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HAVING DREAMS FOR YOUR CHILDREN
by: Sandy Domelle

Do you dream a lot in your sleep? I love waking up from a great dream and telling my hubby or daughter what I dreamed about. I love it even more when I have a dream that comes true! We all have dreams that we’d love to see happen in our lives. One of the dreams we have is for our daughter to become the best Christian she can be and to turn out right for the Lord.

In the Bible we read about Hannah and her desire to have a baby. She dreamed, prayed, fasted and begged the Lord earnestly for this desire to be filled. 1 Samuel 1:11 says, “And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.” She was so desperate to have a “man child” that she even vowed to the Lord that she would give him back to the Lord all the days of his life. She had dreams for Samuel’s life before he was ever born.

However, notice also that she said, “...then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life.” She understood that her child was not her own, but that he would be God’s child. Likewise, your children are not yours, but they are on loan to you from God. Far too often, we as parents decide that they are our children, and therefore we determine their lives. We set our own goals and dreams for them, excluding what the Lord has for them. We want them to fulfill our personal dreams. Often these dreams are for the things of the world such as, having a job that earns great money, having a certain status, etc, and not for the Lord and His work. May I caution and remind even the most godly of parents, God made your child to serve Him. That’s why He placed them in your home. You are to raise them to serve the Lord and to be used of Him in whatever capacity He chooses.

If we are going to have dreams for our children, then we need to have the right types of dreams. Let me share some ways to have dreams that will help your children to live for the Lord.

1. Never let a sinful act go unpunished.

When your children have done something wrong, there should always be a punishment or penalty for the act committed. Sin is a dream killer, and that is why it must be punished. Whether they are grounded, have things taken away, or are unable to do something they are really looking forward to doing, they have to know that there is a punishment for doing wrong. When you allow your children to get away with things, they will do it again. The earlier in life they learn this, the less heartache they will give you. Let me also say this, never punish a child for a single offense twice. This will provoke a child to wrath. Once they have been punished, then move forward and pray that they have learned from their mistake. Ephesians 6:4, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

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