How's Your Family?

“HE SAID HE WANTED ALL THE CHILDREN TO BE RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

BUT, I WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU GUYS.”

6. PARENTS, YOUR CHILDREN KNOW IF YOU’RE REAL OR NOT.

7. THEY KNOW WHO

AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE.

8. AND THEY’LL PATTERN THEIR LIFE AFTER YOURS IN SOME MANNER OR ANOTHER.

9. YOU CAN SEND THEM TO THE BEST SCHOOLS.

10. THEY CAN BE THE BEST DRESSED CHILD IN THEIR SCHOOL.

11. THEY CAN BE THE BRIGHTEST,

MOST POPULAR,

BEST LOOKING,

AND IF THAT’S ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR THEM AS A PARENT THEN YOU HAVE FAILED THEM

AND FAILED GOD.

12. BUT, IF YOU TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT JESUS,

IF YOU ESTABLISH IN THE HOME THAT HE IS THE ONLY GOD

AND THAT AS A FAMILY WE WILL SERVE HIM ONLY,

IF YOU ESTABLISH THAT HE HAS FIRST PRIORITY IN OUR LIVES,

THEN YOU WILL HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PARENTED THAT CHILD.

V. I HAVE BEEN ANGERED AND SICKENED BY THIS TREND THAT I SEE IN THE CHURCH.

1. AND FOR WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY,

I’M TALKING ABOUT THE PENTECOSTAL,

TONGUE TALKING,

HOLINESS,

SUPPOSED TO BE SANCTIFIED PEOPLE.

2. WHO IN THE WORLD HAS TOLD PARENTS THAT IT IS OK TO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER’S BOYFRIEND SPEND THE NIGHT AND EVEN STAY IN THE SAME ROOM AS THEIR DAUGHTER?

3. WE NEED SOME GODLY PROTECTIVE FATHER’S TO RISE AND BE MEN OF GOD ONCE AGAIN.

4. IF SOME BOY WOULD HAVE SAID TO MY DAD, “WE’RE GETTING UP EARLY TOMORROW MORNING TO GO TO CAROWINDS, SO I THINK I’LL JUST SPEND THE NIGHT HERE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER. I PROMISE I WON’T TRY ANYTHING WITH HER.”

5. IF THEY WOULD HAVE SAID THAT TO MY DAD, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT RIGHT OUT THE DOOR AND MY SISTER WOULD NOT SEE HIM AT CAROWINDS OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

6. BUT, IN THE CHURCH,

THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH,

WE HAVE LESSENED OUR STANDARDS TO THOSE OF UNBELIEVERS

WHERE THE BOY FRIEND STAYS AT THE GIRLFRIEND’S HOUSE AND THE GIRL FRIEND STAYS AT THE BOYFRIEND’S HOUSE

AND IN THIS CULTURE THEY SAY IT IS OK.

7. PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, THAT IS A TEMPTATION THAT A 14, 15, 16, OR 50 YEAR OLD SINGLE PERSON DOES NOT NEED.

8. CHILDREN ARE MATURING EARLIER NOW THAN THEY DID WHEN WE CAME UP

AND THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF THE HORMONES IN THE MEAT.

9. AND IF YOU THINK THAT TEENS TODAY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BIRDS

AND THE BEES THEN YOU’RE WRONG.

10. WE AS ADULTS,

YOU AS PARENTS HAVE TO RAISE A STANDARD THAT THE WORLD AND EVEN THE HOLINESS CHURCH HAS LOWERED.

11. I KNOW THIS ISN’T POPULAR,

BUT, IT’S THE TRUTH.

12. YOU BETTER MONITOR WHAT MOVIES YOUR CHILDREN SEE AND WHAT MOVIES YOU DOWNLOAD OFF OF NETFLIX AND ALLOW IN YOUR HOME.

13. WHEN YOU GET A CALL FROM THE CABLE COMPANY THAT SAYS, YOU’RE SUCH A LOYAL CUSTOMER WE WANT TO OFFER YOU 3 FREE MONTHS OF HBO, SHOWTIME AND CINEMAX,

YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN.

14. I TOLD THEM I WOULDN’T ALLOW SUCH FILTH IN MY HOUSE.

15. BUT, IT’S FREE FOR 3 MONTHS.

I DON’T CARE IT’S TEMPTATION THAT I DO NOT NEED IN MY LIFE.

VI. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE HAD ALL KINDS OF CLASSES FOR KIDS AT CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.

1. ONE OF MY TEACHER’S NAMES WAS TERRY B.