First and foremost, we believe a child should be taught the Word of God at a very young age. The importance of developing a relationship with our Heavenly Father is so important. Remember when you teach a young child the Word of God, when he/she grows up, the Word of God will be implanted in his/her heart and will guide every decision he/she makes.
A child should also be taught the importance of prayer. Initially it may be a struggle to get a child to sit still and pray but over time you will see that they get used to the routine and begin to enjoy "talking to Jesus". There's nothing that brings us more joy than to see Bunny girl close her eyes and pray for a little classmate who bullies her little friends or even pray for our family back home. Over time we've seen that Bunny girl knows that we need to pray for healing and even just to thank God for answering a prayer request. I still remember receiving an answer to prayer a week ago and Hubby rushed into the room to tell both of us just as we were nodding off to sleep. Immediately Bunny girl bounced up and said "Come on! Lets thank Jesus." She didn't forget! Hubby and I have learnt so much from listening to her short, simple and sincere prayers.
I honestly believe a parent has done an awesome job with their child if they raise a God fearing child. Everything else falls into place after this.
The third thing a child should be taught is to respect grownups and their friends (both young and old.) We always tell Bunny girl she needs to
- Be polite ("Please" "Thank You" "May I" Excuse me" "Sorry")
- Obey the first time round.
- Take turns while playing and
- Share (We still have a little difficulty with taking turns and sharing but we're slowly getting there)
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I agree, a child should be raised in the way of God. I've been a Christian for many, many years but have never really encouraged my children to go to church. That is until almost a year ago when I felt the inner nudge that I needed to start going. We've been going to a church on Saturdays (although not so much this summer) and it's something that both my kids and I enjoy. My youngest son used to not do so well in school last year and his behavior was not desirable. His behavior changed once he started going to church and his teacher even commented that she noticed a big difference. He said it was because he had been baptized and knew that God was watching him. Wow, what a profound statement. Now that our weekends are not tied up so much I'm going to be taking them back to church. It's made a difference in our lives.
ReplyDeleteI love your story about your daughter saying you need to praise God for an answered prayer!!
ReplyDeleteThese were great and TRUE!!!! We as parents need to lay a foundation for our children to grow up to be full of integrity and character!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and true! Love your daughter's praise story.
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