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Scripture Text: Matthew 10:13-16

Children are beautiful things that God made. So pure do they seem that the Bible says we need to have the heart of a child to enter God's kingdom.
But we need to catch these kids while they're still young, just like the our Scripture text says, and bring them closer to God. We must never get in the way of them meeting God.


Parents can stop their kids from liking Christ in a number of ways. Being a bad model is the first thing we should remember and stay away from. Kids often do what they see adults do. They do what the people they look up to do, like their parents, guardians, or brothers. They follow more what you do around then than what you teach them. As a result, if you are a parent or guardian and don't live a good life, you are making it harder for your kids to love and live a good life.

Some parents, whether they are aware of it or not, lie to their kids and show other bad behaviour. Some of these kids go on to do even worse things as adults, like stealing and other bad things. Some parents who are not religious send their teenagers to be with bad people. How will parents who cheat on their partners keep their kids from going astray?

The second reason is that some parents have made their kids their idols. Their children tell them what to do, and in the process, they disobey or anger God. God gives us children. They should be taught and raised in the Lord's way. We should also punish them when they do something wrong or stray from the Lord's path. Dear parent, don't spoil your kid too much and let them do what they want if they don't serve the Lord.

In his newest book, Parenting by God's Promises, Joel Beeke lists six things parents can do to keep their kids from coming to Christ and urges parents to be very careful about each one.

As Christians, we can stop our kids from coming to Christ, just like the disciples did when they tried to keep kids from Him (Mark 10:13–16).
We need to be very careful to avoid this happening.

We get in the way of our kids when:
We ourselves don't come closer to Jesus. How can we expect our kids to follow Jesus if we don't do it ourselves?
We don't have conversations in the home that are centred on Christ. It's not enough to just go on and on about church business or criticise . It is important to talk about Christ, His majesty, His love for sinners, His power to save, and His openness to all who come to Him.
We don't live in an honest way. This takes place when our kids hear what we say but don't see how much we love God and our neighbours by the way we live our lives.
We don't love Christ and His church enough.
We don't trust God and keep them when He says to.
We don't care much about spiritual things. Our faith is made up of empty rituals and forms, without any real godliness.

If we find that we are getting in the way of our kids in these or other ways, we should pray that God will help us be their helpers instead of their hindrances, leading them to the Lord. The Lord loves children very much. God gives us children, and we should be very thoughtful about how we raise them. The devil wants our seeds because they can make great things happen. Little kids are loved by Jesus. Let's show them we love them. Show them how to behave properly so that they can imitate you, and make sure that what you do doesn't hurt them.

God bless you in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

If you would like to give your life to Christ, just say this prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I come to You now, come into my life, take control of my life and change my world. I say bye-bye to the devil. I enter into the Kingdom of Light. Thank You Jesus, in Jesus mighty name I pray, amen."

Congratulations!!!

Peace!

Also read:
https://flatimes.com/mfm-devotional-16-september-2024-happy-childrens-day/

https://www.ligonier.org/posts/parents-are-you-hindering-your-children#:~:text=It%20is%20possible%20for%20us,the%20power%20of%20true%20godliness.

Forceful indoctrination of children into stupid organized religions should be criminalized.

I totally agree with you. And that's why we must teach them the way of Christ so that they won't end up being ignorant.

Righthussle:
Forceful indoctrination of children into stupid organized religions should be criminalized.

topshore:
I totally agree with you. And that's why we must teach them the way of Christ so that they won't end up being ignorant.

That your christ teachings should wait until they are 18 years of age.

If you must teach them about religions, teach them about the different religions in the world and what they believe in just as you teach them about the different professions in the world. When they grow up, they will choose their profession and religion themselves.