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