If you are not modeling and teaching the life of Christ to your children, the chances of them rejecting your Christianity by the time they are teenagers is exponentially higher than if you humbly present Christ to them while they are young.
The biggest culprit that hinders their thoughts about Christ is fear, which is one of the first sin patterns you’ll see in their lives. So naturally, you want to be proactive in helping your child overcome fear.
I’ve listed seven negative patterns for your consideration. If any of these represent you, it would be wise to wrestle through the issue, change what you can, and present a transformed picture of Christ to your child.
1: A distant parent
2: An angry parent
3: An abusive parent
4: A critical parent
5: A preoccupied parent
6: An impatient parent
7: A divorced parent
https://lifeovercoffee.com/day-29-one-reason-children-rebel-against-their-parents/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
