Child preacher...
 

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He's better than some men I've heard :toofunny

He has learned the art of mimicry quite well! I am not sure if it is anointed or learned behavior! It is, however, the Word of God and that is always good seed, regardless the hand that sows it!:tiphat

When I was taking Social Work classes, we were concentrating on adolescent development both physically and mentally. We had to have a project to present to the class so I did my rendition of "Oprah", and had 10 of the young people from the Christian School there [combination of UPCI, ALJC, and non-church goers]. I asked them questions about who and what they wanted to be, where they saw themselves in 5 years. Most were right on target.

The one my professor was most interested in was a local Pastor's son. He knew he wanted to be a preacher and had already spoke several times, He may have been 13 years old. My professor thought him very mature and curious to see if he was just what he projected to be...he is exactly as he said he would be.

The mantle is passed down, and with the mantle comes the anointing. There are some who mimic until it becomes part of them, but I'd say God calls us while we are children and we only have to mature and be developed.

Blessings, Rhoni

P.S. Childhood and adolescence is an American tradition, but in other countries they go from infancy to adulthood without the adolescent stage.

Regarding the bolded statement, I felt my call to the ministry at the age of 4... some may mock but my mother recorded the event in written form and knew from that day that I would be a preacher. Of course, if you had been forced to deal with all my devilment in subsequent years you would have probably wondered if I was called to be a preacher of light or of Darkness!:slaphappy :slaphappy

You have turned out just right...:grampa We all have things from our childhood that we live our whole adulthood trying to overcome! You have overcome!:tiphat

Blessings, Rhoni

I would much rather have my child mimic a preacher instead of a gangsta rapper! Can you say "Yeah!" :happydance

A hearty and hearfelt AMEN to that statement, brother!:tiphat

I will never forget the day God first spoke to me.

I was sitting in a chair at my Granny's house reading Acts chapter 2. I was 11 years old at the time.

An audible (to me) voice spoke and said, "You'll be preaching about this one day."

It scared me so bad I couldn't even eat that day. I didn't tell anyone about it.

I was thinking the same thing.

I remember God calling me when I was 9 years old...I even remember the outfit I had on and how long I prayed at the altar that night...

A child's heart is so tender and in tune with God...Adults let stuff get in the way!

Blessings, Rhoni

One of our favorite pastimes as kids when I was growing up was to mimic different preachers and singers of Pentecost. We would do this at the supper table, which was our daily family time. We had a lot of fun. All three of my brothers later became preachers. They could do whole sermons for the most part word for word.

that video was so cute!

Me and my siblings used to have almost all of the kids in the neighborhood over to our yard to have church by our fort. I would get up to preach or testify and my sisters would start shouting. The neighborhood kids thought it was cool, so they shouted too! :happydance

I wonder what those kids thought when they went to their own churches with their parents and it was nothing like our backyard church! :slaphappy

LOL, that must have been a blast. Those were the good ole days. I love to when I get a chance to watch kids play church. One day, in my grandparents backyard, our playing church turned a little serious and my brother was laying in the field with stammering lips. He almost received the Holy Ghost. And, we were just playing but HE got serious. Kids sometimes play church with more fervor than adults have church. It gets really interesting if you get a chance to watch when they don't think anyone is around.

The Bible says to train up a child in the way he/she should go... My philosophy is to find what talent my kids have at an early age and develop those talents for God's Kingdom. My son has an awesome music talent, my daughter is an awesome drummer and a great ball player. Our jobs as parents is to set a high level of expectation that their God given talents will be used for his kingdom. When my kids get older, they will have a solid foundation and skills that will put them ahead of at least 90% of their peers.

Reminds me of Pavlov's dogs

This is the mark of a good parent...spotting talents and giftedness in their children and helping develop them for kingdom use!:tiphat

Blessings, Rhoni

:nah

You don't think so? The kind sounds like a trained seal...the audience sounds like a trained seal....you know it does not take anointing to preach? Louis Farrakhan can preach...if you want to call that preaching. Personally I don't call that preaching

thanks for enlightening us :rolleyes:

Well..it's true. I am convinced that there are a LOT of people out there and some of them even visit here, and label themselves "preachers". They get behind a pulpit somewhere and "turn it on"....sadly you can't just turn on and off anointing. What they turn on and off is the acting. That in itself is not necessarily bad, but I see a lot of preachers that just sound as though they have been studying someone elses style

Hmmmm....this sparks a question for parents.

If your child felt a call to preach and your pastor started allowing your child to preach occasionally at your church, would you obey the preacher/your child?

:winkgrin :igotit

The child must submit to the parents and a pastoe should honor that.\