CHILDREN WHO ARE FILLED WITH COMPASSION.

One of the great attributes of God is that He is a God of compassion. Read the following scriptures:

Deuteronomy 13:17; 30:3; Psalm 78:38a; 86:15; 111:4; 112:4; 145:8; Lamentations 3:22.

Jesus also was filled with compassion. It was the motivating force of His ministry. We constantly read these words in the New Testament, "He was moved with compassion toward them." Matthew 14:14.

May God fill our hearts with compassion for the lost, for the poor, for the needy and hurting. May God help us to impart this grace to our children too. Read Colossians 3:12,13; 1 Peter 3:8.

CHILDREN WHO WILL NOT RETREAT.

Luke 9:62, "Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

Hebrews 10:38-39, "Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul." Read the sad testimony of the children of Ephraim in Psalm 78:9.

The most dangerous maneuver that an army can make in combat is to retreat. The "field of fire’ is the greatest defense for an army. We must be on the offensive against the enemy, not just the defensive. We are here to "destroy the works of the enemy." 1 John 3:8. Mothers, we are in a battle. We are at war. We must also teach our children our to fight the enemy, how to stand their ground, and never retreat.

God’s command to Joshua in Numbers 33:51-53 (which is the same to us today regarding our enemies) was to:

Drive out all the inhabitants,

Destroy all their pictures and molten images,

Demolish all their high places, and

Dispossess the inhabitants of the land!

I love some of the lines of the great missionary warrior, C. T. Studd who wrote:

Lord, send us lion-hearted men

With good courageous habits

Who ne’er will run from the devil’s gun

Like hares and bunny rabbits!

For genuine soldiers are heroes

"Chocolate soldiers" are shams

The soldiers of Jesus are lions

Not hares or timid lambs.