Christians and Demons: An Amazing Compendium by Dr. Jerry Johnston --To Get Armed and Anchored For Spiritual Warfare…

Spiritual Warfare- An Invisible Struggle in the Spirit World

Factually, the minute you start living as a Christian, you are engaging in spiritual warfare. The invisible spiritual war is a battle which involves all men and women. Because the Kingdom of Satan is a spiritual kingdom…

The Transformational Power of Christian Life Coaching: the Grace Space

We heard a lot about Christian life coaching and we even think big to be a part of it and imbibe our children and even ourselves with their wholesome spiritual teachings.

Who’s listening? What Our Kids are Trying to Tell us? Dispensing the Ways to Crack the Code of Youth

A child or adolescent has a turning age that needs immense attention. Being a Parent, it is important to know what attitudes, values, personality temperament, and life experiences a child brings to school and then to home. Research consistently shows the generation gap between us and the world of teenagers we are continually witnessing, gives rise to many such misconceptions, and mounts the differences in thoughts that draw a thick line between teens and their parents. 

Johnston believes to dispel such misconceptions; we must better understand the world where teenagers live in-- and that we begin listening to the cries for help from what may become a lost generation.  As one of America’s leading authorities on youth culture, Dr. Jerry receives thousands of letters each year. Jerry comes across with varying levels of specific problems that teen’s face that may result in internal and external sorrows. 

The Critical Problems That Are Seen Most Common In Teens That Internally And Externally Affect Them Are:

•  They often face difficulty with social relationships.

• They escape and refuse to do routine, repetitive assignments.
• They forget scratching their own itch and instead do inappropriate criticism of others.
•  At the same time they lack the awareness that what would be the impact on others.
•  Lack of sufficient challenge in schoolwork.
• Depression (often manifested in boredom) when they get loner.
• They undergo high levels of anxiety, difficulty accepting criticism.
• Sometimes students also do the mistake of hiding their own talents to fit with peers.

• Nonconformity and resistance to authority. 
• They dip their toes in excessive competitiveness, which makes them feel inferior when they fail to commit their best.
•   Isolation from peers is also one of the primal reasons.
• Low frustration tolerance and poor study habits, that make parents yell on them.

Listening to Your Kids:

 

Listening to your kids is a skill many parents may not have, but can easily acquire. There are many inspiring books and blogs on same, but what keeps utmost significance is “Are the words coming from an experienced author, who has the worldly understanding of the life of teenagers?” “Is the author enriched with Christianity teachings?” so that he can relate his thoughts on the grounds of teachings of Christ.

Dr. Jerry Johnston is the ideal example of such an author. Having authored myriad of influential books, Johnston has also penned: -- “Who’s listening? What Our Kids are trying to tell us?”

 

This book covers in detail all the topics that provoke a child to commit suicide. Jerry has also extended his dimensions on intimate topics like AIDS, the occult and may more that directly or indirectly connects to the world of teen. Johnston believes and has tried to explain in this book that parents need to understand the world their teenagers live in–and that we begin listening to the cries for help from what may become a lost generation. 

Communicating with kids in an assertive way is a real skill yet it shows your kids that mum and dad know what they’re going on about and to listen. 

The WAY we talk to our children has a huge impact on their learning and ability to listen to us. We are constantly modeling to our kids how to act and behave and the way we talk to them fits right into this category.

Here Are Few Influencing Tips For Improving The WAY We Talk To Our Kids:

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•          Connect With Your Child: Do you believe in eye contact? If not, you have to. Always talk to your children getting down to their level. This is the right way to chat with your kids. It is important that they give you their attention, and you should model the same behavior for them.
   
  

  
  
  
  
• Use Your Tone Appropriately: Raising your voice in an urgent situation should not be ignored. If you do not use the volume of your voice appropriately for the majority of the time, it may lead to sudden shock to your child.   

You should follow practice such as: - Walking into their room, joining them for a minute or two and go down with far more cooperation with them. Doing such things, you are modeling respectful behavior to start with your kid and as you have come to them with your direction, so they know you mean it!   

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• Give Your Child Space:  When the child begins with-- avoiding replying on your questions in full statements, or by simply nodding head with one syllable answers then probably it’s the time for you to give them space.  

• Inspire Your Child:

  

Try to have inspiring conversations that give children a sense of what is important.   

Following these small fundamentals, you can be the happy parent of the happy kid!  Amen! God Bless everyone.

Inspire Your Kids to Greatness: How Parents Can Nurture Gods Next Generation?

As parents, we have always spurred our children from the very beginning to the morals and virtues like benediction, compassion, justice, faith, hope and many more. We always take it as our job, inspiring and encouraging our children to overcome all barriers, and to go after and work hard looking after their needs, their activities, if or not they are going out of their drawn boundaries. But according to Jerry Johnston  the renowned author and a gifted communicator with a passion for teens “The teenage years do not have to be so hard for parents”! 

 

Experience The Joy That Comes From Being Teenager’s Parents: Dr. Johnston

  

  While acknowledging that though adolescence can be challenging for parents and teenagers alike, but “Adolescence is not a period of being ‘crazy’ or ‘immature.’ It is a crucial and most joyous time of emotional intensity, social engagement, and creativity.”  Jerry Johnston wants you to experience the joy that comes from being your teenager’s best friend. 

While they are teenagers, your children can develop a more meaningful friendship with you. And perhaps their adolescence is the only rewarding time of building close relationships that are supported on the footings of emotional bond. This emotional bond eases the liberty and gives your child inner strength to discuss even the disastrous or embarrassing situation of his life and get it sorted. 

