Children Become What They Focus On

Practical idea: Share this helpful article with your children’s ministry volunteers and parents.

Kids Need God

A child’s basic outlook and attitude toward life is shaped by the way he or she pictures God.

The Situation: Children ask, “What is God really like?” Schools, friends, television, and other sources expose children to a variety of ideas. Much of what kids hear about “god” does not even resemble the God who reveals Himself in the Bible.

The Solution: God delights to reveal Himself to all who seek Him. Knowing the Lord personally and enjoying His greatness is the highest privilege of every Christian. The Bible is the one inspired place to find out about God—His personality, His attributes, His Names, and His character.

What You Can Do: Change what a child focuses on and change a life! Introduce your child to our awesome God. Each week, explain and discuss one of God’s attributes, names, or character traits. Encourage your child to know God truly and intimately. Just as a jeweler delights in each facet of a beautiful diamond, your love for God grows as you examine each aspect of His character.

Additional study: (1 Chronicles 29:11; Proverbs 2:4-5; Acts 17:24-25)

Most children learn Bible stories and key characters from their Sunday school or children’s church experience. But they also need to understand the eternal principles of God’s Word, and even more importantly, to know Him and to make Him known.

DiscipleLand’s family of resources forms a comprehensive Children’s Discipleship System™ – an intentional, relational, transformational process to help children grow in Christ-likeness.

Helping Children Develop Self Discipline

by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN
When a parent calls a child, that child shouldn’t yell, “What?” from across the house, parking lot or playground. Children can learn to come to the parent, within a few feet, in order to have a dialog with the parent. This helps children learn that self-control sometimes means that we must give up what we would like to be doing in order to do something else … Click Here For All 7 Keys

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