HOW MUCH WILL MY CHOICE COST ME? How I wish we could all see - TopicsExpress

HOW MUCH WILL MY CHOICE COST ME? How I wish we could all see the cost of our choices as clearly as a price tag on items in a store. If I know how much something is going to cost me, I make much wiser choices. But we have an enemy who schemes against us to keep the cost of dumb decisions concealed until its too late. Satan wants to defeat, discourage and destroy our families. His attacks are not just willy-nilly attempts to trip us up or knock us down. He wants to take us out. Thats why, as parents, weve got to boldly fight for our families. We must get intentional with teaching our kids to think through their choices. And we must get intentional about modeling good choices as well. Do you know why Satans tactics are called schemes in 2 Corinthians 2:11? A scheme is a plan, design or program of action. Satans schemes are well-crafted plans specifically targeted to do three things: 1. Increase your desire for something outside the will of God. 2. Make you think giving in to a weakness is no big deal. 3. Minimize your ability to think through the consequences of falling to this temptation. Satan is a master of keeping that cost hidden until its too late. Saints, this is something worth thinking about. And it is something worth talking about with our kids. Consider age-appropriate examples of how costly wrong choices can be. Be real, raw and bold as you walk them through different scenarios of temptations they might face. That police officer will certainly be bold in their explanation of the cost when a teen driver gets distracted by their iPod, cell phone or friends acting silly. Hearing them explain to our child how costly others poor choices have been, resulting in death, or loss of limbs, will make these rules seem more like life-saving gifts. Think how different life might be if we all paused and asked ourselves this crucial question: How much will this choice really cost me? If we teach ourselves and our kids nothing else this week than to ask this one question, we will have invested wisely. So, so very wisely.

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