Dr. Jerry understands the special challenges parents of teens face and he has developed proven strategies for overcoming those challenges.  He has covered all the topics in detail in his book:  “Inspire Your Kids to Greatness”. 

“Never, never give up on any child!” – urges the book by Dr. Johnston 

The book has done good justice to bridge the generation gap between the child and parents. Jerry being a renowned pastor, has particularly focused and researched homes, where parents and children face a problem of Generation gap  and many parents tend to have ideas which their children call archaic while their children have ideas which the parents think are weird. Dr. Jerry has done deep down study on how do we communicate with these children? And he has approached this issue from both sides in a condensed manner and has steeply arrived at an acceptable compromise. 

 

Johnston has outlined strategies any parent can take to build (or rebuild) a positive relationship with his or her teenager.  He sets forth an 'equation for greatness' that will help parents instill foundational beliefs and values into their teenage children. He has framed guidelines on how to motivate children to be competitive.  It also touches the solid grounds of how to overcome perceived or even real deficiencies in the child as well as in the parent. It is a must read book for the parents seeking to instill foundational beliefs and values into their teenage children.

How to Imitate Jesus or Follow “Teachings of Christ” while Showing Love for Your Teenager?  

There is a stress on upholding family traditions and values as a way to battle cultural influences including but not limited to pop trends, unwholesome sex–crazed culture, the homosexual revolution and the declining Christian culture in the national lifestyle.

CHRISTIAN parents have few joys like that of watching their children get baptized. What role do you as a parent play during those crucial years? Consider how Jesus, after he grew into adulthood, manifested love, humility, and insight. How can these qualities help you to train your teenager to serve Jehovah? (Read Luke 2:52.)

 How to Be a Great Parent?

• Pay Attention To What Your Child Loves: Follow your child’s bliss. Look towards the stuff that interests your child most.

• Expect Good Things, but Don’t Go Too Far: It’s good to letting your child know your expectations in terms of activities or any other good thing. But applying pressure and showing anger when those activities don’t work is not at all a good way. Celebrate over your child’s efforts toward something, rather than only rewarding a perfect result.

• Give Them The Opportunity:  Allow your child to try their hands on all kinds of sports, classes and extra-curricular activities that they’re interested in, and motivate them to also try new things that they may not have thought about previously.  Doing so will surely allow them to find the things that they truly love to do and will open their mind to their endless possibilities that are within their reach. Try not to make mistake of bombarding your child with too many activities all at once as this may become an overwhelming situation for them and as a result they may move under depression.

• Understand the Power of Praise and Support: You may not like the entire situation or all of the circumstances, your child chooses to do but your praise, and support and recognition are powerful elements that are extremely beneficial to your child. 

As you raise your children, you may sometimes feel as did the apostle Paul, who became a spiritual father to many. He experienced “tribulation and anguish of heart” because of “the depth of love” he had for his spiritual children in Corinth.

(2 Cor. 2:4;1 Cor. 4:15) Victor, who raised two sons and a daughter, says: “The teenage years were not easy. Yet, the good times outweighed the challenges we faced. With Jehovah’s help, we enjoyed a close friendship with our children.”

“Keep working tirelessly to train your children to the height of greatness. No greater joy do I have than this: that I should hear that my children go on walking in the truth” —3 John 4.

Manifesting the Indispensable Pillars of a True Christian Pastor

The key to our souls is contemplation, the acquired habit of being alone with God to hear His voice. You probably will find it hard to start your day with God if the first thing you do is check your email or phone messages. You will hear all the other voices more readily than God’s. Friedman pointed out that a wired society means that everyone is always “in” and never “out.” That calls for artificially creating “out.”

The Key to Being Restored- “Christian Pastors”

Where have we all lost ourselves? We are constantly emerging in this stringent society whose existence is solely mortal. We have tangled ourselves in the world of commotion where even raised voice is never heard. Don’t you think we need Christian Pastors from where we can get inspired to move on the roads of excellence with the holy preaching’s of Christ.

Excellent Pastors, those who also imbibe their disciples through church leadership training have a personal yet very public inter-relationship with Lord Jesus, a connection that is neither private nor in isolation. These pastors express their love through fidelity to the church and they are only the means “When the Lord restored our fortunes” (Psalms 126:1)”

Contemplating The Reflection of Traits Discerned in a Virtuous Pastor:

•  Integrity: Stephen L. Carter of the Yale Law School, in his book, Integrity, defines this characteristic as “discerning what is right and what is wrong; acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; and saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right and wrong”.

•  Passion: A pastor having true leadership qualities truly believe in what they are doing; they have convictions. But leadership goes beyond mere convictions to the ability to inspire others with those convictions. //source: Leading Beyond The Walls By: Adam Hamilton

•  Vision:  They have a vision for what it means to be a people of faith in this time and this place and have the interpersonal skills to engage others in that vision, work through conflict, form community, and lead people in service.

•  Mercy:  True Pastors strives to know the mind and heart of parishioners and takes their joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, triumphs and defeats to heart and to prayer.

•  Communicator:  Effective pastors are nearly always effective communicators with excellent interpersonal communication skills, sometimes demonstrated by initiating conversations with parishioners rather than waiting for others to speak first. They demonstrate strong listening skills so that others feel heard by them.

•  An Effective Mentor: An excellent pastor balances the interior life with an awareness of the culture, he seeks to understand, penetrate, and transform the culture with the Gospel and they honor the Catholic Tradition and makes it accessible to his people.

Contemplation is pondering the Word in our hearts, preaching it to our own souls, and personally applying it to our own lives and circumstances. Our spiritual Christian Pastors take us the way to lord. And certainly, this is how we bring our submission to Christ and surrender ourselves to him.