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mistrustful and cynical they cant stand working around the public, or
even in the social setting of an office.
Many wounded believers need to be set free from spiritual bondages
put on them by members of their own family before they can be all
Ive called them to be in the earth! To constantly speak negative
words over your son or daughter, brother or sister is to CURSE them
and set them up for future heartache and failure.
Dont ever allow insults to fly back and forth between your children.
Some say sibling rivalry is a very normal, natural part of growing up,
and there must be something wrong with any child who never fights to
maintain his/her place in the pecking order. Let My will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Do people fight for power in heaven?
Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Truly
an evil tongue is a world of wickedness, set on fire by hell itself (James
3:6). I have heard the grossest insults exchanged between a dominant
sibling trying to keep a younger brother or sister in their place and a
child who is so stung they feel they cant help but retaliate in order to
save face. Quarreling children minister DEATH to each other through
unkind, vicious verbal attacks.
Parents, always discipline your children in love. You dont have to beat
bad behavior out of them. Indeed you CANT beat the fallen nature
out of anyone (Prov.27:22). If someone is determined to act like a
fool, that is his nature and only the Cross of Christ can deliver him
from satans bondage. Physical punishment is DANGEROUS in the
hands of imperfect, out-of-control parents who are driven by anger
and dont know where to draw the line. If youve trained your child to
love Jesus, and especially if theyre born again, they ought to
RESPECTFULLY
listen to you as a wise parent while youre
reprimanding them for bad behavior. Christian children should accept
an appropriate punishment with the full knowledge of why its being
inflicted. For some it could mean doing extra chores for a few days
instead of having fun with their friends. For others, it could be loss of
privileges or grounding.
There must be an appropriate apology and reconciliation between the
one who said the cruel words and the one affected by the bad
behavior. But if this apology is FORCED by threats of further or worse
punishment, it probably isnt heartfelt, just a convenient escape hatch.
And so the enmity between the children will probably continue and
may even escalate. If the child shows no evidence of repentance he