trying to teach 10 year old about jesus

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blessedsinner

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Is there a way to teach my D about Jesus she is balking at everything i try to explain to hjer and teach .She is going through puberty an i am havingn problems with her .I pray and pray and to me the base of any type of hope is through Jesus first that is all i can give Iam not achild psycologist .I klnow she is unhappy and i understand why ,our life is in a crisis right now and every member of my family is dealing with stuff .Thje only thing I know is Jesus love us .I dont want to go to counselling first i want Jesus in our life first
 
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gatta

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Thje only thing I know is Jesus love us .I dont want to go to counselling first i want Jesus in our life first
This is the best thing you can do for your child. Just keep your faith and your focus on Jesus Christ. And to carry it further - LIVE your life in your faith. If you tell your child you love Jesus - SHOW it. If you tell her that you trust Him - SHOW it. Tell her the story about Him and His life .. and His ministry. But the most important is, LIVE IT!!

This means that your actions and words are under a magnifying glass. And believe me, they see and hear EVERYTHING! And they WILL measure it up against what they know about scripture.

For instance, don't tell her Jesus taught that we shouldn't lie, and then when it is convenient, think you can get away with a little white lie. Not that there is such a thing as a white lie - but I hope you understand what I mean - sometimes we just twist the truth a little so we can save face or get out of a situation.

Our children is watching us. And they want to emulate what we teach, but very often we confuse them by saying something and doing (living) something else.

Be true to what the bible teach (and what you teach too) - ALWAYS.
 
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Kuroko

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When the focus became how much I believed in christ it turned me away and I am speaking about when I was a child myself. Very little about bible study did I enjoy because there was very little I could connect to, the church I remember the most as turning me away from practicing religion went so far as to insist that a young couple get married because they had been dating for almost two years. I never saw them after that, they preferred to hang around most of the younger church goers.

Where you can see the importance in the faith I can assure you what Gatta has said is more true than you could imagine.
At her stage in life she is going to be comparing so many things around her and the most important parts will be the ones that make the most sense to her, that could mean friends impressions or points of views, teachers, television, radio or even magazines. Those opinions and views will matter to her based on the sense that it makes, just show her the moral side of the faith without pushing the need for devotion to it.

For anyone wanting a further explanation let me ask.
Is it more important when being christian to be as is christ or to believe strongly in christ?
One is practicing the faith and the other is having faith, it is possible for somebody who knows NOTHING of christ or christianity to still follow christ in behavior and the way they love.

Christ isn't the reason you act the way you do, christ is the goal you set to achieve and so through example you follow his lead.
If you show her religion isn't constricting or strict on a personal level then she may turn to it for her own personal guidance, remember though whether you like it or not we are all born with free will. Just like with myself it IS possible to push some one away from some thing when you are trying to push too hard.

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Rob
 
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Rob, I have to say that's just about the best piece of advice i've ever seen given on these forums.
 
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Kuroko

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Thanks truth ^_^

Oh and the other thing, try not to constrict the things she may get views or opinions from, if anything be there to explain what the implications can be if she follows them (gotta remember the free will thing).
 
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blessedsinner

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thank you so much for your prayers Iam not very good on remembering scripture but is there a teaching about parenting and children following what parents say