The Power of Declaration in the Mouths of Children Declaration is simply opening our mouths and speaking God’s truth over ourselves. Research has proven that when someone hears something over and over again, they begin to accept it as truth – whether it is truth or not. Because of this, the world has adopted an inferior form of declaration (Think “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And gosh darn it, people like me.”) where they
Is it the truth? One of the most important things we can teach our children is how to process the words handed to them. Daily one of our children will come to us telling us something another child said to them or about them. “He said I’m a meanie.” “She said I can’t dance.” “They said I’m stupid.” If the person who said such things is a sibling, there obviously needs to be a conversation
Do you despise your child without knowing it? “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 18:10 Despise. When I think of that word, I think of kale. (Am I the only one?) I tend to think of “despise” as a word that means loathe, hate, can’t stand the
She paces back and forth, again and again, her one-year-old daughter on her hip. With each prayer that goes forth from the microphone, she whispers in her baby’s ear simplified versions of those amplified prayers. “Shine Your light, Jesus.” She grabs a tissue. Wipes her daughter’s runny nose. Whispers again. “Break in.” She wonders what in the world she’s even doing. Her baby is one. She can’t possibly understand, can she? She knows there has
Equipping the Children
