Proverbs 24:3-4 "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches." Three things build a house: wisdom, understanding, knowledge. Not force. Not yelling. Not trying harder. Wisdom: knowing the right thing to do. Understanding: knowing WHY it is the right thing to do. Knowledge: the application. Doing it. A home reset is not about trying harder. It is about getting wisdom, gaining understanding, and then applying it consistently. That is the formula. And it has been in scripture the whole time. In that area, do you have wisdom (you know what to do)? Understanding (you know why)? Or knowledge (you are applying it)? Which piece is missing?

I know many of you are working on building a daily routine this week. Below you will find a sample routine by the hour for children 5 and under during summer break. If you watched my video on Instagram yesterday you already know, idle time is not on the schedule. Even in the summer. Especially in the summer. Because idle time is the devil's playground and we are not renting him space in our homes. This is just an example. Adjust the times to fit your household. But keep the structure. Structure is the gift. OTHER AGE GROUPS WILLBE POSTED AFTE THIS POST MORNING 7:00 AM -- Wake up, potty, wash face and hands 7:15 AM -- Morning prayer cuddle or quiet time with mom or dad (this is connection time, do not skip it) 7:30 AM -- Breakfast 8:00 AM -- Get dressed, brush teeth, hair done 8:30 AM -- Morning movement (dancing, stretching, a walk outside, anything that gets the body moving) 9:00 AM -- Learning time (colors, numbers, letters, shapes, reading together, simple puzzles, flashcards) 10:00 AM -- Creative play (coloring, playdough, building blocks, pretend play) AFTERNOON 11:00 AM -- Outdoor play or sensory activity 12:00 PM -- Lunch 12:30 PM -- Quiet wind down (books, soft music, calm activity) 1:00 PM -- Nap time or rest time (even if they do not sleep, rest is required) 2:30 PM -- Wake up, snack, potty 3:00 PM -- Free play (child led, imaginative, unstructured within a safe space) 4:00 PM -- Simple life skill practice (helping set the table, picking up toys, sorting laundry, folding washcloths) 5:00 PM -- Wind down and prepare for dinner EVENING 5:30 PM -- Dinner together as a family 6:00 PM -- Bath time 6:30 PM -- Pajamas, brush teeth 6:45 PM -- Bible story or devotional (keep it short, keep it simple, make it fun) 7:00 PM -- Bedtime prayer together 7:15 PM -- In bed, lights out This routine gives your little one security, stimulation, learning, rest, and God -- all in one day. They will not remember every activity. But they will remember that their days felt safe and predictable. And that is what you are building.

Can I tell you something that nobody talks about when it comes to getting your home together? Your children will never maintain what you do not model. You can post the chore chart. You can announce the new rules. You can sit them down and explain the new expectations. And by Friday it will all fall apart. Not because your children are bad. Because they looked at YOUR space and took notes. Children do not do what you say. They do what you do. And if your bedroom looks like a storage unit, if your bathroom counter is covered in products you never put away, if your car is a rolling trash can, if your personal space communicates that you do not take care of what belongs to you, your children got the memo. They just applied it to their rooms instead of yours. So before we tackle one thing in your child's space this week we are starting with yours. Not to shame you. To activate you. When you reset your personal space, something shifts in you. Your mind gets clearer. Your stress drops. Your capacity to lead your home increases. There is a direct connection between the environment you live in and the way you show up as a parent. Science confirms it. Scripture confirms it. And if you are honest you already know it. A cluttered space produces a cluttered mind. And a cluttered mind cannot lead a household with clarity. So today we start with you. WHY YOU HAVE TO GO FIRST When your child sees you make your bed every morning without being told they learn that responsibility is not about being watched. When your child sees you wipe down your bathroom counter and keep your space clean they learn that order is a standard, not a punishment. When your child sees you take care of your own things they learn that adults respect what they own. You are not just cleaning your room. You are teaching a lesson that no chore chart can replace. Authority is not what you demand. It is what you demonstrate. You cannot lead your children somewhere you refuse to go yourself. So go first. Go today.

Kingdom University, it is time to reset. Not just our parenting. Not just our discipline. Not just our routines. Our homes. Starting tomorrow we are doing a 7 day Bible plan together as a community and I want every single one of you in it. It is called They're Not Bad Kids: You Just Need a System. This is not about your child being a problem. This is about you being equipped. Because most of the chaos in our homes is not a child problem. It is a system problem. A structure problem. A "nobody ever showed me how to build this" problem. And God has something to say about that. 7 days. Together. Starting tomorrow. Here is the link 👇🏽 🔗 https://bible.com/reading-plans/72620/together/81083635/invitation?token=AVVzNZlPCDsk_e3PVuP5rg&source=share Let me know if you will be joining

I need you to try something this weekend. Say it once. Just once. No repeating. No escalating. No screaming until your throat hurts and your kids still don't move. Just once. Calmly. Clearly. And then step back and let the consequence do the talking. Because here is something I need you to understand about the authority God gave you He didn't give you loud authority. He didn't give you authority that has to beg, threaten, repeat itself seventeen times, and eventually lose its mind to be taken seriously. He just gave you authority. And real authority doesn't need volume. It needs presence. Think about this When a police officer pulls onto your street you don't need him to roll down his window and scream at you to slow down. You see the car. You see the badge. You feel the presence of someone who has the power to follow through. And you fall in line. Not because he yelled. Because you believed he meant it. That is the kind of parent God called you to be. Not the loudest one in the room. The most consistent one in the room. The one your children look at and think she means what she says. He doesn't play. I already know what happens if I don't. THAT is authority. So this weekend...... here is the assignment: Speak once. Give the instruction once. Calmly. Clearly. "Clean your room. If it's not done in 20 minutes the tablet is gone for the weekend." That's it. Walk away. Don't remind them. Don't warn them again. Don't count to ten for the fourth time. Just follow through. Give the consequence without emotion. When the 20 minutes pass and the room isn't clean take the tablet. No lecture. No "I TOLD you." No dramatic speech. Just "You didn't follow through. The tablet is gone for the weekend. You can try again Monday." Calm. Final. Done. Let the silence do the work. Your children do not need you to explain how frustrated you are. They need to experience that you mean what you say. The consequence is the message. Your calm delivery is the authority. Your follow through is what changes the house.