Teaching Kids to Walk with God 4

All this week we’re looking at what we need to embrace for ourselves and in turn teach to our kids about what it means to walk with God. The guidance comes from the writings of the seventeenth century Puritan writer, Jeremiah Burroughs. Burroughs tell us that if we are walking with God, our lives will be marked by taking on the tasks we face not in our own power, but with the assistance of God. Parents, we can teach our kids to pray this prayer of dependence on God in all things: “Lord, this is the work you’ve called me to. Let me have strength from you to do this work. I can do nothing without you, Lord. Come, I pray, and assist me.” In this current age which celebrates individuality, our kids are being taught that they need to depend on nobody but themselves. They are being told the lie that all you have to do is put your mind to it and you can anything. But the Scriptures tells us that it is God who is our refuge and strength, and it only through Him that we do anything. Teach this to your kids.