Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever

Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.

Today, it is critical that those who have a heart for God are aware of what God is doing and speaking today. God is opening up His Word like never before in preparation for The Time Of The END. I exhort you to open up your heart and your eyes to see what He is doing and your ears to hear what God is speaking at this time. My prayer is that we will be able to stand before the Son of Man at His appearing, without fault and with great joy. I encourage you to read David Wilkerson's book, America's Last Call at davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com. Also, Google, Tommy Hicks Prophecy, 1961 for a view of the End Times.

Tom's books include: Called By Christ To Be ONE, The Time Of The END, The Season Of The Last Generation, Worship God In Spirit And In Truth, Daniel And The Time Of The END, and Overcoming The Evil One. They are available at amazon.com. They can also be read without cost by clicking on link: Toms Books.

To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.

Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!

Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!

Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!

Thursday, October 19, 2017

NO. 1 THING PARENTS CAN DO TO ENSURE KIDS ARE CHRISTIAN

No. 1 Thing Parents Can Do to Ensure Kids Are Faithful Christians When They Grow Up: LifeWay

Most Parents Say Their Adult Children Are Christians, but Half Don't Practice the Faith

A majority of churchgoing Protestant parents say their adult children are still Christians, but half of them don't practice the tenets of the faith, a survey has found.

The Nashville-based LifeWay Research has listed the top 10 spiritual activities that aid children in their Christian walk, and found that the biggest predictor of spiritual health for young adults is whether they read the Bible regularly in their youth.

"Churchgoing parents want to pass on their faith to their kids — and to see their children make that faith their own," said Scott McConnell, LifeWay's executive director. "But they don't always know how best to make that happen."

The researchers queried parents on 40 factors that could affect a child's moral and spiritual development, such as whether the family prayed, or if the parents are divorced, and asked parents to describe their adult children using eight observable factors, counting for one point each.

The factors included: Identifies as a Christian; Shares his or her faith with unbelievers; Is involved in church; Reads the Bible regularly; Serves in a church; Teaches others at church; Serves in the community; Supports local or foreign missions.

"Eighty-five percent identify as Christians, according to their parents, giving them at least 1 point on the 8-point spiritual health scale," LifeWay explained of the results.

"But only 3 percent had a score of 8, the highest possible. Two-thirds had a score of 2 or less. Half had a score of 0 or 1, meaning they either don't identify as Christians (11 percent) or they identify as Christians but have none of the other spiritual practices (39 percent)."

Parents said that the top factor that determined the spiritual health of their adult children is whether they regulary read the Bible growing up.

The study, sponsored by LifeWay Kids, used a sample of 2,000 Protestant and nondenominational Christians who have a child between the ages of 18 and 30 and who attend religious services at least once a month.

Conducted between Sept. 22 and Oct. 5, 2016, it has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percent at the 95 percent confidence level. The parents gave observations of a total of 3,472 adult children.

What is more, the survey included a top 10 list of spiritual activities that helped Protestant children growing up, ranking them in order of most helpful:

Regularly attended Sunday school or small group; attended Vacation Bible School; attended youth group/youth worship as a teen; participated in church social activities; regularly attended children's worship/church; attended church camps; regularly served at church; participated in church mission trips or projects; regularly read the Bible; regularly spent time in prayer.

Other surveys, such as one from Gallup in May, found that Americans' trust in the Bible is declining, however.

The poll found that fewer than one in four, or 24 percent in total, said the Bible is "the actual Word of God, and is to be taken literally, word for word."

As many as 26 percent argued, however, that the Bible is "a book of fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man."

The most popular belief, held by 47 percent of respondents, was that the Bible is "inspired by God, not all to be taken literally."

http://www.christianpost.com/news/no-1-thing-parents-can-do-ensure-kids-are-faithful-christians-when-they-grow-up-lifeway-203443/?utm_source=newsletter

My comments: The Word of God is the Bread of LIFE. (John 6:35) We live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4) Only those who understand and practice these Scriptures are Christians.