Are You Raising Fruitful Children Or Harvesting A Flock of Failure?
Deuteronomy 6:5-7 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up
A major role in parenting is giving your children a loving, Christian example from which they may learn righteousness and a productive, fruitful life. This step brings us to the need of a Savior, because without Him we cannot do what is righteous and holy. When the parents are living a sinful life, this brings shame and condemnation upon not only themselves, but their children as well. When children have a Godless example, they will learn a lifestyle that will lead to sin & bondage.
Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Part of teaching in the home is that the parents are to admonish their children, and to encourage and instruct them in living for Christ. It is also to help them find God’s purpose for their lives. We must teach our boys how to be godly men and our girls how to be godly women. Being mature in Christ does not happen over night. This is something that has to be instilled into our children’s lives. This is all part of the plan God has unfolded in the Bible on raising our children to become productive, respectful, God loving adults.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
In order to be a responsible parent in raising your children, you first have to take a look at where you are in life. Are you in a stable, loving, respectful and nurturing marriage? Do you show examples of trust, love and respect through your actions and words to each other? Do you practice the words that you speak? Anyone can quote God’s Word, but to walk in it is a different story. These things are the keys not only to successful marriage but being successful as a loving parent as well. If you have mistrust, hatred, disrespect, and jealousy between you and your mate, your children will see these emotions played out before their eyes. How can they learn to love, respect & trust others if their role models are not demonstrating the mind of Christ?
Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
To have a mind like Christ, we must abstain from things that pollute our thinking. Mind altering drugs, alcohol, hypnosis, Witchcraft, the Occult and such are a sin and are forbidden by God’s Word. ANY of these things can & will effect the way we think and act. Is it any wonder that such parents raise up kids who often times become dysfunctional parents as well?? We are admonished to keep ourselves free from things that defile & corrupt our minds and our bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
If parents lie to get out of something, are we not surprised when the children will do the same when they are confronted? If they see the parents stealing as their justified ways of making ends meet, don’t be surprised if their children grow up to be professional criminals. If they see them conning and cheating their neighbors, do they expect them to learn to respect others property? What you do in a Childs life, can and will help to mold them into the adults they become.
One thing I want to point out is that the Husband & Father’s decisions will in fact determine what happens to the family as a whole. If he is not lining his life up with Gods Word, he will in fact be bringing chastisement on the entire family. Through his sins the family will NOT reap God’s bountiful blessings. He too will stand in judgment before the Lord one day for his lack of leadership in his family.
Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
The above scripture shows us the severity of the consequences of the sins of the leader of the home. Not only will it affect their own children but up to and including their great, great, great grandchildren. What a sad legacy this will leave for their current and future generations.
The Lord has been leading me to post these last 3 blogs (minus the Colt’s one) for a purpose. There are those who are living there lives in the above sins. God wants you to know that He is a forgiving God, IF your heart is sincere. You can indeed repent from those sins and start to walk in the Light that God so freely offers to you. It’s all up to you. God blessed you with children, don’t they deserve a chance at a decent, loving and Christ Like family??.....Lord bless you all
