Friday, January 19, 2007

How do you help your children have a Biblical worldview?

I am currently doing Beth Moore's Daniel Bible Study with the women at my church. Beth Moore has been sharing how we to live in a society that wants to indoctrinate us into their way of seeing things. Sometimes I feel the pressure is overwhelming from the world. So, how do you purposefully teach your children a Biblical worldview? How do you point out the world's values are not our own?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow~ you can sure tell that this is an intense question! LOL I have been waiting to see how others would respond before I threw my opinion out there, but here it goes: I think that there are situations daily that present themselves as a way to discuss biblical values and children are so much more aware of things these days. I would have never thought about some of the "deep" things that my 10 yr old son is exposed to. This world is definatley a place where children need to learn about the bible early. Even the "small" things that happen in school, like how someone acts or how someone was treated presents a great way to ask your kids what they thing Jesus would do in those situations. I am so thankful to have had a relationship with God all of my life and have been able to expose my children at an early age. If there is something that happens that my children don't understand, I help them dive into thier bible and we pray.
I am so curious and excited to hear other views and ideas on this subject, so I am hoping that my response will get this started!! LOL I look forward to hearing everyone elses views~
jenlon

Coach Kimberly said...

Jenlon,

Thanks for taking the plunge. I couldn't agree with you more about diving into the Bible. The world's ways are so overwhelming and come screaming into our lives. Thus, I think we have to be purposeful to teach a Biblical worldview. The world teaches we are #1, take care of yourself. The Bible says those who are a servant are the greatest in the kingdom of God. I think we can model a Biblical worldview for our children. We also can correct wrong views we see on TV. I do agree it is the everyday moments that are teachable moments from a Biblical perspective.

Anonymous said...

Kimberly, I was just thinking of something that happenned last night... and how our children do learn so quickly by example. It didn't really hit me as a big deal until I was thinking about it today. We can easily model basic care and concern for others and our children will pick it up naturally. Last night my kids had their freinds over to play "rodeopoly" (monopoly rodeo style LOL) and my daughter got drinks and snack for everyone! What a great little hostess and she did it all on her own! They learn kindness and Godly ways from us. (I did tell her that it was a very nice thing that she did taking care of her guests.)
jenlon

Coach Kimberly said...

Jenlon,

Sounds like your daughter has the gift of hospitality. By the way how do you play monopoly, rodeo style? Sounds interesting.

Anonymous said...

It is actually in a box called "RODEO-OPOLY" instead of regular monopoly...same idea, just different things to buy~ farms and livestock instead of hotels and such! Yeah, we're a little on the "hick" side!! Grew up farming and ranching ....My son loves it. My uncle still has a big ranch and my father in law still farms so my kids are exposed to it all.

Coach Kimberly said...

Jenlon,

Hi! The game sounds fun. Believe I know about farming. My husband is a Biosystems Engineer - Agricultural Engineering and the town we live in could be a double for Mayberry from the Andy Griffith show. Sounds like a wonderful place to live, except for when you are freezing.