Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6
Dear Christian Warriors:
Sadly, some parents seem to teach this mantra: “Do what I say, not what I do.” Unfortunately, this doesn’t work. Even our Perfect Father God sent Jesus Christ as an example so that we would have a role model to follow.
The cure for our failing national morality is for parents to REPENT FIRST and THEN the children will follow.
Scripture tells us to bring our children early to the House of God (1 Samuel 1:24) and to train them in the ways of God (Deuteronomy 31:12,13; Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4). Even at a young age children can seek and “speak” God’s strength.
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength. ~ Psalm 8:2, Matthew 21:16
We have now largely robbed children of that Promised experience. Recent statistics by George Barna show that only 4% of “millennials” have a Biblical worldview, 96% are open to the changing morays of a humanistic culture. Sin has almost disappeared as a concept. They don’t know what they don’t know.
Join me in repenting in ways that we have failed as parents and as a culture to train our children to walk in God’s Way, Truth and Life. Parents are the most influential role models for our children and we must not allow them to be passively taken over by today’s media and declining culture.
At the root of our failure is the disrespect for life. There are even some of us, who while calling ourselves Christians, that have aborted our children. Forgive me, Lord; that before I really knew You, I failed to protect those in a womb I impregnated.
In a much more important and eternal sense, this killing of innocents takes place if we don’t expose them to the Truth of Jesus Christ. If we don’t protect them in the spiritual battle we now face, we contribute to their eternal spiritual death. Instead of leading this spiritual battle, have we chosen the path of least resistance?
I humbly suggest three steps we must all embrace:
#1) Pray in front of our children.
#2) Confess our sins in front of our children
and then really
#3) REPENT by our actions.
Until our children see us as humble, actually repenting from old sin patterns and bearing new fruit with a new Godly character, our witness is lost.
If we confess our sin to God, He will keep His promise and do what is right: He will forgive us our sins and purify us from all wrongdoing. (GNT) ~ 1 John 1:9
Our children need to see us bearing fruit worthy of repentance and a new Holy Spirit filled character. Only then can they understand and desire on their own to have a Biblical worldview which honors God.
So, let’s be “step”-parents to all the children of our nation. Let’s put them on the right pathway through repentance, so that they honor Him each day, have hearts of thankfulness and be filled with His Joy.
In Christ’s Love,
Pastor Jeffrey Daly
Founder/Director
National Day of Repentance
www.repentday.org
Heavenly Father:
In Jesus’ Holy Name, forgive me for not bringing up my children in the Way, the Truth and the Life. Forgive me for not confessing my sins and for not bearing fruit worthy of repentance. Forgive us as a nation for our failure to properly parent 96% of our children and our children’s children. Forgive us for our worldliness, for our pride and for our false idols. We ask that, through our children, you complete your Sovereign Will and command to Go and make disciples of all nations. Help us now to repent, personally and as a nation. We pray this prayer in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Name above all names, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, under which every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord. ~ Amen
