Leading Your Child to Christ
The most important and foundational relationship in a child’s life is his or her relationship with the Lord. Although children will vary in their comprehension of the Lord and how they depend on Him due to their developmental levels, it is vital that we help orient these young hearts toward a right relationship with their Creator.
In 22 years of being a parent, I've spent lots of time reading discipleship books, discipling children, fielding our children's questions about God, salvation and sanctification, and praying that the Holy Spirit would lead them in paths of righteousness. It's still happening:-) Like the well-known idiom says, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." As parents, we can lead our children to the Gospel, but we can't make them believe it. Our example though imperfect, will likely far outweigh what we say. But this reality should not discourage us or cause us to neglect the command to teach our children diligently (Deut 6). There is great blessing in sharing the Gospel with our children over and over again because we are working with our triune God to accomplish His will.
Recently, I came across this short booklet entitled Leading Your Child to Christ by Marty Machowski. As I've talked with some Morningside parents about their child's salvation experience along with doubts and uncertainty of true repentance and belief, I found this booklet to be very helpful as a parent. In Morningside Kids two weeks ago, we focused on teaching The Good News to K4-5th graders. As a followup to our Good News lesson, I thought this booklet would be an encouraging resource to each family. Every family will receive a personal copy of the booklet. I pray that it will help you lead your child to Christ, address any doubts, and produce true repentance and belief in the Gospel by the Holy Spirit's working.
May the Lord by His grace begin and continue a good work in the hearts of many Morningside children! (Philippians 1:6)
Lara Cropsey, Children’s Ministry Director