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Hey Guys and Gals we are on a series in our church this month called "Supernatural" and we are talking about Angels and Demons this month,with this being October and the month of Halloween I though I would post our Sunday Services for you all to listen to if you want to. You can skip all the singing if you want and go to the 50 min. mark to listen to the service,if your church is talking about something similar post it if you can so others can hear..

http://www.livestream.com/theassembl...edium=ui-thumb

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KWSS, What a wonderful message. I loved the preaching. I don't care who preached it, it was good. And so true and timely.

A few days ago, my ggdaughter, age 5, mentioned Holloween.
I said, "Mammaw doesn't like Holloween. She asked why.
I told her, "It is the Devil's night."
She looked at me in shock. "Mammaw, you don't believe that there is a real Devil, do you?"
"Oh yes, honey, there is a real Devil."
"Aunt Sara, told me a story about the Grim Reaper, is that the Devil?"
"Well, the Devil likes to kill people, but he is more than that."

Soon, I plan on starting with Adam and Eve and tell her the whole story. I don't know what her mother, (my granddaughter) will say, but she loves me and I love her so I think we can work it out.

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Good glad you enjoyed it, our Pastor does not suger coat to please the ears, he pretty much tells it like it is or should be..

you told a 5 year old child that the devil is real and he likes to kill people...

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My daughter is 4...if my parents ever did that while she was visiting them, they wouldn't see her for a while. Over the line and out of place, IMO.

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Good message! I've listened to him preach before on the church website.

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David, you're little girl doesn't know that there is a real Devil????

Does she think that Santa Clause is real? And the Easter bunny?

My little ggdaughter is super, super intelligent. I'm sure that she will understand what I am saying. I don't sugar coat things.

She was comparing the Devil to the grim reaper. How scary is the grim reaper? Was that a story a little girl should hear?

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She does, but here's the thing, I told her. IMO it's the parents role and responsibility to discuss these things, not relatives or other people

I had to have a talk with my mother, because over a year ago she told my daughter (who wasn't even 3 at the time) that girls should only wear skirts or dresses.

It wasn't your place to discuss your beliefs on Halloween, and it wasn't my mother's place to discuss what my daughter should/shouldn't wear. That's the role and responsibility of the parents.

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Yes, I agree. It is the role of the parent. However, the last time I tried to talk to my granddaughter, (the little girls mother) she sounded like she was an atheist. So am I to let my little ggdaughter grow up to be an atheist?

A little girl that watches everything I do? Asks me all kinds of questions and soaks up information like a sponge? Would rather help me cook and gather eggs than just about anything else they ask her if she wants to go or do.

I'm sorry, but I have to get the Word in her, and if they don't like it, they can tell me. And I will tell her the truth. Some things I will tell her, "maybe you can't understand that now, but when you get older you will."
When she get's older, I might not be here to tell her.

I know what you mean about getting after relatives for teaching wrong things. I got after my mother in law for telling my children scary things. But I can't imagine anyone, even my granddaughter not wanting me to tell her about Jesus. And as inquisitive as she is, I would have to tell the other side of the story also.