Halloween & Spiritual Warfare — Key Takeaways
Teach your kids that their natural fear or discomfort toward Halloween evil signals God-given discernment — affirm it, walk away, and pray together, rather than telling them "it's not real" and desensitizing them.
Key takeaways
A child's pretend play is practice for adult life; choose hero roles, not villain ones
A child's pretend play is practice for adult life; choose hero roles, not villain ones
- Mentor principle: pretending shapes habits that become how kids act in real life
- Hosts banned Darth Vader costumes but allowed Mandalorian to avoid villain practice
Replace trick-or-treating with handing out scripture verses taped to candy
Replace trick-or-treating with handing out scripture verses taped to candy
- Printable verse sheets on the blog; Matthew 7:7 'ask, seek, knock' inspired the practice
- Hosts did this while keeping young children away from scary costumes at the door
Use pumpkin carving as an object lesson on sin, salvation, and God's light
Use pumpkin carving as an object lesson on sin, salvation, and God's light
- Free 'Pumpkin Gospel Object Lesson' PDF teaches sin removal and Christ's light through carving
- Originally created for youth group, adapted for family use
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- 5mJoin us for this timely episode where we dive deep into what to teach your children and how to equip them to discern spirits, call evil evil rather than good, and how to reclaim October 31st as a “day the Lord has made.” As Christians, we must be challenged to grow in our understanding of how the Word of God applies to our every day life. If you are not being exhorted or challenged to grow by the leadership in your church, then you have hit a lid in growth. If you are a leader in your church, I exhort you to rise up, “Awake O, Sleeper and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Eph
“A child's play is practice for life.”
— Angie, quoting a mentor
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