Mother Siluana - How can we protect our children from the spirit of this world?
You should learn to always cry out to the Lord, ask Him what to do and how to do it, and trust Him; and prayer will teach you what is best at every moment!
An excerpt from Volume 2 of the book “Offering Ourselves, We Enter into His Joy” by Mother Siluana Vlad (this volume is available now on Amazon as a paperback).
Dear Mother Siluana, your blessing!
How can we learn to distinguish between our thoughts and those of the enemy?
Children who have been going to church and taking Communion since they were little - are they more prepared to face the sorrows of life and refuse sin when faced with it?
What can a mother do to protect her child from the spirit of this world, and what can we do for the children we don’t have yet?
Thank you for listening to our questions and for responding to us. Be blessed!
With much love and respect,
Liliana
My dear Liliana,
All we have to do is to raise them in the Spirit of Christ and cover them with our prayers!
We should not hide from them the difficulty of the spiritual war, but we shouldn’t scare them either. They should see how we overcome temptations. They should see that we also tell lies, for example, because of fear or shame, but we call them sins, confess them, ask for forgiveness, and struggle not to commit them anymore! This way, our children will not feel bad, different, or unworthy. They will learn that the Lord loves us the way we are, that we are worthy of His love because we are human beings, and that we have the duty to rejoice in His love! And we need to teach them to be responsible in their freedom!
My child, you should learn to always cry out to the Lord, ask Him what to do and how to do it, and trust Him; and prayer will teach you what is best at every moment!
We have a small child in our church, not even two years old, who walks on his own two feet to the Holy Chalice, sits in front of the priest, and pulls his epitrachelion while the priest recites the prayers before Holy Communion!
I watch this child, and I see, I know that whatever he will face later in life, he has a Foundation here that will save him!
With love and trust that you will be a good student in the School of the Holy Spirit,
M. Siluana
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Books by Mother Siluana Vlad available on Amazon:
“God, Where is the Wound?” (ebook)
“Offering Ourselves, We Enter into His Joy - Volume 1” (paperback and ebook)
“Offering Ourselves, We Enter into His Joy - Volume 2” (paperback)
This book contains many testimonials about the "Forgiveness Seminar"- Healing Through Forgiveness.