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Making God Cool For Our Kids by jongolson

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Making God Cool For Our Kids
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*"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it"*

This little verse from the book of Proverbs (22:6) has been running around in my mind over the past few days and I'll explain why in this post....

My wife and I are always looking at ways to make our kids fall in love with Christ.  Sure, they are young right now and may not 'get' the message, but I don't think kids are ever too young to learn about true Godly love and the power of faith.

And I want to do everything I can, along with the Holy Spirit, to help guide them into truth and a relationship with the Lord.  Because I don't know if you have heard the news...

The church isn't 'cool' these days.

Attendance is low.  The younger generation seems to be disconnected. When it seems like God is needed more than ever in all our lives.  Why is that?  

I started asking myself, how can we as the body of Christ, make 'church', the bible, faith....More attractive for our kids?  And it comes down to what the kids seem to be interested in, which I believe comes back to us as parents...

Let me explain.

I have a really good friend of mine who has 3 boys, just like me.  Ever since they were young, he's been showing them the sport of soccer.  He lives, breathes and dies it.  And for as long as I can remember, the kids have followed suit.

I think it comes down to exactly what that verse in Proverbs mentions about training up children.  You see, your kids and kids in general, love to take an interest in what their parents have an interest in.  For my friend, it was soccer.  And because of that, his kids absolutely love the game.  They play it, they follow it, they are surrounded by it all the time.  Just like dad...

So for me, and any other parent that may be scratching their heads on how to get their kids really engaged in church and the bible....How much do your kids see you...

- Reading the bible...

- Praying...

- Taking part in the church community...

- Evangelizing...

- Practicing what you preach...

- Talking about Jesus...

Maybe, we should take the wise words of Solomon to heart here and literally...Train up your child!  So they do NOT depart from it! They will generate an interest in what YOU are interested in.

If you don't want them to be in the world...Stop paying attention to worldly things.

**Seek ye' first the kingdom of God!**

In absolutely everything you do, and your kids will naturally follow your lead.  I'm always amazed when my kid comes up to me and ask's me...What am I doing?  I have his undivided attention right then and there, what a perfect time to talk to him about God.

Maybe that's why church attendance is down, and it is not a 'cool' place to be anymore...Maybe we as parents have done an awful job of...Living like Christ ourselves and showing the amazing things that come from the Word of God.



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@bozz ·
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Have you ever heard of upwards? It's a faith based basketball program. They learn basketball, but then they also do devotionals and stuff like that. I wonder if they have something like that for soccer. When I was a kid our denomination had something called CYC (later CLC, Christian youth club and Christian life club). It was basically like girl scouts or boy scouts, but it was through the church. We went on field trips, nature hikes, and for patches for learning skills as well as learning scripture. I still have my sash and all my stuff floating around somewhere.
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@jongolson ·
Nah never heard of that. But I know my church has something similar like the boy scouts and stuff. I think that's a great way to get young ones involved. 
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@coyotelation ·
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It's great to bring this kind of topic to Hive. Children are mirrors of their parents, so if we follow the path of Jesus Christ, it is clear that our children will also follow the same path.

It is very important to propose ways for our children to have their first contact with religion. As well as some examples you gave.

In the church I go to, every time after mass, the priest calls all the children to receive some sweets and then they are blessed.

This is a cool way to make your child want to go back to church next week.
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@jongolson ·
Yeah it really does start in the home. We need to make it fun for kids. And not a 'chore'
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@coyotelation ·
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You are right, everything that is fun for children contributes better to their learning.
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@jfang003 ·
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If you teach your kids to be religious, then they will be more religious. I am not religious at all but the internet has definitely changed things quite a bit. Then again, my parents weren't really religious either. My cousins were a bit more religious because their parents made them visit more often.
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@jongolson ·
Yup, it all starts with how parents treat it. I think it can go either way, but it starts in the home.
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@melbourneswest ·
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I did not take you for a religious person. Learn something new everyday. 
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@jongolson ·
Yeah I didn't really mention it over my time on chain. Not sure why, I just kept it separate from my blockchain stuff. But now I'm basically done with  entrepreneurship / marketing...So just yapping about God now lol
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@precab ·
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It is highly necessary that we are able to set biblical standards for our children for the years to come as that is when it is needed for them to grow 
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@jongolson ·
Lots of praying required :)
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@rafzat ·
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Kids do what their parents do or what they see their parents do and that’s why it is always important to teach them in Godly ways
Reading the Bible at least three times in a week is usually very important 
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@jongolson ·
Agreed. And if we have a desire to be in the Word daily, our kids will see it.
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@yellow74 ·
Parents should  try to be living an exemplary  life for their children, by so doing i think they are shaping their future as well
And secondly  impact Godly ways by reading the Bible often
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@jongolson ·
Amen to that!!
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