Leaders: Encourage Your Moms to be Evangelists
“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” (Deut. 6:6-8)
As leaders in our churches, we need to constantly put before the young moms the commission they have to share Christ with their children. As a mom of four, I know that it is easy to feel that your whole day is filled with wiping up spills, changing diapers [my husband and I bought diapers for ten years straight], cleaning up the same mess over and over, and washing and folding clothes all day. It feels sometimes that it is like walking on a treadmill every day without ever getting anywhere.
BUT we need to remind them that we are to use every opportunity to teach them about Christ. When the person and work of Jesus is clearly and logically presented, children are instinctively drawn to Him. Evangelizing our own children should be of paramount importance to all Christian parents. Christian leadership and nurture should begin in the home. This is a privilege and a HUGE calling. Let us pray for the moms in our churches, encourage them to rise to the challenge, and help them catch the vision of the impact we can have on the world through our children’s walk with God and their obedience to the Great Commission!
“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” (Deut. 6:6-8)
As leaders in our churches, we need to constantly put before the young moms the commission they have to share Christ with their children. As a mom of four, I know that it is easy to feel that your whole day is filled with wiping up spills, changing diapers [my husband and I bought diapers for ten years straight], cleaning up the same mess over and over, and washing and folding clothes all day. It feels sometimes that it is like walking on a treadmill every day without ever getting anywhere.
BUT we need to remind them that we are to use every opportunity to teach them about Christ. When the person and work of Jesus is clearly and logically presented, children are instinctively drawn to Him. Evangelizing our own children should be of paramount importance to all Christian parents. Christian leadership and nurture should begin in the home. This is a privilege and a HUGE calling. Let us pray for the moms in our churches, encourage them to rise to the challenge, and help them catch the vision of the impact we can have on the world through our children’s walk with God and their obedience to the Great Commission!
