Helping Your Child Make Good Decisions

 

Do you worry that your children will make a bad decision that will affect the rest of their life negatively? Or do you see them being called into their school’s  principal’s office because of behavior problems?

As Christian moms we want to help our kids make sound decisions.  We need to teach them the concept of right and wrong early and continually.  A good way to start is by memorizing and talking about each of the Ten Commandments.  This is how they learn that the Bible defines right and wrong and they are responsible for choosing right.  Most of the problems in our lives come because of ours or someone else’s bad decisions.

Proverbs reminds us that we all must bear the consequences of our mistakes.  “For you closed your eyes to the facts and did not choose to reverence and trust the Lord, and you turned your back on me, spurning my advice.  That is why you must eat the bitter fruit of having your own way, and experience the full terrors of the pathway you have chosen. For you turned away from me – to death; your own complacency will kill you. Fools!  But all who listen to me shall live in peace and safety, unafraid.” Proverbs 1: 29 – 33  [The Living Bible]

Lot is a good example of this verse.  He was greedy in choosing the fertile land with disregard of what was left for his Uncle Abram.  He didn’t ask God but chose out of his own understanding.  As a result he ended up next to the infamous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.  He was constantly harassed by them and eventually even taken captive by them.

Lot also did not deal with the problem and ended up losing everything he owned, even his wife.  Complacency can keep your children from growing spiritually.  If your children don’t ask hard questions, ask them yourself; in this instance with Lot and Abraham.  Why did things seem to go so well for Abram but not for Lot?  Why did Lot make bad decisions?  Why was he greedy and Abram so generous?  Challenge your children to dig deeper and to grapple with spiritual issues.

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I want to walk with you spiritually this year, inviting you to read the Bible through from cover to cover; from Genesis 1 all the way to Revelation 22:21.  If that sounds too difficult for you and your kids, you can join in again after you have taken a break or join us for the days you’re up to it.  We will start on Sunday, January 18th and finish Saturday, January 16, 2010.  I promise that you will understand the Bible in a much deeper way if you read it through from cover to cover in a year’s time.

Accept my challenge to read the Bible through in one year chronologically, including the Old and the New Testament.

Day 6: Today read:
Genesis 13:5-15:21
Matthew 5:27-48
Psalm 6:1-10
Proverbs 1:29-33

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