THE BATTLE FOR OUR CHILDREN

The Battle for Our Children
By Eddie and Alice Smith
 
A spiritual battle is being waged for the
souls of our children. Since the beginning of
time, this has been the case, but never has
the enemy worked so deviously and on so
many fronts to destroy a young generation.
We really have to consider this battle from two standpoints:
the media and our homes.
 
First, America's homes are under attack and are being
invaded by insidious spiritual forces through various media.
Evil spirits seek entrance into the privacy of our homes
through music, computer images, video games and movies,
books, magazines and television shows--all negatively
affecting our children. Rappers indoctrinate our children to
exploit women as sex objects and to have no respect for
family, government, God or themselves.

Friends tempt them to engage in sexual promiscuity at earlier
and earlier ages and entice them with alcohol, nicotine and
drugs. Liberal public schools disregard the need for God.
But we thank the Lord for the godly teachers who continue
to stay in these schools as a direct act of obedience to Him.
 
On every turn godly parents have to fight vigilantly to
successfully contend with the godless world around them.
Even in the godliest home, all it takes is for a child to go to
an overnight slumber party with a friend whose father has a
stash of porn or whose family subscribes to a cable movie
channel and his or her life can be immediately altered
forever.
 
Second, we have spiritually clueless parents who buy
Abercrombie & Fitch thong underwear with the word "sexy"
embroidered in sequins for their preteen daughters. Parents
who buy such things are essentially acting as their
daughters' pimps, throwing them to the corporate wolves
who will force on them the most lurid, shocking, edgy
products imaginable. Sadly, to some parents, this abdication
of parental responsibility is considered chic.

After all, they don't want to appear uptight, overbearing,
puritanical or judgmental. They'd rather be their children's
friends than their moral compass and protector. Parents must
wake up and see that America's ugly, shallow, gutter culture
is destroying the souls of our children.
 
Thank God for pastors, churches, specialized ministries and
key intercessors who are aware of the spiritual battle we
face and who are stepping into the battle as spiritual
strategists to provide divine solutions for our children. As
parents, we must do the same.

Satan takes advantage of every opportunity to steal, kill and
destroy. We cannot remain naive to the fact that this is
exactly what the devil wants to do to our children and their
generation. It's our responsibility to rise up and fight for
them--to do everything in our power to see them become
powerful men and women who advance the Kingdom of light
and not cultural converts who blindly stumble into the
kingdom of darkness.
 
In this chapter we also address:
 
*  How the enemy targets our children
*  Tools the enemy uses to entrap and defile them
*  When the battle for their souls begins
*  Signs that the enemy is having success with our children
*  What if your child already possesses defiled things
*  The issue of ownership and house rules
*  Age-appropriate ways of dealing with unholy possessions
 - Dealing with Birth to Age 2
 - Dealing with Ages 3-8
 - Dealing with Ages 9-12
 - Dealing with Ages 13-18
*  Inappropriate gifts your child receives from others
*  A Parent's Prayer of Dedication
 
Yep, all of that is in only one chapter--plus some amazing
stories from people whose children have suffered from, and
been set free from spiritual darkness as a result of applying
the principles in our original best-selling book, Spiritual
Housecleaning.