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One of my favorite messages I heard about children is how powerful they are NOW...even in their early ages.
I really appeciate ministries who work with children and help raise them up into all God has for them.
I know this latest article will really inspire you parents in what your children can be released into.
Dawn Hill shares this about YOU raising up your children:
If you know a child or have children, I have exciting news for you: You are officially in children's ministry. Ministry to children begins at home. Children do not need babysitters at church, they need fellow warriors around them to sharpen their points so that they can be arrows unto the Lord. They need to know who they are in Christ so that their identity is sealed.
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"God's Children of War: Raising a Mighty, Young Army"
Dawn Hill, Bristol, VA
You Cannot Have Us - We Belong to God
I saw an interesting vision a few weeks ago. I saw a vision of children dressed in armor, and they were standing in formation, eyes facing forward and intent on their target. I heard a sound arising from the children, "You cannot have us. We belong to God." It was only a moment, but I saw it plain as day.
In the moment that I saw this vision, I was pondering on the little children coming to Jesus and what I want my daughter to understand, even now at a young age. One thing that grieves me in the Body of Christ is the shortchanging of children and the call of God upon their lives at their current age. I fully believe that we place great limitations on children when it comes to the things of the Spirit. We underestimate what children can do or should do with regards to their role in the Body of Christ.
I believe what I saw was what the enemy perceives in the spirit about children: They are a threat to the perverted powers of darkness. It is not the adult stature that is foreboding to the devil, but He Who is within us. This includes children. Yet, have we disarmed our children by keeping them more or less entertained and away from the "deep" things of the Spirit?
Have we limited the flow of the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives by telling them they have to be this tall and this age before they can run their race with endurance and be taken seriously? Have we created doctrines that a child cannot be expected to lay hands on the sick, cast out devils or speak with tongues? I strongly believe our children don't need entertaining, but equipping. We must train them up in the way they should go.
Arrows in the Quiver
It is no coincidence that the enemy targets the younger generation. There is nothing new under the sun. His tactics simply change in verbiage and presentation, but make no mistake the plan is the same. He sets out to bring a fatal blow to identity, and when identity is lost or killed, purpose is abandoned. The devil does not want a mighty generation to arise with holy fire in their eyes. When your life is hidden with Christ in God, the windows to your soul cannot deny the presence of His all-consuming fire. Our children are not exempt from carrying His fiery gaze. (Photo via Unsplash)
I was reminded of the passage in Psalm 127 regarding children, "Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior...(continue reading)
