You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God (James 4:4)
Dear Father,
These children will be tempted to walk with one foot in the world and one foot in your Kingdom. I see many in the church who are doing that. They come to church, but in their personal lives you would not be able to tell them apart from non-believers. I pray that these children understand early in their lives that there is a choice to make, that they cannot play with the world and worldly things and attempt to have a relationship with you anymore than a husband or wife can carry on an extramarital affair and keep a relationship with their spouse.
They must choose a path and that if they do not choose, they will be constantly compromising their witness, causing more harm than good for the cause of Jesus as people see their behavior as supposed "Christians" and wonder what Christianity really means. They must choose a path if they are going to have a strong impact of good in their lives. They must choose a path if they truly are going to be a light in the darkness. And they must choose a path of they want to have a close relationship with you. May they choose that path, to let go of the allure of the things and actions of this world, for true joy and true riches that can only come from a relationship with you.
Amen
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