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This is part 7 in a 12 part Series on D.I.S.C.I.P.L.E.S.H.I.P. – Twelve Tips to help you become a more effective discipler of children.

There isn’t a discipler who wouldn’t say they love their students and what more than anything for them to feel loved and KNOW that they are loved, unconditionally, just as they are. But what does it truly mean to show unconditional love? And how do you show love like this?

It starts by understanding how God loves us.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:6-8

Think about it – God did not wait for you to get your act together, to start being good, until you started being religious, to save you. You save you while you were a mess and completely undeserving of his attention, let along his mercy and grace. He loved you when you were unlovable. And he STILL LOVES YOU no matter what. Years ago I saw a T-shirt my friend Steve Greer was selling at CPC. They said:

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, GOD LOVES YOU. Read the rest of this entry »

The David C. Cook Landmark Study asked children’s leaders what the top challenges are for children in grades 3,4 and 5.  Peer pressure (56%) topped the list, followed by their need to develop friends (45%) and surprisingly dealing with self-image, how others see them (35%).  Children fear failure, even as young as 6.  They worry about not achieving what their parents and teachers expect.  They are also biblically illiterate.

Teachers gave only 7% of their upper elementary children the grade of ‘A’ in Bible knowledge; ‘B’ (47%); ‘C’ (38%); ‘D’ (7%); ‘F’ (1%).  Many do not live in what was once considered a traditional household.  Some have no active male role model in their homes, and VBS week may be the only time they get to interact with men who are father and grandfather-ages.  Some live in skipped-generation households, homes headed by grandparents raising children’s children. (Christian retailing 11/10/08)

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