Last week I was in Honduras on a mission trip. Over the course of the week, we worked with probably over six hundred kids and teens. We got to interact and talk with them. We spent time teaching, correcting and loving them.
Looking back on the week, the same theme was repeated that I hear whenever I work with kids in the U.S. or any other country. Kids have some basic needs that go to the very core of their being. No matter how much teachers and volunteers try, they can never meet these core needs the way a parent can.
Your kids need some things from you to be healthy, productive people. They need these things desperately if you want them to be faithful, productive Christians. If you try to cut corners in providing these things to your kids, they will suffer and ultimately so will you.
So what do your kids need from you?
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