The Parenting Series | 3 Ways Your Child Needs To Fight
Saturday, September 1st 2018
You cannot fight the battle if you don't know you're in a war!
You cannot fight the battle if you don’t know you’re in a war!
Ephesians 6:12 NLT
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
1 Peter 5:8-9 CEV
Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack. But you must resist the devil and stay strong in your faith. You know that all over the world the Lord’s followers are suffering just as you are.
John 10:10 NLT
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
Fight to know Christ
Philippians 3:8 NET
More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things—indeed, I regard them as dung!—that I may gain Christ
Fight with an Eternal Perspective
Colossians 3:1-2 AMP
Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].
Fight through Tailored Temptations
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NLT
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
You have an enemy, and no it’s not Joan in accounting!
You can either teach your kids to Fall for Satan’s Plan or Fight for Christ’s Purpose!
The word “Know”; in Greek “Gnosko” means – An acute, personal, and experiential awareness of
Colossians 1:5: Jesus is the image of the invisible God…He shows us exactly what God is like
What should we show them about God?
- Great
- Good
- Gracious
- Generous
To show them God, you’ve got to know God yourself…salvation invitation