As a Christian mom, I quickly discovered the presence of an internal tension as I was training up my boys in the way they should go. I was forced to come to grips with the awesome responsibility God had entrusted me in the spiritual training of my children. Not only was I responsible for the physical well-being, the social development, and the intellectual training of my offspring, but above all things I wanted to see them come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior and walk in His ways all the days of their lives.
This desire to give my children a hunger for the things of God led me to study God's Word. I was desperate to know Him in order to influence my children for the cause of Christ. I knew I could not believe FOR them. That would be a personal decision between them and the Lord. My role was to live the reality of my faith and trust in the contagious nature of a life infused with Jesus Christ.
My lifeline became the Book of Proverbs. Every day I read a chapter of Proverbs. With 31 chapters, in a month's time I could make my way through the book. At the end of the month I started the process over again. Over and over again, i soaked in God's wisdom scripted in the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs is uniquely written as a collection of God's precepts and principles for living a lift that honors Him.
My advise for raising children is to saturate your soul with the Word of God and surrender yourself to His Spirit in obedience, confidently trusting in Him to do the work in your life and in the lives of your children that only He can do. My buddy, Wendy, is hosting
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