FIGHT FOR YOUR KIDS - Parenting with Wisdom Bible Reading

There is a crucial attribute to fatherhood that many dads overlook. It’s the readiness to do battle for the heart and mind of their teenager.

The epic World War II battle of D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944. The night before, American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines to cut off Nazi reinforcements. Astonishingly, some of the soldiers were later found relaxing in a farmhouse, partying with liquor they’d discovered in the cellar. Many historians have expressed bewilderment that these men – by simply landing in an area untouched by battle – could somehow forget there was a war going on.

Then again, maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised by the behavior of these men. After all, many of today’s fathers suffer from a similar lack of awareness. There’s an unseen battle at work against a teenager’s heart and mind. And many dads don’t seem to recognize it.

Teens are being stalked by everything from pornography and sex, to school bullies and drugs. But as long as all seems quiet on the home front, many dads lose themselves in sports, hobbies, or their career and assume their teenager is fine. But, quite often, they’re not.

That’s why teens need men of valor, who will fight for their kids’ heart and mind – men who will be a source of strength and work to instill biblical values throughout the confusion that so often characterizes adolescence. Dads, engage with your teen and get involved in their life because this is one battle you can’t afford to sit out.


For a daily dose of encouragement and perspective, check out Jim Daly’s blog, Daly Focus, at JimDalyBlog.com.

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Defining Marriage Continued...

Faith for the Family

Dec 11, 2012

In order to define Marriage, we first need to examine what we believe and who we believe in!  Who have you surrendered your life to?  God and the bible, which is His word or the devil and everything opposed to the word of God?  If you do not believe in God or accept His word as truth, then what you will read further you will not be in agreement with!

Genesis 3:1, 4 reads: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. {And he said unto the woman}, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, {Ye shall not surely die}:

Now let us explore the mind of the serpent for a minute.  The bible says the serpent is cunning: (usually in a bad sense):--crafty, prudent, subtil.  This leads me to believe the serpent foreknew what God spoke to Adam about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and he also knew that {when} they ate, they would surely die!  Why do I say this, you ask…Well if he didn't know already, then why would he have gone through all the trouble to devise this plan?  So it is through this, that I come to the conclusion that satan, through the serpent intended to attack marriage; starting with Eve first!  He must have known if he could get Eve to doubt God's words and bite the fruit, he would move her out of her position in guarding her husband; and he would surely follow, thus leading to his fall.  

Through the scripture above, we learn two roles of the devil.  First, He comes to attack marriages.  He seduced Eve into being completely disobedient to her husband and to God!   Secondly, the serpent came to discredit God and bring doubt to her mind, thus disconnecting them from God!  These two roles of the devil can be placed into principles that should be applied in our entire walk and relationship with Christ…Just remember this is the devils desire concerning us as well!  He desires to split our marriages and lead us to doubt God and His word every time!

Defining Marriage is not difficult when we understand whose definition counts!  It is through the Word of God that we are to take our definitions, directions and instructions!  We need to pray regularly asking the Lord to give us revelation...Give us a deeper revelation of His word and a deeper revelation of what marriage means to God, so that we can translate that in our individual marriages!  Let us pray Romans 12:2 over ourselves: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”  

Let us be transformed by the renewing of our minds by applying Ephesians 5:25, 26: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and {cleanse it} with the {washing of water} {by the word},”.  Although this scripture is directed to husbands, it also illustrates the importance of God’s word!  That as children of God; the Word of God is as water that washes, cleanses and sanctifies us!  I believe we can begin to save our marriages by first understanding marriage from God’s heart, second adjusting our mindset to follow the will of God in our marriages and lastly, holding each other accountable for our actions in our marriages and calling each other on our negative decisions! 

This was also mentioned in an article on Marketwatch.com, LONDON, December 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- “One report from The Makeshift Alpa, - a highly regarded expert on dating from an evolutionary psychological aspect, closes its argument with several statistics including the fact that only 20% of committed relationships begin online. It also claims that one reason why the divorce rates amongst the religious communities are lower than those of the non-religious variety is because of the {added social pressure the religious community brings.}
"Marriage is for a long time and couples will inevitably go through rough patches. One of the most influential factors that keep people together when things are hard is the social judgment their community makes of them. Religious communities put much more pressure on people to make marriage work. I am not surprised they appear resistant to this [divorce] trend." {marketwatch.com/online-dating-causing-divorce-rates-to-rise-2012-12-10}

For far too long we have allowed the devil to veil us, causing us to give up on our marriages and our families…Join me in fighting for what God created!  Let us seek revelation daily and beseech the Lord for the strength to walk in that revelation till death do us part!  

Mie~

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