I read this statement the other day:
"We raised her in Church, but we didn't raise her in Christ."
This statement hit me hard. So many times Christians, including myself, think that if we just get our children to church, we've done enough. Or we rely on church membership to be our saving grace. We teach our children that church is the most important aspect of being a Christian. That's not to say avoiding church attendance is an answer or excuse but church membership shouldn't be our focus in regards to rearing our children in Christ. Our focus should be following Christ by exhibiting his grace, his love, his mercy and his kindness even to those with perfect church attendance.
"We raised her in Church, but we didn't raise her in Christ."
This statement hit me hard. So many times Christians, including myself, think that if we just get our children to church, we've done enough. Or we rely on church membership to be our saving grace. We teach our children that church is the most important aspect of being a Christian. That's not to say avoiding church attendance is an answer or excuse but church membership shouldn't be our focus in regards to rearing our children in Christ. Our focus should be following Christ by exhibiting his grace, his love, his mercy and his kindness even to those with perfect church attendance.
Church should be a desire of being a Christian, not the sole purpose of Christianity. There's a difference in going to church and being the church.
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