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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]9How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. 11I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. Psalm 119:9-17[/FONT]
We brought our babies to church twice on Sunday and for Wednesday fellowship. We made sure they were in every holiday pageant and that hopefully they were in front so we could get the good pictures taken. We made sure they remembered their weekly scriptures and learned the hymns in childrens choir. We had a our lock ins for them and try to make things cool enough so they didnt feel left out in youth group. We scraped the money up so they could attend summer camp and have the coolest stuff to wear at it.
But somewhere in all this effort, the enemy saw our attempts to rear them in God's holy will, sitting on the sidelines the darkness looked for weeknesses not always in the child but mostly the parent (s). Giving in to earthly desires, fads, styles, peer pressures, by popular demand the parent (s) buckles in by the demands of the wordly pace. Little by little the Godly front is worn down until the child that grew up in church no longer believes that Jesus is their special friend anymore.
It is too easy to just throw all the blame on the parent (s). Or just throw in the towel and claim it was the rebellious child who could not be tamed. Like the pastor of a church; if he teaches in blatant error form, misleading the people, that church will fall. So, in respect to leading astray a child, is it from laziness, inconsistencies, or parent burn out that they choose to let go? For a lot of families, they just let the child drift until they are hellbent on destroyng themselves and taken down their family in the process.
The enemy sees everything, hears everything and knows his prey. He has had several milliniums to perfect his tactics. The seeds of rebellion and destruction are sown in the hearts of children through their social structure, peers, and common forms of medias. Home and family are the places inwhich your child seeks solace and refuge from all the ugly terrible things that happen in youth. Satan knows this therefore he will chew at the roots of the family tree to destroy its mighty fortress. He will do everything in his bag of dirty tricks to make fools of parents.
Meanwhile, you have the most devasting task before you..watching the baby you both love with everything you have fall, and they fall hard. For families who do not know the Lord, can you imagine the insurmountable pain they suffer, the sick feeling in the depths of their soul....watching their child brake. Then you think its not so bad after all. It still hurts, it still gets you burning mad and you still want justice for your child is being attacked and beaten up literally by the world and unseen principalities.
Yet, they came to Jesus with a babes faith and again we have to hope that once again Christ in his loving mercy will let them come unto him again and restore that baby's faith and renew their love once again. God promises if we train them up right they will return to what they know. I believe God already knew that mothers and fathers would unfortunantly suffer this plight, not all of them but some.
Remember in prayer that hope in the unseen is faith in the promise of mercy and grace. Pray for those who are lost and running after their lost child in this very unforgiving dark world.
We brought our babies to church twice on Sunday and for Wednesday fellowship. We made sure they were in every holiday pageant and that hopefully they were in front so we could get the good pictures taken. We made sure they remembered their weekly scriptures and learned the hymns in childrens choir. We had a our lock ins for them and try to make things cool enough so they didnt feel left out in youth group. We scraped the money up so they could attend summer camp and have the coolest stuff to wear at it.
But somewhere in all this effort, the enemy saw our attempts to rear them in God's holy will, sitting on the sidelines the darkness looked for weeknesses not always in the child but mostly the parent (s). Giving in to earthly desires, fads, styles, peer pressures, by popular demand the parent (s) buckles in by the demands of the wordly pace. Little by little the Godly front is worn down until the child that grew up in church no longer believes that Jesus is their special friend anymore.
It is too easy to just throw all the blame on the parent (s). Or just throw in the towel and claim it was the rebellious child who could not be tamed. Like the pastor of a church; if he teaches in blatant error form, misleading the people, that church will fall. So, in respect to leading astray a child, is it from laziness, inconsistencies, or parent burn out that they choose to let go? For a lot of families, they just let the child drift until they are hellbent on destroyng themselves and taken down their family in the process.
The enemy sees everything, hears everything and knows his prey. He has had several milliniums to perfect his tactics. The seeds of rebellion and destruction are sown in the hearts of children through their social structure, peers, and common forms of medias. Home and family are the places inwhich your child seeks solace and refuge from all the ugly terrible things that happen in youth. Satan knows this therefore he will chew at the roots of the family tree to destroy its mighty fortress. He will do everything in his bag of dirty tricks to make fools of parents.
Meanwhile, you have the most devasting task before you..watching the baby you both love with everything you have fall, and they fall hard. For families who do not know the Lord, can you imagine the insurmountable pain they suffer, the sick feeling in the depths of their soul....watching their child brake. Then you think its not so bad after all. It still hurts, it still gets you burning mad and you still want justice for your child is being attacked and beaten up literally by the world and unseen principalities.
Yet, they came to Jesus with a babes faith and again we have to hope that once again Christ in his loving mercy will let them come unto him again and restore that baby's faith and renew their love once again. God promises if we train them up right they will return to what they know. I believe God already knew that mothers and fathers would unfortunantly suffer this plight, not all of them but some.
Remember in prayer that hope in the unseen is faith in the promise of mercy and grace. Pray for those who are lost and running after their lost child in this very unforgiving dark world.
