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Bless Your Children to SucceedFor a suggested donation of $20 or more we will send you the book "Bless Your Children to Succeed " upon request. This book won The Word Guild award as the best book in Canada on the subject by a Christian writer.
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Introduction All children are precious gifts from God. In fact, when God is pleased with your marriage, He gives you children as a reward. It's true that some people cannot have children naturally, but that does not mean that God isn't pleased with their relationship. There could be some biological explanation, maybe inherited or possibly self-induced. There is always the alternative of adoption if you cannot have children naturally. Regardless of whether your children are adopted or naturally yours, they are a blessing from God. In Psalm 127:3, we read: "Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." It is clearly evident that our children are not a burden or a hassle, nor are they a financial drain on our pocketbooks. But they are a gift from God. Not only that, this Scripture also says that our children, the fruit of the womb, are a reward for us. It is so important to have a proper view of them even before they come into our lives. In many ways, that will determine how we're going to treat our children. I remember when my fifth child was born. My wife and I were so blessed by her arrival. She's our miracle baby, who God healed from an incurable disease while still in her mother's womb. I remember saying to her, "You're welcome into this world. You're welcome into my life, and you're welcome into our family." Our children are not strangers who just invaded our lives or careers. They are the very parts of us -the fruit of the womb. God wants us, as parents, to take care of them.
I have five children, and I love each and every one of them. These children need my wife and I to be parents to them. There is no one else in this world that can or will take care of our children like we can. But what if I were too busy trying to create a lifestyle to compete with the neighbors or our friends? I would hardly have time to spend with them. My kids wouldn't appreciate that. What if I didn't take the time to sit down and teach them the different lessons of life? They wouldn't appreciate that either. All children need love and attention from their parents, and they need to be taught basic principles for success. Let me share with you an anecdote that I heard in church one day. It goes something like this. When children are of pre-school age, which is around four or five years old, they think that Daddy knows everything. The children are impressed by Daddy's ability to fix things, explain things, and so on. Once children start school and they come home with questions about math or some other subject, there may be certain questions that Daddy doesn't know how to answer. So they conclude, "Daddy doesn't know everything after all." Later on when the children become teenagers, they determine, "Oh, Daddy knows nothing!" But by the time they are twenty-one years old, the children have difficulties grasping how Daddy could have learned so much in the last seven years. Then in their early thirties, when they need some advice, they begin saying, "I want to consult with Daddy." And in their forties or fifties, they say, "I really wish Daddy was around, so I could talk to him." What is the lesson of this anecdote? Well, it shows that Daddy has turned out all right after all. So, we need to give our children time. But we also need to be patient ourselves because as our children grow and mature, so does their appreciation for us as parents. In this book, I will discuss several elements that should be taken into consideration when raising your children, including some of the lessons that I have taught my own children concerning success. I'm sure many other things have been said and volumes of books have been written on the subject. But my desire is to formulate a smaller sized book that will provide some key elements and tools based on the examples that I have laid out. I'm sure as you read through this book, you will probably identify with some of the stories I share. I pray that they will be empowering for your own life situation as you attempt to apply some of these principles and adapt them to your own parenting. This book will give you a window into our family and will reveal how my wife and I bless our children to success. References
Rev. Ron Mainse
Jim Fisher
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My parents divorced and I had no clue on how to raise children. I've only
seen negative examples. Yet, through His grace and love, God has enabled me
to see from His Word and from other godly people, some examples that I could
emulate. From there, I created my own experiences to bless my children to
succeed. I trust that as you read through the pages of this book, you will
be able to identify with some of our personal stories. I pray that the
principles given in this book will be as helpful to you as they have been to
me in raising children to be mighty in spirit. To assist you in teaching
your children use our "