GOD GIVES, LIES DESTROY

In the book of Romans, Chapter one
It graphically describes how horrible the world had become, Paul speaks of people
walking away from God and worshiping the things that their environment had to offer
²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
Sadly we have learnt very little over the passage of time, we still reject God , some of us do it in small ways some of us in bigger ways, however they are all the same to God, Exchanging truth for a lie is all the same no matter how big or small the lie seems to be.
Lies and wickedness, suppres the truth, We cannot be a foul tempered mother toward our children and at the same time expect them to somehow see the love of Jesus through us. We cannot as mothers tell our children to be joyful and full of the peace of God if we are not that way ourselves. You see our wicked behaviour is suppressing the truth of God that is within us , the truth that God wants us to show the world.
We have no excuse to live a life that is contrary to what God expects of us, we have known the truth since the dawn of time, particularly in our western world, most of us have at least heard of God, however some of us have chosen to reject his truth.
For we christian mothers we have a huge task in raising our children to be not just followers, but lovers of Christ, we do not want our children to be as described here by Paul.
²⁹They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, ³⁰slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; ³¹they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³²Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
There is not a mother around who would want this type of child, but if we fail to nurture and sow truth into the tender heart of our children they may end up with some or all of these ungodly traits.
The question needs to be asked then, how do we sow such life and truth into their young hearts, and how do we raise up our children to reject such behaviours and live for God alone. You only have to walk through the average schoolyard to see , envy, deceit, malice, gossips, God haters, boastfulness, disobedience, pride, arrogance. And you will not only find plenty of kids who practice these traits but also plenty of kids who approve of them and egg each other on.
I believe the answer to this question is , as parents it is up to us from the day that our children are born, to instill the life blood of Jesus in them, like a burning hot fire that runs through their veins, that can never be extinguished by this world. It may at times die down to a dull flicker but once that fire is lit it will never go out. God promises us that, Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Satan lives in this world waiting to devour all that he can, put the armour of God firmly on your children . Read scripture to them . Pray with them. Pray over them. Pray over the troubles in their day with them. Sit in church with them. Help them be actively involved in church, not just pew sitters. Dance to worship music with them. Give them a hard act to follow, don't be a ho hum christian yourself and expect to raise up a leader of Nations. And most of all love them unconditionally, show them Jesus through your heart, through your eyes, through your tender touches. Live a life worth following.

Our world is based so much on feelings not on Faith. Teach your children to walk by faith and not by sight. What they see in this world can blind them from God, but faith is brighter that anything that this world and all its darkness has to offer. Faith is the seed planted in their hearts that will grow and grow if it is nurtured.