Good Morning:
Today is my son's birthday.
The bible tells us that children are a heritage from the Lord. The bible also tells us that fathers should not provoke their child to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
If you serve the Lord (father, mother, guardian) and are training that child in the ways of the Lord - please remember when everything seems to be falling apart with your child - know that they are a blessing and not a mistake. Continue to nurture them and instruct them in the ways of God's word. Provoke them to kindness and not anger.
The relationship with parent to child, child to parent and family to the Lord does not start on Sunday or Wednesday nights - but - it starts in the home. If you want victory in your family, it must start with the parents and start inside the four walls of your home. Then and only then, will it begin to flow (naturally, not faking it) outside of your home.
Dear Christian Parent: The Lord has given you the responsibility to train not raise your children in the light of His word! And yes, one day, we will be judged by our parenting.
I want to leave you with one thing that Jesus did and I think it behooves us Parents to do also:
Matthew 19:13-15
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
We (parents) need to pray for our children. Not only that, but need to lay our hands on them and bless them in the name of the Lord. Our children need to hear their parents pray and especially pray for them (children).
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Happy Birthday Son! May the Lord Bless you and Keep you! May the Lord set your path now as a young boy. I pray that the word of God will take root in your spirit and you grew mighty in the name of Jesus. You are a Blessing. Remember, your name means Christ-like!
Blessings
kc
