Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrell & Doreen Hanna


Blessing Prompts Celebration

Celebration stated with and comes from the heart of God. The Heavenly Father loves to celebrate and bless His children.

Adam & Eve - Blessing - to be fruitful and multiply

People out of Egypt: - Celebrate Passover; Celebrate Feast of Harvest, Celebrate Feast of Ingathering

A word spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11

What if the Nightmare is real: Monsters by Julie Dejong

She writes this about herself when she was a young child: "To all outward appearances, I seemed normal. I could smile and act like everything was great and I didn't have a problem in the world. But inside I was screaming. There were times I wanted to curl up and die!"

"It is like a wound that keeps festering and hurting with nothing to dull or take the pain away."

"I often wondered how someone could look at me and not see what a horrible, ugly person I was." I must be a terrible person for something like this to happen to me. Does that mean there is something wrong with me? Is there something inside of me that is bad and that is why this happened?

Self Esteem?

What self esteem? I am a hideous, repulsive, vile person and there is no way anyone could ever truly love me if the knew!

This is another way the monster has insured the secret will be kept!



Pastor Randy Thoughts: My question is this: There are children that are like Julie. How can we go below the surface and help those children?

Tips to Children's Workers & Parents



Be honest in your answers and who you are.
Children easily identify phoniness. Don't insult them by trivializing their concerns or giving pat answers.

Don't pry
Win the right to be heard. If you see or feel that something is truly wrong, encourage the child to talk to an adult they do trust.

Listen, don't lecture
Most kids want to express themselves, but won't do that until they trust you. And they won't trust you unless they believe you care and have proved it by listening to them.

Keep confidences
Their secrets are a gift to you; treat them as such unless, of course, doing so endangers the child or someone else.

Provide a safe place
Give the child space he needs to be alone while still offering him the security and comfort of a safe environment ... and knowledge that you'll be there when he is ready to talk.

And don't forget!
While our instinct may be to fix the problem, our role is usually to help kids in their growing process. So we must teach and show that there is One who cares for them more than they can ever imagine.

Kid's Krusade this week.  April 4-6, Mon, Tues, Wed. @ 7:00pm