Have you ever tried to put a piece of furniture together without the instructions? You might be successful for a time, but at some point you will find if you don’t follow the instructions exactly as written, you have a mess on your hands.
Your kids need to learn God gives us commands for a reason. He knows what is best for us and has given us a set of instructions in the Bible for living that best life. If your kids choose to ignore or change the instructions and do their own thing, they will usually end up with a mess on their hands.
There is a great, fun activity to make the point to your kids. Often young people will think God’s commands are for later when they are “old and boring”. Or they think, they can tweak them here and there to make God’s commands more “fun” for them. They may think they can pick and choose which commands they obey without any consequences.
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