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Proverbs 21:6

Proverbs 13:20

Matthew 12:36

Philippians 4:8

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Jeremiah 32

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Do you know you're raising arrows? The Bible in Psalm 127 says that children are arrows in the hands of a warrior, and we're talking today and next time about what that means for us as we parent.

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2 Corinthians 12

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