Too often we go to church and leave our children at home. or send them up stairs to the nursery. However I think as our children become old enough to understand reason we should have them at our sides hearing the full world of God. Children church has it place but after a while our children just like us must be weaned off milk. But I’m sure you have reason why you don’t require your children to hear the word of God so if I can I will try to address just a few of the more common excuses.  1. My child would not understand what the preacher was saying. If this is your excuse I can almost bet you are one of the same people that allow their children to watch PG13, R, or MA rated movies on TV completely unattended. Yet, you will argue that the world of God is entirely too mature for your small children to understand. I don’t think there is anyone that would deny that TV has an influence on the behaviors of our children. On a more positive note I can promise you that hearing the...

For we are his workman ship, created in Christ Jesus unto good work s, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them Ephesians 2:10 Prayers in Pursuit of God Part 11 of a 11 If the only rea son we desire to get closer to God is to keep Him for ourselves, then we are not worthy of this closeness. To think that God called us to Himself so that we could just be in His presence is foolish. When God calls us to Himself it is never for our own sake but to accomplish His purposes. Therefore we can say just as God called Jonah to His purpose for Nineveh and Moses to His purpose for Israel, He has called you and me to accomplish His purposes as well. When considering Ephesians 2:10 it is important to understand that the good works of the above passage are the requirement of God; however they are marked different from the good works that man seeks to accomplish which are as Isaiah 64:6 states seen as “filthy rags” in the eyes of God. The Apostle Paul is say...