Kid Pastor's Notes

How many of you parents would only feed your child once a week? Sure, their energy level will decrease and they may even get sick. Let's say, every Sunday you took them to a restaurant and let someone feed them. Then for the rest of the week you did not allow them to eat until the next Sunday. Child cruelty? Police? Arrest? Jail? Yep! All the above. You would lose your kids!

NOW - In all reality, this is happening in most Christian homes! We come to church on Sunday and fill up, even our kids, but throughout the week we refuse to feed them truth to where they will have a biblical worldview. Instead they adapt a humanistic worldview. Parents are the blame. That's harsh but true. Dad's in particular. I know... ouch! Ephesians 6. Deuteronomy 6! IT'S STILL IN THE BIBLE AND IT'S STILL THE ONLY FORMULA THAT WORKS. Don't lose your kids.

Being a Servant at Christmas
Sometimes children believe that the whole world revolves around them. Parents, because they enjoy caring for their kids, may at times contribute to a child-centered mentality and further reinforce this misconception. Children can get the impression that parents, siblings, and even the family pets are there simply to make them happy. The result is demandingness and an unpleasant attitude.

One of the ways to counteract this tendency is to teach children to be servants and Christmas is a great time to start. Planning and giving gifts, preparing food treats for others, setting the table, and cleaning up Christmas messes are all ways to demonstrate servanthood. You might have your children take turns giving out the gifts that are under the tree instead of just finding their own to open.

Listening to others, watching family members open gifts, saying thank you, sharing, and looking for ways to help are all ideas for kids to demonstrate a servant attitude at Christmastime.

Use the word "servant" and teach children about its positive meaning in life. Talk about how being a servant is really a gift to others. After all, Jesus became a servant by becoming a man and coming to earth as our Savior (Philippians 2:5).

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