76 THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN IS NOT DETERMINED
BY THEIR PAST BUT, RATHER GOD’S PLAN.

“You’ll never amount to anything.” “You never finish what you start.” “Why are you a quitter?”

These statements seek to rob the destiny that God has for your child. Blanket statements that seek to place a false identity on them choke out the air of God’s plan and can cause them to suffocate and be just what you’ve called them to be.

Look at your own past. Were you the model child growing up? Did you always make the right choices? Did you ever make any mistakes in what you did?

Of course, you made mistakes; we all do. However, did your past keep you from God’s love and concern? Did your past prevent God from doing a mighty work in you?

Remember this: Your child is a person with a soul just like you. God is vitally interested in them just as He is vitally interested in you.

Your child’s past is not part of his future. That’s what the enemy wants him to think, so don’t you enter into agreement with him! Instead, show your child that God’s plan is what’s important for him to take hold of.

God will never let a person’s past dictate the future so long as they have placed their future in His hands. Teach your child to trust God’s plan. It’s far better than anything you or they could conceive.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Cor. 5:17).