Raising Disciples

Teach your kids how to genuinely follow Christ without pushing them away. It's challenging to raise your kids to follow Jesus without feeling like you're forcing them. This often leads us to send our kids to Sunday school or youth group, hoping this will be sufficient enough. But we need to realize that God has given us a profound role that exceeds simply providing for our children and making sure they get a good education - to disciple them in a way that will lead to genuine Christ-followers, not Sunday Christian performers. We are to be ambassadors of His message, not controllers or puppeteers of our children's hearts. And this can only be done when we, the parent, are modeling for our kids what it means to genuinely and wholeheartedly follow Christ. My husband and I have learned a lot in our parenting journey. We continually discover what works and what doesn't because of our upbringing and look to God's Word for wisdom and the Holy Spirit to guide us. As we continue our journey, we