Evil influences

[Takie]

How do you protect your child from evil and ungodly influences(especially when you are in the midst of it)? Please advice.

 

[illudium_phosdex]

I'm not real sure what you are referring to but I'll give it a shot with a minor example from my own home. On occasion, we will watch a movie that I thought was ok and turned out to be less than acceptable and yeah, I'd even go so far as to say evil. I don't have time to preview each and every movie that our family sees so we just kind of have to take our chances. Anyway, I try to use the not so good ones as a teaching experience for my two. As a family, we'll talk about what we found unacceptable and why we feel it is.

 

[lucypevensie]

You can always do the supervision and restriction, but I'm sure you know that you can't protect them from everything. You can only do your best. And when something ugly rears its head you calmly address it with your kids in an appropriate manner - talking about it, what God thinks of such things and ways that we can overcome or avoid or whatever.

 

[Stan53]

How do you protect your child from evil and ungodly influences(especially when you are in the midst of it)? Please advice.

You can't. I know that sounds negative, but short of wrapping them up in bubble wrap and cotton wool, you can't. Your child, the same as my two, are born with a sin nature. And they will surprise you at their ability.
What we can do is teach our children right from wrong, and not just say this is wrong, and then teach them how to handle the situation they find themselves in.
To me it is important that my two children know why a certain thing is wrong. And that is where we the parents come in. What does our Bible say? Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. There is a double edge to that sword. Part one is looking for the career Christ has for him/her and then encouraging them in that way. The other is moral. If we teach them, and discipline them, in good morals they should follow that.
Sorry I can't be more warm and fuzzy.

 

[JCFantasy23]

I mirror the above post. You can't protect your child from influence, but rather teach them the best ways to avoid them - and sometimes learn from them.

 

[tiredwalker]

Be in the world but not of it. You can't shelter your kids from all evils, so bring them up to think critically, and they will be able to protect themselves from it.

I know some people who live in a very rural area and are allowing their child to enter public school for the first time. The dad was irrate because a one of the school readings had the "d" word in it. He didn't want his son exposed to such language at 15. I personally find that to be petty. There are plenty examples of immorality and flat out bad language in literature, but to be an educated person, one should read some of this lit. Besides, I'm sure he's hearing plenty of other horrible words in the locker room and hallways anyway. If one is just so offended by a little bad word, how can he/she be a good witness and loving to a person who is truly of the world. If a person guards their life from understanding forms of evil, how can you recognize it and love a person living in it anyway. I'm not saying we should expose our children to it on purpose or allow them to use those words or partake in those actions, just not try to hide them from it.

If it is a situation in the home that could actually harm the child (drugs, abuse, etc) then you need to remove the child from the home. But if it is simply living in the world, education is your answer.

 

[MLEN]

One of the best things you can do is talk with them about these things often and openly. Help them to develop an understanding of what God says or feels about such negative influences. Then, make sure that you are living out God's standards in your own personal daily life. Your actions will speak much louder than your words. And God's words (as written in the Bible) can even convict children to know and do truth. So search the scriptures with your child on such matters and read about them together. In the end, you can only do your best to lay a spiritual foundation. After that, pray over your children that the negative influences will not prevail and then put your trust in God to keep the spiritual foundation you lay there.

Many Blessings

 

[Macx]

How do you protect your child from evil and ungodly influences(especially when you are in the midst of it)? Please advice.

If it ain't worth shooting over, it ain't worth fretting about.

 

[McScribe]

Depends what you mean. If you're talking (as Macx said) about something life threatening then yeah, do what you have to. Talking to God about things, whatever they are, will help clarify things for you.

 

[HisW0rd]

How do you protect your child from evil and ungodly influences(especially when you are in the midst of it)? Please advice.

Through out the years of trying to protect my neice and nephew spiritually. I LEARNED that the mother/father is responsible. If you are under the blood of Christ, then you dont need to worry about your child. IF you are living a life in Christ, you will already be praying for your child but once you are covered, he/she will be.

Sin, disobedience, and even sometimes exhaustion can leave a door open for Satan to try to come in and attack. Fear is noting but like powerade to him.

I use to get sooooo upset with my little sister because my neice was being tormented by spirits since she was a baby. I cried because I knew she had to step up to the plate, be a young woman of God, and stand up for her child in the Spirit. My little baby niece, she is such a blessing, and she is doing so much better. My sister is doing great!

 

[HisW0rd]

I know I did help my sister more than once in the spirit concerning her child but it was instruction from God. Anyone can help you but one thing I wish my mother and father did for me.

Was tell me THE TRUTH...about LIFE and the things that are to come...I had to learn through the aches and pain