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Linny:
Hi Mike,
I have an 11 yr old  and 8 yr old.
We just told them that we were wrong about a lot of stuff. Then we told them what we were wrong about.
Kids are so smart and so much more flexible than we are. Just be honest. You were wrong. Show them the Scripture that shows you were wrong.

Funny thing is, since mine were so young, they didn't have a lot of knowledge about hell anyway.
We stopped going to church and they didn't care. We weren't attached at all in our new church.
I homeschool so now when we do Bible study, I just point out the untruths in what we read in their age level books. I would LOVE to have a children's bible study for kids with the truth. Maybe I need to write one? The thought is daunting.

Since we are in a co-op with others still in Babylon, my kids need to know how we differ in our beliefs.
For now, I have told them not to speak up as they are not ready. But I have told my oldest who has always been very Spiritually deep, that the day will come when she will have to decide if God is telling her to speak up.
Nice thing is, when they get into middle and high school, the classes at the co-op are all up to you to choose. They won't be choosing any bible studies! 8)

My oldest found discrepancies in a handout she got at VBS this summer! It was so cool. They really wanted to go so we agreed it was okay. She came home and showed me these 2 statements that they put with one scripture reference and she didn't think it was right. Sure enough, the second statement was disproven in the very same book of the bible further in. I was so proud of her. I try to teach my kids to think for themselves and question what the world tells them.

Rodger is right, this all comes so naturally to them.

Blessings, Lin

mhykx:
Thanks Lin,

I thought it would be kind of weird or "unchristian" for a family to not to attend to any church group especially if you have kids.  Ray said something like "People tend to be spiritual outside by observing many things."  And I feel I'm still stuggling on this.

But thanks to you guys.  Your advise / comment is really appreciated.

Mike

Falconn003:

--- Quote from: mhykx on February 09, 2009, 03:03:32 AM ---Thanks all for your insights.
I really appreciate all your comments, short or long.

Rodger, your advice are like commandments!  Thank you.

Dave, my eldest is 8 years old.  He has a hyper-active mind.  Although he just simply accepts / follows my words almost in every doctrine (not eating "unclean mean"; not doing his assignments / participating in school activities during Sabbath, etc.) of the Sabbatarian Church we were attending, I sense that he regrets I'm doing this to him.  Now, that I found the true teaching about grace, I see his joy when I said I'm allowing him to participate in the school's foundation day this Saturday.  I just hope he won't get confused on the changes / transition of bible truths that I will teach him and his sister.

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Thanks always be to God, for the gifts of like minds in Fellowship.

Rodger

Dave in Tenn:
Mike, I just listened to Ray's lesson on the Sabbath.  If you haven't heard it already, it's a great primer on 'being religious'.  It might be over your kids' heads (maybe not) but I think it would make a good intro to this 'change' and why.

I certainly don't think it's wrong to have a set time for age-appropriate Bible study and fellowship with your family.  You don't have to turn that into a religion.  They go to school at a set time, I'm guessing.  But learning doesn't end when class is dismissed.

Looking back on my own childhood and youth, I wish my parents had not let me be raised by school, church, peers and television as much as they did.  But they had no real clue about Spiritual things.  You have a great oppurtunity.

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