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Parenting according to Lord's Prayer (Part 1 of 2)

How should we educate our children based on the Lord's Prayer? 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Matt 6:9-13 We first teach our children that God is our heavenly Father (Matt 6:9). This is the first step to cultivate a sense of security in the children. This same verse also set the ground of teaching children to honor God. In verse 10, we are to instill God's purpose in our children. As we come to verse 11, we are reminded to teach our children that God is our provider. God provides our physical, emotional and spiritual needs. How then should we educate our children to respond to God's provision? We teach them to share, trust and give thanks to God's provision.

Christian haters

The main cause of the hatred of early Christians in Roman society lies in their distinctive life-style....Men always view with suspicion people who are different. Conformity, not distinctiveness, is the way to a trouble-free life. So the more early Christians took their faith seriously the more they were in danger of crowd reaction. Thus, simply by living according to the teachings of Jesus, the Christian was a constant unspoken condemnation of the pagan way of life. It was not that the Christian went about criticizing and condemning and disapproving, nor was he consciously self-righteous and superior. It was simply that the Christian ethic in itself was a criticism of pagan life. (Shelley, Church History In Plain Language , 38-39.) Any difference with our country's current situation lately? After all the years, it sounds like meaningless to celebrate the National Day where the majority of the people has taken advantage of the media in persecution of a certain Chri