Believe God for your child

As a parent, you must believe God for your child. In Mark 9 we read the account of the man who brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus for deliverance. Mark 9:23-24 says, "Jesus said unto him, 'If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.' And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, 'Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.' "

God did not put the burden upon the child to believe, God put the burden upon the parent to believe. That boy needed somebody to have faith for him. He was powerless. Will you believe God for your child?

Train Your Child In Godliness
It is your divine job to train your child to follow the course of life that will bring God glory. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Training is more than teaching. Take some time each week to not only talk to your child about how to overcome the temptations of this world, but also train him or her to be an overcomer. If you don't do it, someone else will . . . or something else will.

When you train children in the important matters of faith, you teach, model, practice, and memorize the skill or lesson so that no matter how rebellious they may want to be, they have the skill, the knowledge, and the character to restrain themselves. Most of all, when they are saved, they have the Holy Spirit to empower them against the temptations of Satan.

I invite you to come before God right now and commit your family to Him. Bring to Him every need that your child has. Confess to Him your fears and failures as a parent. Rejoice in His power to forgive and make all things new. Ask Him to give you the kind of faith you're going to need to raise your children in the way that He would want. Now, believe that God is going to grant your request that you have asked in faith.