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First of all, children don't "need" as much, materially speaking, as the secular world seems to think they do. Secondly, if a family is truly going without necessities, (food, clothing, shelter), then the parents have the same obligations as any other parents to see to it that these needs are met.
But if by "going without" you mean: without nintendos, without designer clothes and tennis shoes, without videos, without TV, without piles and piles of toys, without eating out all the time, well...that's not going without.
Thirdly, I am a PK, so I feel qualified to put in my 2 cents. I believe that any child whose parents are called of God, and are in the work of the ministry are blessed to be brought up in such an atmosphere. The idea that children are being robbed of...well, anything...because their parents pray and fast and work hard and are hospitable and generous and live a life of sacrifice...? Well, that idea is so backwards its almost comical.
As long as children are safe, well-fed, educated, disciplined and loved, they will be fine. Period.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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