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An Online Devotional About the Life of Lord Jesus

Teach Your Children Not to Fear

August 11, 2020 Kelly Jadon
Photo Credit:  Annie Spratt at Unsplash

Photo Credit:  Annie Spratt at Unsplash

As a kid, I was a member of the Girl Scouts. The first level is called the “Brownies.” Our troop of girls was very young, around seven and eight years old. One Saturday we went to a Girl Scout Campground to a large cabin surrounded by heavily forested acreage. My mother came along to help with the activities; she brought my three-year-old sister with her.

A friend and I wanted to go walk the dirt trails around the cabin. Mom said, “OK, but take your sister with you.” My friend and I set off, each one of us holding one of my sister’s hands. We were away for about 20 to 30 minutes. Upon our return Mom asked, “Where’s your sister?”

I had no idea. I had forgotten she was with me.

Mom chastised me, “I told you to watch her!”

Mom ran quickly into the woods frantically calling my sister’s name. She found her, my innocent little sister who had trusted me.

That episode in my life and my mother’s was a bit traumatizing; neither of us ever forgot it.

Our children are a heritage from the Lord. They are His favor poured out upon us. The children are our continuation of who we are long after we are gone. The children of believers carry the mantle of Christ to the generation to follow after them. (Psalm 127:3-5)

But what are our children learning during this time of pandemic, unrest, rioting?

Are they learning to live in fear?

Or are they learning that God is in control and will never leave them nor forsake them? (Isaiah 41:10) (Hebrews 13:5)

But the mantle must still be passed, just as the mantle of Elijah was passed to Elisha, his successor. (1Kings 19:19)

What will they pass on? Fear? Fear is of the darkness. It is not of God. (2Timothy 1:7)

Lord Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me.” (Matthew 19:14) This is the first step. Bring your kids to Christ for all things.

Teach them to pray, as Lord Jesus taught us to pray.

Teach them to trust in God no matter what we go through, because life is tough. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Teach them to read the Word and apply it to their lives.

When they grow older, they will not depart from this. (Proverbs 22:6)

Do this in your home daily.

Children across the United States are returning to public school this week. Their teachers are afraid. The children will be taught fear. But God tells us not to fear. This is why children of believers must be taught at home.

Fear if left to fester becomes a weakness the enemy plays upon. It can turn into paranoia. (Mind.org/UK) But the mindset can be overcome with the Word of testimony. Speak to your children about all the things that God has done in your lives—how He has saved you physically, mentally, spiritually. Speak to them of God’s great power and His miracles. Write them on your children’s hearts. (Revelation 12:11) Even write them on paper to refer back to.

Bound for Virginia, In 1620, the Pilgrims landed far off course, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They were sick, dying, tired, hungry, and were dreading the coming icy winter sheltered on the Mayflower. Yet, they endured, for the sake of God’s glory and their freedom to worship God. They brought their children across the Atlantic to an untamed wilderness, arriving with little.

Our American spiritual forefathers left everything for this freedom—freedom for their children, whom they taught at home and kept separate from the world.

The hands of Pilgrim children were not held by the King of England, nor the authorities of Holland, but by Lord Jesus, Who is the Head of the Church through their parents. (Colossians 1:18)

Yesterday I sat and spoke with a friend. She had gotten herself into trouble when she was young. “Everything that led me down the wrong path, I picked up in public school,” she said. Today, she is a godly woman raising two children. She knows the darkness and pitfalls that need to be avoided.

Do everything you can to demonstrate and teach the power and love of Lord Jesus in your children. If we as parents and grandparents do not instill Christ in our children, they will fall to the enemies surrounding us who teach fear. It is up to us adults to take the children by the hand and keep them out of that darkness.

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(C) 2020 Kelly Jadon

In Children, Fear, 2Timothy, School Tags children, fear, pilgrims, heritage, Lord Jesus, girl scouts, public school
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