Tuesday, May 20, 2014

What To Do When you are Facing a battle?

Don’t try to:- Figure your way through, Reason your way through, Guess your way through, Feel your way through, Push your way through, Manipulate your way through, Fake your way through. What should you do? Trust your way through! “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” 2 Chronicles 20:12 AMP Pray your way through! “Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance.” Ephesians 6:18 AMP Believe your way through! “This is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4 AMP Walk your way through! “When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” Isaiah 43:2-3 NLT Praise your way through! “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat.” Joshua 6:20 NKJV

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

'Train' nor raise

Solomon said, “Train.” He did not say raise. You raise vegetables, but you train children. Feeding a child nutritious meals, providing warm clothing, giving him his own bedroom, and kissing him good night is not training. Most every species of animals does these things for their young. Training a child is calculated instruction and discipline to form long-term character and wisdom in the fear of the Lord and knowledge of Scripture. You train them “up.” This describes the period from birth to maturity. Training can begin early, as infants can be taught a feeding schedule and that not all crying gets immediate attention. It progresses from a control stage to an instruction stage, and then to a counseling stage. It continues through puberty and a whole new set of issues. It continues to maturity, when a young adult creates a new home and starts the process again. You train them up “in the way.” Parents cannot train every step, but they can train the direction (Gen 18:19). God gives children to parents with a blank slate for a mind. You fill that mind with godly knowledge and wisdom. As Scripture does not dictate every step of your life, allowing much individual liberty, so you train them in the way of godliness. They are to be trained up in the way “they should go.” It cannot be the way they want to go. Each child defaults to foolishness and sin from Adam. Without training against that default instinct, they will grow into committed and hardened sinners. No training is default training – you will have a fool for a child (Pr 29:15). The way they should go is the way of righteousness laid out plainly in Scripture (Deut 6:4-9; 29:29; Eph 6:4). It must not be the way the world would have them go, for that is Satan’s way (Eph 2:1-3).

Believe it! Do it!

There is no secret or mystery here. Slothful parents hunt for special methods to train their children. They are always worrying, reading, buying books, and attending seminars, but they are hardly ever training. Action is far more important than technique. Consistency is far more important than intensity. Stop looking for an easier or smarter way. Get busy! This proverb is a commandment, not a suggestion. It is a promise, not a possibility. Bible believers trust this rule as much as any other verse. They are not intimidated by the task before them. They put their trust in God’s precious scriptures, and they get to work, today!

Train up A Child

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Child training works! You can make your children great in the sight of God and men. If you do not train them, you should not have had them. Children not trained will default to the foolishness and sinfulness they were born with, which leads to their pain and trouble. Child training works! But you must get a vision of it right now. It takes wisdom and effort. It takes the instruction of God and Solomon found in this book of Proverbs. It must be done sooner than later, so do not procrastinate in any training that your children need. A properly trained child will fear God and live a wise and righteous life as an adult. An untrained child will not fear God or live a wise and righteous life as an adult.