Trust and Obey.........

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory; (2 Corinthians 4:17)

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Matthew 9:28-29 tells the story about how Jesus asked these blind men, "'Do you believe that I am able to do this?'" What did they say? "'Yes, Lord.' Then he touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith will it be done to you,' and their sight was restored.'" The Bible is full of God's promises, but unlike the promises that we make, God's promises are true and he fulfills every one. Abraham believed God's promise that he would be the father of many nations. He did not waver through unbelief but was made strong as he believed in the promise of God, because he knew the one who promised it was able to perform it. You have to rest assured that God is still able to perform miracles. He is able to hear and answer your prayers. God gives us grace every time we pray. God is able to answer your prayer, and if you are born of God, He will most certainly answer it. Contrary to popular belief, God does not only answer prayers about our great needs. He gets involved in our minor troubles as well. He is a loving and concerned father. He cares about everything about us. You can trust Him and go to Him with all your complications.

Jesus Himself lived like that, in daily unhindered communion with the Father, He went to Him all the time so that He could say to His Father and our Father, "I knew that you hear me always" (John 11:42). And all the teaching of Jesus about prayer shows that we too can have communion with God. Friend, the normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. It is perfectly normal for an obedient child to ask God for things in prayers and get it, get all he wants. "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (Matt. 7:11). Friend, trust God, He will not fail you. Dare to be like Daniel. Read your Bible for the better you know God, the easier you'll find it to trust and obey Him. And the more you'll sense how deeply God cherishes you, and how desperately He wants to answer your prayers. So learn more about God each day. Grow closer to the glorious God who treasures you beyond your wildest dreams. You can trust Him. Focus on Him and be blessed.

Praise the Lord!

Discipline our Children...............

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth. Psalm 51:5

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4

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Children need training. Psalm 51:3 tells us that inside every one of them is a sinful nature and it begins expressing itself almost immediately after birth. Parents have the responsibility to show them how to live right. Therefore, parents are not only challenged to teach children to do the right thing, they also have the obligation to punish them when they do the wrong thing. If parents do not punish their children when they are young, then the children will punish them for sure in the future. I see red when a parent let a child gets away with terrible behavior. A wise parent trains up a child in the way He should go. Not according to the parent's will for the child, but according to God's will. Children should be trained in ways that lead them to develop a hunger for God and are internally motivated. Parents must raise the children right. Parents who do not discipline their children because they don't want to make them unhappy are setting themselves up to be disappointed in the future and they are setting the children up for failures and worst of all, they are in disobedience to God. To train the children young is a command from God and not a suggestion.

The Bible offers 5 good reasons to discipline our children:
* To Remove Foolishness - Pro. 22:15
* To Rescue From Judgment - Pro. 23:13-14
* To Receive Wisdom - Pro. 29:15
* To Relieve Anxiety - Pro. 29:17
* To Reflect God's Character - Heb. 12:10-11

By following God's word we can raise children who avoid evil and serve God faithfully. Bible principles about child raising are very critical. The subject of raising children deserves careful study by almost everyone. Are you a young person, not yet married? Almost certainly someday you will be a parent or will work with children in some capacity. Acts 20:27 implies that Christians must teach "the whole counsel of God." That includes Bible teaching about parenthood. All of us need to learn this, no excuses. So if you have children or ever will have them, and even if you don't have them, as a Christian you need to know God's will. Allow me to remind you that it is far easier to build a child that to repair and adult and friend, please allow the Lord to help you to do everything in your power to be the best parents you can be to the children He entrusted you with, for His glory.

Praise the Lord!