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Friday March 15
“They will become discouraged.” Col 3:21 NIV
Embittered children ultimately become discouraged. A discouraged child is less hopeful, less enthusiastic, lacking in determination, and easily led astray. By destroying your child’s hope, you’re undermining their God-given temperament. Children are born with optimism, inspiration, anticipation, and possibilities. Without hope, there is nothing to inspire them. Hopelessness brings depression and darkness of heart and soul . When you embitter your children, you undermine their hope. When you demoralize them, you destroy their confidence, leaving them afraid, insecure, and unable to face life. Self-confidence is necessary for a healthy self-image, for relating to others, for succeeding in their education and a career. A disheartened kid loses certainty and becomes a broken spirit. The spirit is the center of the being. A broken spirit produces a broken person. “A broken spirit saps a person’s strength” (Pr 17:22 NLT), leaving a child with their core disabled. Our streets are full of broken kids. Broke-spirited kids lack the resolve to achieve in life, to set goals and reach them. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Pr 29:18). It’s your vision that gives you the inner strength to see something through to its accomplishment in spite of the obstacles encountered. It takes an intact, resilient child to overcome life’s hurdles. How can you help them? “Instead [of breaking their spirit], bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Eph 6:4 NIV). You must cherish them, teach them God’s Word even when they seem indifferent, practice what you preach, be consistent with your rules, let them see you reading God’s Word and praying regularly. Always encourage them and never, never give up on them!
Friday March 15
“They will become discouraged.” Col 3:21 NIV
Embittered children ultimately become discouraged. A discouraged child is less hopeful, less enthusiastic, lacking in determination, and easily led astray. By destroying your child’s hope, you’re undermining their God-given temperament. Children are born with optimism, inspiration, anticipation, and possibilities. Without hope, there is nothing to inspire them. Hopelessness brings depression and darkness of heart and soul . When you embitter your children, you undermine their hope. When you demoralize them, you destroy their confidence, leaving them afraid, insecure, and unable to face life. Self-confidence is necessary for a healthy self-image, for relating to others, for succeeding in their education and a career. A disheartened kid loses certainty and becomes a broken spirit. The spirit is the center of the being. A broken spirit produces a broken person. “A broken spirit saps a person’s strength” (Pr 17:22 NLT), leaving a child with their core disabled. Our streets are full of broken kids. Broke-spirited kids lack the resolve to achieve in life, to set goals and reach them. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Pr 29:18). It’s your vision that gives you the inner strength to see something through to its accomplishment in spite of the obstacles encountered. It takes an intact, resilient child to overcome life’s hurdles. How can you help them? “Instead [of breaking their spirit], bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Eph 6:4 NIV). You must cherish them, teach them God’s Word even when they seem indifferent, practice what you preach, be consistent with your rules, let them see you reading God’s Word and praying regularly. Always encourage them and never, never give up on them!
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