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NEIL ANDERSON'S DAILY IN CHRIST
from Freedom in Christ Ministries
November 7
GIVING YOUR CHILD THE BEST
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your
anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity (Ephesians 4:26,
27).
Suppose you possessed the means to give your child the best. What
kind of parent would you be? What would be your role in
determining what your child should be and do? Maybe you would be
tempted to respond like the parents of a girl named Jill.
Jill's parents were high-tech professionals and nominal
Christians. Jill had always been given every opportunity to be
the best. Driven by her parents to perfection, her grades were
tops. Her parents wanted her to attend their alma mater and join
her mother's sorority, but she wanted to attend a Christian
college.
When Jill came to my office she was anorexic, struggling with her
thought life, and had been cutting herself. In making a list of
the people she needed to forgive, her parents were right at the
top. Her tears began slowly at first. "Lord, I forgive my father
for never even considering what I would like to do with my life."
Then the floodgates opened, and she was able to find her freedom
in Christ. The voices stopped, the cutting stopped and she was at
peace in her mind. The spiritual component of her problem was
resolved.
Soon the relational component was also resolved. Guided by her
counselor, Jill reached a compromise with her parents. She
attended their alma mater for one year, then transferred to a
Christian school with their blessing.
I'm not saying that misguided, over-controlling parents cause
their children to have spiritual problems. But parents who don't
learn how to speak the truth in love and express their anger
without sinning may give the devil an opportunity in their family
(Ephesians 4:25-27). And if you and your children don't learn how
to bear with each other and forgive one another in the close
confinement of a family relationship, you may give Satan an
advantage (Colossians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 2:10, 11). And if you
don't humble yourself, cast your potential anxieties on the Lord,
and adopt an alert and sober spirit, you may be devoured by your
adversary, the devil (1 Peter 5:8).
Lord, help me be genuine and honest before my family, enabling
them to be what You created them to be.
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