Raising Kids in the Culture of the Kingdom
by Patricia Bootsma
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The Moravians, who birthed the eighteenth-century global missions movement from the womb of a night-and-day prayer movement, had a banner cry echoed through the centuries. It was first spoken by some of their young missionaries who sailed to the unreached slaves of the Caribbean island of St. Thomas with the goal of sharing the message of the gospel. As they were on the deck of the ship that would take them to a lifetime of service and sacrifice, distraught family members on shore wept and cried out, “Why are you going?” One of the young missionaries cried out for all to hear: “That the Lamb, Who was slain, may receive the reward of His suffering."
Those words require quiet contemplation to let the full effect reach our hearts. Why did the Lamb of God die? His sacrifice was certainly for our eternal salvation but also for so much more—for victorious, supernatural, abundant life to live and give away. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
I believe Jesus wants to get what He paid for, including our children. That means an intimate heart connection with the Lord and a regular expectation of miracles, signs, wonders, and prophetic revelation. We want to live what He died to give.
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