Do you ever fear for the future of our kids?
Do you ever ask yourself what you can do to help them?
Over 12 weeks I’ll be sharing one thing you can do to help the kids in your life grow closer to God.

May God give you strength, wisdom, and joy as you reach tomorrow’s hero!

#11 of 12 Things 

Take Ownership

Years ago, I was at church one Sunday when several kids were running wildly around the church after service with no parents in sight.

After several minutes of this I overheard the church administrator say, “What are they teaching these kids in Sunday school?!”

I was offended and baffled at the same time.

Offended because he blamed Sunday school for the kids’ behaviour.

Baffled because he thought it was Sunday school’s responsibility to help the kids learn how to behave.

Sadly, his mindset was not too different from many people in the church.  

It would be nice if all we had to do was drop off our kids at Sunday school and let the church do the rest, but that’s not what God intended.  

He gave Abel to Adam and Eve, not to a governing body.

As parents, we are the primary caregiver, physically, emotionally and spiritually.  The spiritual growth of our children is our responsibility, not the church’s.  

The church is only with our kids a couple hours a week, we are with our kids everyday. 

Sometimes we change our churches.  Our kids don’t change parents.  

“And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.  Repeat them again and again to your children.  Talk about them when you are home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.”  Deuteronomy 6:6-7

Know that as you are doing your best to raise your children up in the Lord that you are doing the will of God.  He will help you do it.

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