Hello:

There are many challenges raising a child wether you are a christian or not. However, I feell that when parents have positioned themselves in the word and allow the word to first minister to them then answers for the family will flow from God to the parents to the children. Sending your child to hear a chirsitan message is not enough to ensure your child will make good choices. The word will only impact of lives when we apply the application of the word thorugh faith. It is s requirement of our faith when we put our faith to work with obedinece. The word must be reinforced in the home, in your integrity of others, in integrity with yourself and in your obedience to God.

When we apply the truth of the word by faith and obedience we setup of the hedge of protection to our families and set God is the Lord over our lives and the lives of our childrem. What am I saying? Align yourslef with GOd and his word adn seek him fgor th answer and he will provide you with what you need. If you need direction for your family then you seek God an ask him so he can giv eyou the what you need. Thsi is how we calm our fears for our famlies when we acknoeldge God in all of our ways.

What do I mean? Being first submitted to Christ in every area of your life and not just having a "spiritually awareness". You must actually read the word and then apply the word of God to the areas of your life even the areas you feel you can handle yourself. We can not handle GOd with the five senses we have. Christ wasnt a relationship with us where we depend on him for what we need through is word and his presence. Every answer we need is in the word even in this modern day time. There is nothing new under the sun. We sometimes leave God out until we have a problem out of our control. We must include God in everything we do so when problems arise we can quickly pray and receive the answer and not scramble around as if we do not havea father.

Being connected consistenly to the word, prayer and the presence of God will cancel out the fears and frustrations that come to choke out our faith and confidence that Christ is the still the answer. We can encounter some hard situations and forget that we belong to God and he is our God waiting to release what we need at all times. He cares for us and is always happy to assist us when we ask, seek and knock at the door. Does this means we can not connect with people and get support. No, that isn to what I am saying. We can have support from people but we must make God our main support to receive direction. People may give you advice that may not suit your situion or need. When the answre comes directly from God it wil never fail you but comes with a custom fit to meet your need.

As we study the word and seeks God plans for our lives learn his voice and receive his direction. Studying his word and praying to know his voice will release the direction we seek for our families. There are some things we encounter that noone else will have the answer for and God will allow you to experience that situation to build your trust and reliance in him in order to take your relationship to another level. God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. You have to rely on God as the only answer and not the suggestion for an answer. We have to know that he loves us and it is his good pleasure to bless our household.