I’m sure I’m just the 156,295,905,283,004th Christian dad to make this discovery, but being a Dad teaches me so much about my heavenly Abba Father.
Babies only cry when they're hungry, poopy, or in need of sleep. They crave love and attention from their parents and are eager to learn and interact with their growing world. And they often cry only because they doubt their parents know their needs and fear they won’t be met in time.
My soul cries too. But only when I am hungry for more of God, when I have ‘poop’ in my life (sin), or when I push too hard working FOR God and forget to simply REST with Him. I crave my Father’s attention and approval, and find myself whining if I don’t get what I want when I want… forgetting that my Father loves me, knows what I need, is there to clean up my sin and give me a fresh start over and over, and will give me what I need just when I need it, every day. My crying doesn’t make it sooner, it just makes me miss the fact that He would have given me what I needed anyway.
This Father's Day, as you are leading and teaching the children in your ministry, remember that your Heavenly Father is always ready to provide for all your needs... those you ask for and those you aren't aware of. Remind your kids that they can trust their Abba Father to always provide for their needs, too.
Because Jesus Loves Children!
Pastor Karl Bastian
aka "The Kidologist"
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Free Resources Compliments of the Church at Brook Hills
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Father's Day is This Month!
Father's Day is June 21st. How are your plans coming along?
If you're still looking for ideas, you might find it helpful to click on over to Kidology's Father's Day Zone, packed with ideas for appreciating dads... and thoughts on teaching about the World's #1 Dad.
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We've got Father's Day resources in the Kidology Store available for immediate download. Take a look:
The Big Lie Evangelicals Tell Christian Parents
"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
Proverbs 22:6 is an important Scripture, but does it provide a guarantee for parents that training kids "in the way they should go" will result in children not departing from their faith? Read what Mark Harper has to say about this verse:
"We have heard this preached from the pulpit for years. I’ve preached this from the pulpit and chances are that you have too.The problem is this doesn’t work.
Many children of good Christian parents choose to leave the Christian faith every year. When this happens, parents tend to blame themselves.
"What did I do wrong?"
Sometimes parents blame the church and sometimes parents get really mad at God.
Here is the problem. We have taken this Scripture out of context."
» Read the rest of this article in the Kidology Forums.
Invite Them In Special Needs Ministry eBook
Ministry to kids with special needs is more than just accommodating these children who often struggle to integrate into the normal programming—it is ministry to their parents as well.
While we look for solutions to the challenges they provide us for a few hours, their parents wrestle all week with how to best care for their children, while at the same time wanting to guard their child’s precious heart from any negative thoughts or conclusions they might make in response to how they are welcomed or loved by others.
When you eagerly welcome and enthusiastically love on these children, you not only make a difference in their lives, but you bring much needed blessing and encouragement to their parents. It is my prayer that you will become a HERO to these kids and their parents by applying the practical ideas in this book.
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Jesus' ministry was all about relationships, and kids loved him! How can we do ministry with kids and families in the same way? How can we close the gap between Sundays by creating real, meaningful, life-changing relationships with parents, kids, and volunteers?
In It's About Relationships, you'll learn:
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How to connect with kids by thinking like kids
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The HUGE difference between why you do kid's ministry and why people volunteer
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Practical ways to make kids feel welcome and special
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How to make time in your week to build relationships
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