Overcoming Evil With Good!

Teaching Children to Overcome Evil With Good Can Be Very Difficult!

Even teaching MYSELF to overcome evil is not an easy task. We must overcome many forms of evil day to day - feelings of revenge, rage, hate - these emotions towards others can be hard to crush. Evil can overcome us easily, but God is on our side! Ask Him for help to overcome these feelings towards others!

Be not overcome of evil,
but overcome evil with good.~Romans 12:21

Since men became enemies to God, they have been very ready to be enemies one to another.

And those that embrace religion, must expect to meet with enemies in a world whose smiles hardly agree with Christ's. . we must teach our children to study the things that make for peace; without offending God or their own conscience!

This is a hard lesson for adults and children! When our passion for something or someone is up, and the stream is strong, let it pass off! Teach your child that he must love even his enemies, as God would want him to. Insead of focusing on how someone has wronged him, teach him to try to think about how the other's life may be different from his. Perhaps they have sad things happening in their homes, how they may have been hurt in the past, or maybe they do not yet know the love of Jesus, our Savior.

If our enemies are not totally melted by kindness, we cannot seek vengeance! Remind your child that those who revenge are conquered, and those that forgive are conquerors! Winners! Be not overcome of evil. Make God and Mom and Dad happy, and proud of you!