Kinders in Selle: The Unwelcome Child

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Kinders in Selle The Unwelcome Child

• Child May I come to your cell today
• To see you worship, sing and pray?
• Adult You wont find it any fun
• When you are older, you may come.
• Child But I would like to come and see
• And worship with the family.
• Adult The way we praise is not for you.
• Go worship with the children, do.
• Child But I love Jesus, this is true!
• Cant I be a disciple too?
• Adult Just wait. The time will come to pass
• Youll join a new believers class.
• Child May I tell you why I am crying?
• Do you know my Grandpas dying?
• Adult When you are old enough, youll know
• That theres a time we all must go.
• Child Can you tell, Im asking you
• Are all the Bible stories true?

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Kinders in Selle The Unwelcome Child

• As time went by the child grew bolder
• Growing taller, growing older.
• Looking for love and care and nurture
• Sometime later ... Later in the future
• When someone in church would say,
• Come! You may join the cell today.
• But the child, alas, has gone away.
• Lorna Jenkins

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Kinders in Selle?

• Die belofte
• En daarna sal Ek my Gees uitgiet op alle
• vlees, en julle seuns en julle dogters sal
• profeteer, julle ou mense drome droom, jul
• jongelinge gesigte sien.
• Joel 227

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Kinders in Selle?

• Wat is nodig om dit saam te kan beleef?
• En hy sal die hart van die vaders terugbring
• Tot die kinders, en die hart van die kinders
• Tot hulle vaders, ...
• Mal 46

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Kinders in Selle?

• Die hart van Jesus
• En elkeen wat een van sulke kindertjies in
• my Naam ontvang, ontvang My Matt 185
• Laat die kindertjies na My toe kom en
• verhinder hulle nie, ...
• En Hy het sy arms om hul geslaan, sy
• hande op hulle gelê en hulle geseën.
• Mark 101416

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Kinders in Selle?

• Visie n Paradigma skuif
• Die verantwoordelikheid vir geestelike
• ontwikkeling van kinders is gesetel binne
• die natuurlike familie(gesin) en geestelike
• familie(sel).
• (Nie die kerk of programme nie!)

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Kinders in Selle?

• en JY moet dit jou kinders inskerp en
• Daaroor spreek as jy in jou huis sit en as jy
• oppad is en as jy gaan lê en as jy opstaan.
• Deut 67
• Die een geslag prys U werke by die ander
• Ps 1454

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Kinders in Selle?

• Prakties
• Gemeenskaplike gesprek
• Toerusting
• n groeipad, ... n leer pad
• Verdraagsaamheid(lewensfases)
• Child centered vs other centerdness
• Getuienisse