen and heard. Feeling safe is fundamental to our well-being. When we feel loved emotionally, mentally and physically safe, we find it easier to take a risk, reach peace of m ..read more
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Love’s touch frees us from fear
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
I was asked me recently about how the power of fear can control and affect a person’s life. From experience and research, I know that fear leads to one of two reactions. Either we pretend it doesn’t exist, or it paralyzes us. Fear ties us up with chains, locking us up from living life in full colour. Fear lies to us. Love leads us into truth. It’s actually love that frees us from fears chains. Love makes us feel safe, seen and heard. Feeling safe is fundamental to our well-being. When we feel loved emotionally, mentally and physically safe, we find it easier to take a risk, reach peace of min ..read more
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5 lies you need to stop telling yourself
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Lies left unchecked can really mess up our lives. It’s so much easier to believe that negative than to live out the positive or even the truth. I hope that this blog will shed some light on 5 lies we need to stop telling ourself.The words we speak shape our lives. But before we speak them out loud, there is a narrative in our mind that directs those words. “A new study has found the average person has more than 6000 thoughts every day. Researchers have developed a new way to determine the beginning and end of each thought. Identifying this moment as a “thought worm” has allowed scientists to ..read more
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Decision-making 101
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude.” Charles Swindoll Wisdom helps us make better choices Wisdom fascinates me. What’s most interesting about wisdom is that we can ask God for it, we can learn about it and we can grow in it. Wisdom doesn’t always appear like a cloud in the sky. It is a gift to us and it is a skill. They define wisdom as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise. It is also the ability to know what is true or right. When we make decisions about what to ea ..read more
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Six keys to discipling your children
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Be the kind of parent that inspires hope in their children. You are their first disciplers and it is both a privilege and a joy. Discipleship is journey In essence, discipleship is a journey on a road together. When we disciple our children, we are training and guiding them.  When I first learnt about the word, ‘discipleship, it was a very abstract term and I was pretty confused about how it worked. Then, I became. a mom and I realized that my spiritual ceiling was their floor. Their journey began where I was at the time. It’s a great joy to introduce your children to Jesus Many of u ..read more
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13 Peaks Challenge, and what we learned along the way
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
“You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” – Tom Hiddleston Earlier this year, we climbed the 13 Peaks Challenge around the Western Cape, South Africa. It’s the brainchild, Ryan Sandes. “The 13 Peaks Challenge isn’t a race, it’s about getting out there and exploring our beautiful wilderness areas. It doesn’t matter if you hike or run, take two days or months to complete, the most important thing is you have fun doing it.” We gathered a motley crew of adventurous trekkers, some we knew, others only through social media ..read more
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Five ways to draw out the gifts and talents in your children
Mandi Hart
by Mandi Hart
2y ago
Intentional parents take time to draw out the gifts & talents in their kids. They cultivate their potential through encouragement & support. Every single human being is filled with gifts and talents, kind of like a locked treasure chest, just waiting to be opened. When my children were toddlers, I used to watch them intently, trying to understand what made them sparkle. Over time, I noticed a pattern. Certain things made the one smile and not other, the one enjoyed a creative expression whilst the other kept on trying to figure out how things worked. These are all clues. 1. Cultiv ..read more
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