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Too Small to Ignore - Children are The Next BIG Thing
I read an excerpt from Too Small to Ignore; Why Children Are the Next Big Thing by Dr. Wess Stafford. I haven’t been so touched by an excerpt in a long time. Dr Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International, obviously has a Heart and love for children – especially children in poverty.
As Michael W Smith says: Too Small to Ignore is a God thing. Wess builds a strong, passionate, and reasoned case for the cause of God’s children. He has received an explosive revelation: the reason children are such a low priority to the great institutions of this world is that there is an invisible battle going on – a spiritual war that rages over each and every child.
Research indicates that the vast majority of people who become Christians do so while still children, usually before the age of 14. If a person hasn’t accepted Christ as a youth, studies tell us that the probability he or she will ever know Jesus is only 6%.
Children deserve to know that they are valued, that they matter and most importantly, that they matter to Jesus. Children, no matter where they live, have some basic similarities – they play the same, they interact the same, and their desire for approval and love is the same. But their similarities end when absolute poverty is added to the situation.
Dr Wess Strafford says, no matter what goes wrong, the little ones pay the greatest price.
Childhood – we get only one pass at it, and yet it dictates the quality of the rest of our lives. What we think, feel, experience and endure in this earliest phase is the single most important indicator of what the rest of life is going to be like.
When it comes to children, we must stop thinking “someday” and start thinking of their worth and needs “today”.
The most precious thing we can give children is warm, positive memories.
Compiled by Molly Manhanga
As Michael W Smith says: Too Small to Ignore is a God thing. Wess builds a strong, passionate, and reasoned case for the cause of God’s children. He has received an explosive revelation: the reason children are such a low priority to the great institutions of this world is that there is an invisible battle going on – a spiritual war that rages over each and every child.
Research indicates that the vast majority of people who become Christians do so while still children, usually before the age of 14. If a person hasn’t accepted Christ as a youth, studies tell us that the probability he or she will ever know Jesus is only 6%.
Children deserve to know that they are valued, that they matter and most importantly, that they matter to Jesus. Children, no matter where they live, have some basic similarities – they play the same, they interact the same, and their desire for approval and love is the same. But their similarities end when absolute poverty is added to the situation.
Dr Wess Strafford says, no matter what goes wrong, the little ones pay the greatest price.
Childhood – we get only one pass at it, and yet it dictates the quality of the rest of our lives. What we think, feel, experience and endure in this earliest phase is the single most important indicator of what the rest of life is going to be like.
When it comes to children, we must stop thinking “someday” and start thinking of their worth and needs “today”.
The most precious thing we can give children is warm, positive memories.
Compiled by Molly Manhanga
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