In January, the Reign Forest children will be learning about some of the miraculous things that Jesus did while He lived here on earth. I am reminded over and over of the verse in Proverbs "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." I have come to understand that although all children have their own choices to make, and some when they are grown may choose not to follow God or what they were taught at an early age, the principles they learn as a child still do not depart from them when they are grown. I love the fact that the children at Lakewood Park are learning how amazing and powerful God is at this early age, and oh how I pray that this does not grow unbelievable to them in the future. In this three minute video below, Amber at Orange tells what this month's group of lessons are all about.
FL Preview : No One Else (January 2012) from Orange on Vimeo.
The Land of Promise children have moved on to a new character trait for the month of January, Self-Control - defined as choosing to do what you SHOULD do, not what you WANT to do. In this six minute video, Dan from Orange explores the value of having that trait imbedded in our children's hearts. So many great points jumped out at me while I watched this video. In the beginning, Dan illustrates self-control by telling a story of his son playing a video game. The controller didn't work properly, and as a result, his son could not prevent his player from plunging to his "death" over a cliff. The horribly accurate picture that painted in my brain of what happens in real-life to people who have never learned how to control their emotions was sobering. One other sentence really stuck out to me. Dan said, "Our ability or inability to use Self-Control in the heat of the moment can make or break someone else's view of God." How much more valuable self-control is in the life of a Christian!
Preview: Game On (January 2012) from Orange on Vimeo.
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