why satan hates our “children!” john bond & paul o’rourke

WHY SATAN HATES OUR “CHILDREN!”

John Bond & Paul O’Rourke

John 10:10 NIV “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full,’’

SATAN HATES OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE…

• Children are the brightest reflection of God’s glory

• Children enjoy an intimacy with God that Satan lost

• He fears Children

SATAN HATES OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE…

• Children represent the future of the church

• Children have a simple faith, innocence and ready ability to believe the things of God

HOW SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND

DESTROY CHILDREN

John Bond & Paul O’Rourke

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• WE ABORT CHILDREN OR GIVE BIRTH TO LESS

• WE OPPRESS, EXPLOIT AND NEGLECT THEM

An estimated 670 million children live in abject

poverty, 37% of all children

100 million children live on the streets of the cities of the world

There are 10 million child prostitutes with an

estimated one million more children added each year to this vile

trade

One third of children have to live in dwellings with more than five people

per room

Over half a billion children have no toilet facilities

134 million children have no access to school

246 million children work; and 171 million of those are engaged in the worst

forms of child labour

It is adults who sell their children into the child sex trade, and adults who use their services; adults who force or allow children to work or fight adult wars;

adults who abuse, neglect and devalue children

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• WE ABORT CHILDREN OR GIVE BIRTH TO LESS THEM

• WE OPPRESS, EXPLOIT AND NEGLECT THEM

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• WE ABORT CHILDREN OR GIVE BIRTH TO LESS

• WE OPPRESS, EXPLOIT AND NEGLECT THEM

• FAMILIES FALL APART• WE RAISE THEM ACCORDING

TO HIS WAYS INSTEAD OF GOD’S

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…• WE OVERESTIMATE OR

UNDERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL

Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.’’

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• WE OVERESTIMATE OR UNDERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL

• WE EXASPERATE THEMEphesians 6:4 (NIV) Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• WE OVERESTIMATE OR UNDERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL

• WE EXASPERATE THEM

Colossians 3:21 (NIV) Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

1 Thessalonians 2:11, 12 (NIV) For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• We abort children or give birth to less them

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• We oppress, exploit and neglect them

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• Families fall apart

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• We raise them according to his ways instead of God’s

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• We overestimate or underestimate their abilities and potential

SATAN USES US TO STEAL FROM, KILL AND DESTROY

CHILDREN WHEN…

• We exasperate them