I guess as parents and grandparents one of our greatest desires is to see our children and grandchildren go all out for God as they become teenagers and adults.
However, statistics show that many children from Christian homes do not go on with God in their adult lives. There are some alarming figures that indicate as many as 80% of Christian young people ditch their faith in their teens and twenties. Gavin Calver, UK director of Youth for Christ, wrote: "It breaks my heart to think how many of my mates got lost along the way. Of a group of 10 to 15 people, only one other person and myself are still going for God." Unfortunately this seems to be a pattern repeated in most churches across the UK.
So what can we as Christian parents and grandparents do?
First of all let us remind ourselves that there are no guaranteed answers. However we can stack the odds in our favour. Deuteronomy chapter 6 is amazingly practical in it's advice to parents about how they can bring up their children in the faith.
The next few posts will look more closely at this wonderful chapter to see what can be done. You may be surprised at just how practical and relevant the answers are!
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