You are on a great team!

   Have you ever felt totally alone in your efforts to raise your kids "God's Way"? Do you try to share scripture with your kids and feel that you are getting no where? Do you wonder if you are just not the person that should be trying to teach your kids the Bible? Well, you are not alone.

   I was inspired to write this blog because a good friend of mine shared on her facebook that she was trying to share scripture with her son and he didn't seem to be receiving it. Have you ever felt that way? I believe anyone and EVERYONE who has ever tried teaching the Bible has felt that their listeners were not getting it. If your audience happens to be kids then you have a lot working against you. Kids are highly distracted, their attention span is very short, and to make matters worse they are the most media-driven generation that has ever lived. But don't be discouraged. Even when kids don't seem to be understanding everything you are teaching they are likely retaining much more than you think. Kids are used to learning, they are learning everyday at school, they are sponges of information. Not only that, but the Word of God has the Holy Spirit at work in the minds and hearts of our kids to help their understanding. If you do not see immediate fruit from your efforts, be patient, don't give up!

   Lets look at what the Apostle Paul said, "After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. ⁶ I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. ⁷ It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. ⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. ⁹ For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building."              (1 Corinthians 3:5-9)


   So, you are on a great team! You are teaching the Bible to your children. You probably have a pastor, or children's pastor, or Sunday school teacher who is also teaching (watering) the Word. The best part is that GOD is the one who is causing His Truth to grow inside the heart and mind of your little ones! You cant have a better teaching team than that. JESUS CHRIST is on your teaching team!