Preaching in Geneva

This past Sunday I was able to preach at a church in downtown Geneva, Switzerland. My topic was to help adults and specifically parents to recognize the gifts and callings their children have already been endowed with in their mother’s womb.

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Yes, the Bible is speaking about Jeremiah in this verse but the application applies to all of us. And according to Romans 11:29, no matter what the age of the “child” those gifts and callings are without repentance, which just means they never get taken away. They just may not be utilized to the fullest extent or used at all but they are never taken back by God.

Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

My sermon reminded us that as we raise our children, God has a plan for their lives. That children are precious jewels, i.e. diamonds. And that we are all “diamonds in the rough” and as facets are “cut in us” the gem becomes more valuable.

We all know this but my “twist” on this topic is that children can start to operate in those gifts long before they become teenagers or young adults. In fact, it is much better for everyone to help develop those anointings as early as possible. If this is done early it will help children avoid the pitfalls the enemy has planned to divert them from serving our Heavenly Father.

The extension of this thought applies to all His “children” since from our Heavenly Father’s perspective we are all children.

So, child, teen, or adult can seek, find and develop the special unique qualities God put in them from their mother’s womb. They can find incredible blessings by walking in those blessings to the best of their ability.

Because of the innocence in small children, they sometimes have a better link to the spirit realm than we adults. They can pray with power and anointing for their peers and adults alike and our Heavenly Father will answer their prayers. Matthew talks about Jesus telling his disciples not to keep the little children away from him.

Mat 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus didn’t mean just not to prevent them from being in His presence but they, like us can give Him their prayer requests too.

Blessings from Geneva,
Lawrence