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B is for Believe!
By Trina Titus Lozano
Raising our children to Believe in God, as we do, is becoming more difficult in this generation then any other time in history. Josh McDowell  reveals in his book “The Last Christian Generation” that only 8 out of 10 of our children who have been raised in Christian homes will continue in their Christian faith as adults.I have always “believed” had complete confidence that my children, who are now 24, 21, 18, and 15, would choose to believe in God and serve God in their own personal relationship with him. Why, well why not. Why wouldn’t they believe? God has been so faithful to our family. As my daughter Brittany once said “We walk in miracles!” she was actually repeating her great grandmother who often says the same. My kids know that we couldn’t live a day without a relationship with God. We pray continually; as we drive in the car, as we do homework, when we eat, when we exercise, when we go to bed. We ask God for miracles and we notice daily that He is at work in our lives and we thank Him.A few years ago, I participated in a Beth Moore bible study, Believing God, experiencing a fresh explosion of faith. She had us memorize a five statement pledge of faith: 1. God is who He says He is. 2. God can do what He says He can do. 3. I am who God says I am. 4. I can do all things through Christ. 5. God’s Word is alive and active in me. “I’m believing God!” I learned and I taught my kids.My “theology must merge with my reality”, as Beth Moore says. Either you have faith or you have fear. I am convinced that fear, doubt and worry is what many children observe when they watch their “Christian” mom’s face the trials that are an inevitable part of each of our lives. That’s a problem! It is that hypocrisy that causes many children to not believe. They begin to question, “Why should I be a Christian when mom and dad still worry about everything.” Why is there fear? Where is the faith? Our theology as a family must line up with our reality!! We should have no fear, about anything ever. We believe that God is in control. My children have watched me believe. Believe for a strong marriage, believe for financial provision, believe for healing, believe for success in a career shift, and believe for direction in a re-location, basically for anything and everything. I believe and they believe with me. WE BELIEVE! Living a life without fear in our home did indeed created an atmosphere of faith. Three of my children are grown and they still believe that God is who He says He is! They are Christ followers because they believe.Choosing faith over fear, what a smart choice!Walking in miracles, now that’s a great life!
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