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Category: Wess Stafford

Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility of every grownup in a child’s life.

children, dreams, parenting

We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.

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The handholds for hope are there for all of us but are made plainest to those in poverty, for whom survival actually depends on hope in their God.

I have become convinced that the more wealth a country accumulates, the more isolated and lonely its people become. The loneliest are usually the children and the elderly. Children learn what they live, and isolation in the ‘village’ is one of the most destructive messages we daily write on the tablets of their hearts.

children, community, isolation, loneliness

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?

calories, diet, excercise, hunger, obesity, poverty, two-thirds-world, wealth

Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Savior’s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God’s agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.

children, grace, jesus

If God places a child before you, and you are too busy to wield either a positive or negative influence…you just did the later! You communicated that the child doesn’t matter and isn’t important.

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I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

children, prayer

Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote of confidence from grownups, whom they will ultimately replace anyway. Their dream today will become the realities of tomorrow.

children, confidence, dreams, future

Every major movement in world history has recognized the strategic importance of mobilizing children. The Nazis had their Hitler Youth bands. The Chinese Communists had their Red Guards. The Taliban in Afghanistan had their madrash schools to instill extremism in the young. The great omission seems to be unique to Christians.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

children, god, mission