“The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are
as bold as a lion.” Proverbs 28:1
It takes three
courageous decisions by a parent determined to Raise A Home Run Kid. Those
three decisions are:
GUIDE YOU KID’S HEART!
DON’T CARRY YOUR KID’S
LOAD!
We have taken a look
at the first two, today we will look at the third decision:
RELEASE YOUR KID FROM
YOUR FEAR
You can choose if you
want to be courageous or cowardly and if you want to raise courageous kids or
cowardly kids.
“Boldness” = increased capacity for courage
Actually, if you make
the first two courageous decisions you are 2/3 of the way there because fearful
parents carry the load for their kid. By carrying the load for your kid you
diminish his capacity to cope with his world. In so doing you erode his
confidence and project your fear upon him.
However, if you have
the courage to allow your kid to carry his own load and if you assure him you
will be there when he gets over-burdened
you are instilling confidence in him. Your confidence in him will be
transferred to him.
The “RIGHTEOUS” are
bold as lions!
What does it mean to
be “RIGHTEOUS”?
The righteous are
those who have trusted Christ for the forgiveness of their sins and who have
received salvation. Receiving the gift of salvation makes you right with God through
the atoning sacrifice of Christ.
Why are the righteous
bold?
·
They have God’s peace
·
They have God’s presence
·
They have God’s purpose
·
They have God’s perspective
·
They have God’s power
Knowing Christ and
what He has accomplished in the past will give your child boldness in trusting
Him for the future!
When my boys were
small and just beginning to be interested in baseball they wanted me to teach
them to bat. So I took them to the ball field with their bat and as many
baseballs as we could find. My boy would take the bat and step up to the plate
and I would lob a ball to him. Now I was capable of raring back and firing
fastballs past him all day long. But I wasn’t trying to teach him how to swing
and miss, I wanted to teach him to HIT the ball so I had to serve it up to him
down the middle of the plate so he would experience the thrill of connecting
with the ball. Each time he hit the ball he would get more excited and want to
hit it harder. I wanted my boys swinging for the fences!
How can your kid be a
Home Run Kid if he doesn’t swing for the fences?
IF WE WANT TO REALIZE
OUR VISION OF RAISING UP A GENERATION OF BELIEVERS WHO ARE MORE PASSIONATE AND
COMMITTED TO GOD THAN WE WILL NEED TO RAISE COURAGEOUS KIDS!
RAISING COURAGEOUS
KIDS WILL REQUIRE COURAGEOUS DECISIONS BY THEIR PARENTS!
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