In the last post, we talked about the importance of teaching your children to obey Jeremiah 6:16. There is one last little part to that verse we didn’t discuss though.
“But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV) Those Israelites were stubborn people! Unfortunately, so are we and our children. Choosing not to heed this verse caused the Jewish people a host of extremely negative consequences.
Had they only asked for God’s advice on how to live their lives or heeded the advice He had already given them, things would have been so different. In fact throughout the history of Israel, there were several times the people got into a world of trouble because they forgot to ask God’s advice before making some important choices.
Bet you are wondering what in the world I am thinking. Everyone knows the Christian life is really hard. And in some ways, I guess it is. You may not get to be quite as popular, because you opt not to do everything everyone else is doing. You may struggle not to sin. You may even be persecuted in mild or even painfully, fatal ways.
Whenever I ask parents about parenting concerns they wish Parenting Like Hannah would address, one of the most frequent answers is the topic of sex education. Whether it’s what to tell their children, how to help them avoid temptation or how to help them make wise choices and understand the consequences of ungodly ones, sex is a scary topic for most parents. Especially Christian parents.
One of the advantages to getting older is you begin to notice patterns in human behavior. Watching others carefully over time can help you decide what strategies tend to work and which ones don’t. One of my favorite ones to teach young people is the tendency of many people to avoid what I like to call God opportunities.
You may not be aware that Parenting Like Hannah is actually a branch of a larger ministry, Teach One Reach One. Recently highlighted by the Points of Light Foundation in its