Is public school for every child? NO! But are we called to reach out to those around us? YES!
The public schools, in many ways, has become Satan's lair, only because Christians have allowed it to happen. Satan works best through slow, gradual, deceitful changes and "progress". So what can we do about it now?
LOTS!
It is like a walled castle with secret passages that we must manuever or a mine field that must be swept. We must be more bullheaded than our competition and as wise as serpents but as gentle as doves.
Many of the things I'm going to suggest are things that we do in our family. I'll be suggesting ideas each week that our family has done or that I have heard other people doing. If you have an idea that has worked for you, please let me know and if I think others would like to hear about it, I'll post it. I want this to be a site that we can go to for encouragement and creativity. I encourage teachers/administration to also add ideas.
I will be coming from a background of having kids in the public school and others that are homeschooled, so there is flexibility in what I am suggesting that can work with any person, no matter their age or family make up (including single, married without kids and retired individuals). This battle cannot just be fought by only one cross section of society, but must be a Christian stand against Satan exploiting our youth.
If the public schools are the largest unreached people group in America (undocumented, but just seems to make sense) then shouldn't we be approaching the situation like a missionary would?
Where does a missionary start?
With prayer. God loves the kids in the school, now we pray for God to give us a heart for them as well. How is your daily devotional time? Our faith and desire for godly things gets stronger and more focused as we obey what God tells us to do, no matter how difficult it may seem at the time. Are we placing more priority on our tv watching time, or the books that we read than tithing our time to God as well as our money?
I have been reading many biographical sketches of great Christian leaders throughout the centuries and, inevitably, the common denominator of their greatness, was their desire to sacrifice their time in prayer. Christ became a man, and spent numerous hours in prayer so that he could live the life that he lived, getting his marching orders. Shouldn't we be following his example?
Your assignment this week, is to keep a consistent prayer/bible reading time and really seek God. Here's what I want you to ask for:
-love for the kids of this generation and their parents
-specific boundaries of what school(s) he wants you involved in, any way he sees fit.
Blessings
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How adults can make a difference
People tend to see the public schools as the enemy instead of a place where the enemy lives. It needs to be enveloped with the love of Christ. It is a battlefield and Christ does not call us, as adults, to withdraw into our Christian circles but to be warriors in an eternal battle for the souls of these children and their parents. At the same time, being examples of a fearless parent to our children, willing to advance the kingdom through discipleship and obedience on the battlefields of our home and our culture.
Are We Wasting What We've Been Given?
I have read articles and books about people in other countries and times in history and how they have suffered, and wondered why God put me in America in this time period. It just didn't seem "fair" that I would have it so well, while others suffered so horribly. These people used those horrible circumstances to bring glory to God and to give thanks in all things.
Joni Earekson Tada, a quadraplegic, says in her article for Answers Magazine, " I'm convinced my response to my wheelchair has a direct bearing on my capacity for joy,worship, and service in heaven. Of all the things I may waste here on earth, I do not want to waste my quadriplegia!" John Piper writes in his article "Don't Waste Your Cancer" on http://www.desiringgod.org/, about 10 ways to waste your cancer, to not utilize the crisis that God has put in your life for His glory.
I don't have any of those problems. Isn't it even more evident that I should not waste being an American? Having the liberty to share the gospel freely and in the public arena, including the schools? And taking advantage of opportunities that lay themselves at my feet?
God has put me in America in the 21st century to NOT waste what he has given me. He did not put me in America during the Civil War to be a part of the underground railroad, or in Berlin during World War II to hide Jews. But he has asked me to adopt a sibling group of five children, to share the gospel in the public schools and to trust Him more in ALL circumstances. I see everyday how I have wasted opportunities, my money and my time on things that just don't matter. Ellen Vaughn in Time Peace, tells us that "God gives us enough time each day to do His will for that day." We all are here in America for "such a time as this". How much of your time,which is given to you by God, are you wasting?
This blog is about ways that God has shown me to NOT waste the opportunities which have been given to us in America.
Joni Earekson Tada, a quadraplegic, says in her article for Answers Magazine, " I'm convinced my response to my wheelchair has a direct bearing on my capacity for joy,worship, and service in heaven. Of all the things I may waste here on earth, I do not want to waste my quadriplegia!" John Piper writes in his article "Don't Waste Your Cancer" on http://www.desiringgod.org/, about 10 ways to waste your cancer, to not utilize the crisis that God has put in your life for His glory.
I don't have any of those problems. Isn't it even more evident that I should not waste being an American? Having the liberty to share the gospel freely and in the public arena, including the schools? And taking advantage of opportunities that lay themselves at my feet?
God has put me in America in the 21st century to NOT waste what he has given me. He did not put me in America during the Civil War to be a part of the underground railroad, or in Berlin during World War II to hide Jews. But he has asked me to adopt a sibling group of five children, to share the gospel in the public schools and to trust Him more in ALL circumstances. I see everyday how I have wasted opportunities, my money and my time on things that just don't matter. Ellen Vaughn in Time Peace, tells us that "God gives us enough time each day to do His will for that day." We all are here in America for "such a time as this". How much of your time,which is given to you by God, are you wasting?
This blog is about ways that God has shown me to NOT waste the opportunities which have been given to us in America.
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- Going Public-David and Kelli Pritchard
- Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions- George Barna
- Come Ye Children-CH Spurgeon
- Family Driven Faith-Voddie Baucham Jr
Great Christian Leader Book Recommendations
- God's Call-Brother Andrew
- Hero Tales-Dave and Neta Jackson
- Hudson Taylor's Spirtual Secret-Dr and Mrs Howard Taylor
- The Adventure of Missionary Heroism-John C Lambert
- The Cross and the Switchblade-David Wilkerson
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- Angie Miller
- Chesapeake, VA, United States
- Mom with kids in public school and homeschool. Just have a desire to inspire others to see the public school as the largest unreached people group in America and do something about it, whether we have kids in the school system or not.