Yesterday in the news, the brother of a murdered man forgave the murderer. He acknowledges what she has taken from his family, but he forgives her, and he loves her “just like anyone else.” This young man tells her that he wants the best for her, which is to give her life to Christ.
This is a man who knows Christ.
This is what it looks like to be born of Christ.
It is not easy. You can see it on his face and hear it in his voice- his words are heartfelt, and full of pain. But you and I , we know the only way he could say those things is in Christ.
That is the faith our kids need. The soul-transforming, life-impacting knowledge that they are born of Christ, and there is no commandment that is, with Christ, too much.
Of course, they also need the reminder that Jesus is our forgiver, and our advocate when we sin.
But they, like us, need to know that only through Jesus have we overcome, and only through Jesus can we live the life God intended. Let’s pray today that our children live in the unparalleled power of this truth.
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:1-5.
You can see the powerful statement by Botham Jean’s brother here
prayersformychildren.org 
Thank you Deet for sharing this.
Dawn Baggett
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