Title Prayer for Children (1 Samuel 1:9-11)
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May is observed as the “Family Month”. A shocking article was reported in a daily newspaper on 5/29. It is said that female middle and high school students are going out as bar waitresses. School by day, bar by night. In some cases, there are about 10 people in a class, and in some cases about half of them go to a bar during vacations. This is a big deal. Korea's economy has grown, but its spirit is rotten, and its ideology and values are rotten. Whose responsibility is this? How are you going to do these things? Japan is world-class in economy and precision science, but I think Japan will collapse. Reason ① There are many idols. ② Only materialism. ③ It is an earthquake. ④ It is obscene. In the eyes of God's faith, the only reason is that everything will perish. Behind the causes of the destruction of a nation or nation, including Kuroma, were ① the corruption of youth and ② indulging in lewdness. The present is the present, but the history of our descendants and the future is dark and gloomy. What will our children do? Let us find this answer in Samuel and his mother Hannah.
I. Pray for your children.
Hannah was humiliated for not having children and cried endlessly in prayer. "If God will give you a son..." Do modern parents have a religious preparation prayer for their children? Even if the child is upset, do not fight with the child, fight the demonic forces that are holding the child, and ask God for help. This is prayer.
(Ephesians 6:12) "Our wrestling is not against the mind and the heart, but against the principalities and powers, the rulers of this darkness, and the evil spirits in the heavens." If your husband is upset, don't try to fight with him, but fight the devil. Is my son or daughter okay? no. Can we not pray for our children who live in lions' dens and devil's dens? Pray for all children of our nation.
Ⅱ. 敎育目標 of 父母: Become a spiritual teacher.
Our children are mothers! When you do - what do you think of? my father! What do you think of when you do? Let your parents become your own spiritual teachers. Mother, who always prayed in the temple, was always grateful and filled with joy at home or in the neighborhood. A mother and father who were always positive about the church and treated the members like family. Samuel's mother held worship every year and heard God's answer in the temple. And if you give me a son, I will give it to God in my lifetime. ② There was a clear religious educational goal that I would not put a shackle on my head. Daniel's mother, Moses' mother, Augustine's mother, Constantine's mother, those who left great historical footprints first had their wonderful religious mothers and fathers.
Ⅲ. Let me give my sons and daughters to God forever.
After weaning her son Samuel, Hannah sent Eli to the temple, the servant of the priest. In fact, even the priest Eli was powerless, and his sons and daughters were also corrupted. There was nothing to learn. But God did it. A mother's hard heart ― The harsh education after weaning, the religious education. (Rev 2:14, Num 25:1) The prophet Balaam took a bribe and ate and told Balak the king of Moab the secret of Israel's destruction. ① Have them eat the silver offering. ② Let them commit fornication. How can we teach our children so that they can receive religious education and grow up in the church of God somehow without falling into ① various thoughts of this world and ② luxury, sexual immorality, and pleasure? The modern age is the age of Confucianism, but who can learn this secret and put it into practice? This is the Bible. Let us be immersed in the word of God. Let his thoughts, actions, language, and values be colored with the Word of God. Incorporate it into the life of the church. Let's put it in the Garden of Eden.
Ⅵ. Let's raise our children and women as spiritual leaders.
In the era of Elijah, everything has fallen. There was no vision of God (1 Samuel 3:1). Rebellious times ① Protect yourself from being polluted by the world ← This is the saint. But going one step further ② A leader who rescues friends and people who are falling into the world and makes them holy. Let's raise our children to be such spiritual leaders. Let's raise them as fishers of men (Matthew 4:19). A leader who walks the path of faith, scorning neighbors who are corrupted by the world, who go to bars, and who walks the path of faith, recognizing that believers who walk in holy faith are my eternal comrades, brothers and sisters (Matthew 12:48) Let's raise our children to be such leaders.
Our sons and daughters, shouldn't we become spiritual children who are mature enough to die because of this gospel when the time comes? Politics, economy, culture… , Shouldn't this belief work through faith in any field? Shouldn't the future world where our children and women will live be a holy city, a country with faith and blessings? Should the demonic forces insist?
Lord! May our prayers for our children be answered.