SurfingWithJesus: March 2021

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

What children do need: Part 2

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

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What children do need: Part 2 Cindy Ketron

As a pediatric therapist for more than 30 years, I have come up with a list of what I believe kids need and don’t need. I

What children do need:

I. Rest. They play hard. Their bodies need rest to grow and develop.

2. Uninterrupted family time. The most important people to a child are those under the same roof. Make family time purposeful and protected.

3. Outdoor play time where they can explore and create. All kids need free time to imagine.

4. Rules and expectations. Be clear. Be concise. And don’t be afraid to give them.

5. Consistent discipline. If a rule is broken, a child needs to know what to expect. All fear is not a bad thing. There is a fear that can represent respect.

6. Parents who love them and love each other. Security begins here.

7. For you as a parent to say “no” sometimes. Your child does not need a lollipop or a new shirt every time you go to Walmart.

8. Hugs. Physical touch affects the development of children.

9. The ability to share their feelings about anything as long as they are respectful.

10. The most precious gift that a parent can give any child is to demonstrate a personal relationship with God and consistently teach that child through your actions what having faith in God really means. In the toughest times of their lives, they will learn in large part to rely on God by the example you display for them.

Thanks for sharing this Gerri. Good food for thought Help us to teach them Lord.

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What kids don't need: Part 1

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

Site: Http://surfingwithjesus.blogspot.com #117103152021

What kids don’t need: Part1 Cindy Ketron

Cynthia D Ketron is a Clinical Social Worker Specialist in Kingsport,

As a pediatric therapist for more than 30 years, I have come up with a list of what I believe kids need and don’t need. I wish I could have a do-over on a few of these.

What kids don’t need:

1. Cell phones when they’re in grade school. Over the years, I cannot tell you one good thing that can come from this.

2. Unlimited access to social media. There is very little that is healthy on social media for children and it is getting worse.

3. So many toys that they can’t even think of something to want at birthday or holiday times. Too much of anything leaves children unable to be full. They become like buckets with holes in them.

4. Televisions in their rooms. Rooms are for sleeping. Good sleep hygiene is a dying art for too many children.

5. To be able to control the emotional climate of the home. Moody kids should not be allowed to hold the whole house hostage. If a child wants to be moody, he can go to his room and be moody by himself. Everyone else need not suffer.

6. Too much indoor time. Our kids have become hermits with social media and high tech games. It is ruining their social skills. It’s also taking a toll on their physical well-being.

7. Too many activities outside of school. No wonder this generation is so anxiety-ridden. They are overloaded. If we want to teach them to take care of themselves as they age, we must teach them to do that by our example and by limiting their extracurricular activities. Scripture even recognizes the need to rest.

8. To be able to disrespect any authority. Even authority that you as a parent dislike or the child dislikes should still be respected. There will always be an authority in your child’s life even when your child is 50.

9. To always call the shots. Children who get to always choose where to eat, where to play, and what the family does end up being brats.

10. Constant approval and pats on the back. You will not always be around to do this. Children need to learn to be proud of themselves when they do something good whether anyone tells them or not.

Thanks for sharing this Gerri. Good food for thought Help us to teach them Lord.

Saturday, March 13, 2021

What'sOn You Mind

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

Site: Http://surfingwithjesus.blogspot.com #117003082021

What’s on Your Mind

This question is often asked and sometimes there is just nothing on my mind. Today there is plenty on my mind and it’s all about Jesus. I hope you have Jesus in your heart and can rejoice with me.

If you don’t know Jesus, before I go further, I want to introduce my Lord and Savior to you. He loves you and he died for your sins. Would you take the time to simply say Lord I’m sorry for my sins, please forgive me, and come into my heart today? He will welcome you with arms wide open and the angels will rejoice in Heaven.

Now with that settled I just watched a 40 minute clip of Ray Payne and Betty Payne and Wiseman (Buddy) Webb and Louise Webb and their family talking about their love for each other and their ministry. What a treat to listen to them share and sing praises unto Jesus. I’ve know these folks since I was a teen so you know how old that makes them. (HAHA). It is so wonderful to get together and sing the praises of God.

Today at church my folks just sang so good and had great testimonies for the Lord. I want to always have praise on heart. Makes me want to sing “There’s within my heart a melody…”

Makes me want to read Psalm 121 over and over 121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ²My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. ³He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. ⁴Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. ⁶The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. ⁸The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

The Lord will preserve you folks just lift up your voice and praise HIM.

Monday, March 01, 2021

God's Purpose in Judgment (The Lord will Deliver Israel

SURFING WITH JESUS

Pastor Gene A. Dasher, Sr.

Site: Http://surfingwithjesus.blogspot.com #116903012021

God’s Purpose in Judgment (The Lord will Deliver Israel)

As we conclude our study on God’s Purpose in Judgment read with me Isaiah 27

27 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

²In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

³I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

⁴Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

⁵Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

⁶He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

⁷Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

⁸In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

⁹By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

¹⁰Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

¹¹When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

¹²And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

¹³And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

27:1 That day is a reference to the end of the evil world as we know it. In some ancient literature, the dragon (leviathan) was the enemy of God’s created order. Thus Isaiah is comparing God’s slaughter of the wicked to the conquering of a great enemy. Although evil is a powerful foe, God will crush it and abolish it from the earth forever.

27:2-6 The trampled vineyard of Chapter 5 is restored in God’s new earth. God will protect and care for the vineyard, his people. It will no longer produce worthless fruit, but will produce enough good fruit for the whole world. Gentiles will come to know God through Israel.

27:11 Isaiah compares the state of Israel’s spiritual life with dead branches that are broken off and used as fuel. Trees in scripture are often represent spiritual life. The trunk is the channel of strength from God. The branches are the people who serve him. Tree branches sometimes wavier and blow in the wind. Like Israel, they may dry up from internal rottenness and become useless for anything except building a fire. WHAT KIND OF A BRANCH ARE YOU? If you are withering spiritually, check to see if you are firmly attached to God.

27:12 God’s purpose in judging the earth is not vengeance, but purging. He wants to correct us and bring us back to him. God does not punish us for our sin to make us suffer, but to make the faithful better equipped for fruitful service. (LABKJV Tyndale pages 1184-1185)

I hope you have enjoyed this short study on Isaiah 24-27. It is full of good food.