How many of you had/have a strict Christian upbringing?

[Dandier_Than_Thou]

If you have, has it ever annoyed you?

 

[GundamZero]

Are you joking? I completely understand and I could guess that your upbringing is twice as strict as mine. But ya' know thats how Satan tries to get to us. He tries to get us to believe that it would be more fun if we sinned. It is tough, but if you keep reading your Bible and asking God for guidance, the LORD can get you through any situation. It might help you if you pinpointed exactly what is bothering you. If it's a lot of things, than ask the LORD to guide you through a little bit at a time. We're all rootin' for ya' and we know how you feel so don't feel down. I will be praying for you and as soon as everyone else reads, I'm sure they'll do the same. And, I would be happy and honored if you were to pray for me. Going to a public school can be a trial itself, but if we ask got for help and petition together, I'm sure God will bring us through all this pesky strictness and to a place where we can enjoy it.

 

[This_Beautiful_Faith]

No, I haven't. At times, to be honest, I wish I did. I'm a first-generation Christian. It's tough at times because sometimes I just wish my family would understand and help me in this walk of faith because at times it feels like I'm on my own with this and I crave the support. The thing is though, God has put me in a non-christian family intentionally - just like He has put you in your strict christian-upbringing family. No doubt He plans to use that some way or another, it's necessary for your life and the plans He has for you.

The poster above had an awesome comment! I back them up. Also, I'm praying for you too. God bless you.

 

[smiling_grin]

No, I haven't. At times, to be honest, I wish I did. I'm a first-generation Christian. It's tough at times because sometimes I just wish my family would understand and help me in this walk of faith because at times it feels like I'm on my own with this and I crave the support.

I know, and I agree!!!

 

[MrVersatile48]

As the question inc had, can someone who went thru his teens during the sexual revolution of the 'Swinging Sixties' reply? :fadein:

My mum & dad were 42 & 44 when they had me, so they were more the age of grandparents, yes?

As a result, I knew they were talking sense & I sure knew they loved me - my mum had 2 miscarriages before I came along, so she did as Hannah did in 1 Samuel 1 & said, "Lord, if only you'll give me a son, I'll give him right back to you" (aka 'bring him up in the fear & admonition of the Lord' - praise God that 'the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom')

Mum was a Bible College graduate & I was born the year Israel was reborn, so she thrilled me with the news that this is the most exciting time to be alive because that prophesied rebirth of Israel means that this is what Jesus, in Matt 24, called the generation that would see (Israel's) fig tree put forth her leaves - (after the destruction He forecast early in His reply @ signs of His return & the end of the age)

I came to saving faith at 14, in 1962, & never went thru the 'teen rebellion' thing

It was the era of the Teddy Boy gang wars & the Suez Crisis that had made me realise that the love & power of God are so vital to our wellbeing

Even back then, folk feared bigger & bigger bombs, worse & worse violent crime

Praise God that the 'great deceiver/father of lies' always over-reaches himself & falls flat on his ugly face

As the results of drunkenness/debauchery/hate etc are so obviously harmful, we can see that God only forbids what is bad for us & only commands what is good for us

I must close by thanking the OP for bringing back instantly the precious memory of my mum's Irish wit: she'd playfully whack me on the bottom with the frying pan & say, 'Thank the good Lord I'm not angry with ya!' :

Any time I'd say, 'but mum, what was that for? I've done nothing!', she'd say, 'Ah, sure, that's for whatever ya did that I didn't see' 8-)

There was never an answer to that! :o

If I was 'getting too near the mark', she'd draw herself up to her full height, look me straight in the kneecap & growl, "Don't you go getting my Irish up now!" :robot:

Happy days, eh? :

Ian :-D

 

[MrVersatile48]

Guys

Can I put in for the 'Wooden Spoon Award' by asking how many readers are much more concerned about the ill FX of atheist brainwashing in schools colleges & universities where you are forbidden to challenge neo-Darwin drivel & forced to parrot it to pass exams?

In my 2nd year at high school, we had the choice of Latin or biology & I chose Latin as I wasn't prepared to tolerate or regurgitate lies: how @ you?

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[MrVersatile48]

See also Missing the Forest for the Trees :


http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopi ... 385#343385


Ian :

 

[twisted fate]

No. My moms a Catholic and my dad says he believes. Both still pray. They don't go to church and they never really encouraged me believing. Thankfully I live next door to a minister and his family. I became good friends with his daughter when we were young. She invited me to go to vacation Bible school and church with her so that's how my faith got started.

 

[laura352]

its a yes and no for me. i was put into foster care when i was almost 10 years old, and believe me, by that time i was much older than 10, but God put me into a christian home. when i was 12, i was taken back out of foster care and three months later i was put back into foster care, and it was the same home! (in case you didnt know, that NEVER happens) the most important thing was that when i first was put into foster care, it was Aug. 14, and the second time it was also Aug. 14. that is the biggest testimony, and i'll eventually give the rest. i have a lifetime of testimonies for God...
so yes and no i was brought up in a strict christian home. but you know what, i am thankful for the parents that God gave me and how strict they are.

 

[VenomFangX]

Depends on what you call strict..if it is like some of my catholic friends or those from the orthodox church then I have not been bought up in a strict environment. While Christians we are not fundamentalists to the point of encredulity, though we do not mock others for their beliefs. My family and I believe in the findings of science and keep our faith separate.

 

[Kyle]

Before the age of about fifteen, I went to church with my parents every Sunday. However, my parents and I fell out of the custom for a few years and stopped going. We didn't stop going because we weren't believers, rather my parents were stressed out with work and other obligations. Of course, I am thankfully back into the mode of going to church, something that I believe enriches my life. Outside of church, my parents and I would sometimes pray before meals, however, this was practiced more at my grandmother's house. For the most part however, my parents never forced any religion onto me.

 

[Nick]

I've grown up in a Christian household, and one that actively promotes Christianity and Christian values, however I wouldn't call it heaps 'strict'.


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Kyle, how old are you?

 

[Kyle]

I've grown up in a Christian household, and one that actively promotes Christianity and Christian values, however I wouldn't call it heaps 'strict'.


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Kyle, how old are you?

I'm 19.

 

[Nick]

I've grown up in a Christian household, and one that actively promotes Christianity and Christian values, however I wouldn't call it heaps 'strict'.


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Kyle, how old are you?

I'm 19.

Ok, thanks.

 

[Darthvicky6]

My parents a kind of strict, but sometimes I find myself thinking they could have been more strict..

The world today is full of evil and we should prepare ourselves for the temptations to come.