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Jean Papp is a contributing writer for Christian Global Resources and BannerWord.com .
Jean was born in Arcadia, California in 1972. She grew up in Hemet, California with parents that were youth pastors at the Dwelling Place Family Church in Hemet. She graduated from Wagner Institute Bible College of Colorado with a degree in Practical Ministry/Theology in 2000.
She currently lives in Calimesa, California with her husband, Dave of 6 years and her 3 ½ year old son, Jacob. She currently works for their family business, B&B Metals, buying and selling scrap metal. She and her family attend Oak Valley Family Church, where Jean is also a Sunday School teacher.
As a child, Jean knew that God had a call upon her life after receiving many prophecies. God is opening many new doors for her and she excitedly looks forward to each new day to see what God has in store for her and her family!
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Proverbs 22:6; Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will NOT depart from it.
The Spirit Life bible defines this scripture best with: Train up has the idea of a parent graciously investing in a child whatever wisdom, love, nurture, and discipline is needed for him to become fully committed to God. It presupposes the emotional and spiritual maturity of the parent to do so. In the way he should go is to do the training according to the unique personality, gifts, and aspirations of the child. It also means to train the child to avoid whatever natural tendencies he might have that would prevent total commitment to God (for example, a weak will, a lack of discipline, a susceptibility to depression). Hence, the promise is that proper development insures the child will stay committed to God.
Training is not just a one time deal. Training is an ongoing process. I don’t think parents realize just how important it is to train up a child in the Lord.
A few years back my sister’s neighbor, who was a young man in his early 20’s seemed to have his act together. He had a girlfriend whom he was madly in love with. One night she was killed in a car accident and he found out later she was pregnant. Needless to say, he was completely devastated. About two weeks went by and all of a sudden the police and the coroner were at the house. We found out that he had committed suicide. How sad is that? I felt really bad for him.
One day while praying the Lord spoke to me and said: “If he would have KNOWN me, he wouldn’t have taken his life.” I started thinking about that. It really makes sense.
The definition of know is: to be convinced or certain of.
When we know the Lord and have a relationship with him, even when things get REALLY bad – we still have some hope (even if it is deep down). This is one reason that it is so important that people train their children up in the Lord from the very beginning of life. They need to know how to handle every kind of situation that life will throw at them whether it is physical, spiritual, emotional, financially, or in relationships. When children are brought up in the Lord and know him, when bad times come, they will know how to sit back and rest in the Lord.
Children need to learn at a very young age how to pray.
When I was about 16 yrs old I was riding my quad (a 4-wheel motorcycle) in Glamis Sand dunes. I got stung by a bee and didn’t realize it. As I was riding, I started to feel weird; my hands, neck and face were getting really itchy. I thought, wow, what is wrong with me? I stopped the group and took a drink of water. My body was starting to feel different also.
I thought to myself, we are almost at the hill, I will be fine. As I kept riding, my chest started to feel a lot of pressure, like an elephant was standing on it. Finally, we arrived at the hill. I took a ride up the hill and when I got to the top I knew there was a real problem. It was hard to breathe.
I went back down to the group where my parents were and took my helmet off. I was very swollen. I was in Anaphalytic shock. Breathing was getting difficult. I was really scared.
My parents got me in the jeep and rushed me back to camp where we had some paramedics with us. On the way back to camp my parents were praying over me. I would say my breathing was not getting worse, but the pain in my chest was getting more painful. I started to pray out loud. I said: “Satan, you are NOT going to take my life. I told him that I am going to preach one day, and started to tell the devil to give up!” At that point, the pain in my chest started to get less.
So, I continued the praying out loud along with my parents. To make a long story short when we got back to camp the paramedics knew exactly what was wrong with me. They opened 3-4 benedryl’s and put the medication under my tongue, so it would get into my system right away. We called 911; they advised up to either stop at the ranger station and wait for an ambulance or drive directly to the Brawley hospital. It was faster to go straight there so we did. I was much better after the benedryl and was released from the hospital.
Learning as a small child how to stand up to the devil and know my authority in the lord made a real difference in praying that day.There was great power!
I know of a group of state workers, who this last year in 2009 experienced more than normal suicide attempts and successful suicides. They seemed to be mainly about the same reasons of divorce, stress etc. It is so sad.
When being told about it, I said “they didn’t have the hope they needed because they didn’t really know the Lord.” Then I was told, Oh, no they were big in going to church and stuff.
Personally, I think it doesn’t matter how much you go to church, it doesn’t mean you KNOW the Lord. Some people go to church 2-3 times per week, give their tithe, etc. That still doesn’t mean they KNOW the Lord. If you truly KNOW the Lord it is because you spend a lot of time in prayer, reading the word, worship and one on one time with him, having a relationship.
I believe if these people would have really known the Lord, they would have had the hope to get through it, they would have known there best friend Jesus was right there with them, they would have known the promise in Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
If people would train their children up in the Lord from the very beginning to know and always depend on the lord for everything we wouldn’t have these tragic endings/suicides.
Jean Papp
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Weeding your garden
March 8, 2010
Matthew 13:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
One day while pulling weeds after the rain, while the dirt was still soft, I came across a much larger weed than all the others. I tried to pull it by hand, but the roots were very large and deep. I had to get my little shovel and dig it out. I couldn’t just pull it because the top would have come off, leaving the roots in the dirt and still able to grow.
I looked up some interesting facts about weeds. It says: pulling a weed is the most effective way of killing it, the only way to ensure it won’t come back. The entire root system has to be removed. Some weeds store up reserve food in their root system and continue to sprout again and again after their tops are destroyed (pulled off). Weeds will continue to thrive as long as the condition permits. Weeds choke out the growth of fruitfulness (Matthew 13:22).
The Lord began speaking to me about how some things in life need to be dug out. For some things you have to dig deep, to remove the root system; otherwise the appearance is gone but deep down the main root is still there and growing. You have to change the condition, so it is not thriving. You don’t want to give weeds a lot of water and sun, or they will sprout up everywhere.
Matthew 13:22: “ The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard and nothing comes of it.” We become unfruitful.
Matthew 7:16: “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistle?”
Matthew 7:20: “Therefore by their fruits you will know them”
We don’t want to be unfruitful. We as Christians need to be that sower in Matthew 13:23: “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces.”
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you the “weeds” that need to be pulled in your garden.
Everyday we need to “hoe” our spiritual garden.
As we submit our lives to the Lord by spending time in worship, prayer and reading his word, serving Him instead of ourselves, we will see the weeds die.
With regular maintenance and care, we can have a healthy garden. We must tend to the weeds or they will choke the fruit that God intends to flow from us.
Jean Papp
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WAKE UP CALLS
by Jean Papp
February 23,2010
Psalms 5:3; My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to you, and I will look up.
For several months, I find myself awakening every morning at 2 am and staying awake until 4 am. No matter what time I would go to bed, I would still wake up at the same time. I would be so frustrated.
One morning, as I was awakened I laid in my bed and began to pray in the spirit. The Lord began to speak to me; He gave me specific words for two people, one of whom I have never met but we became friends on Facebook. I was amazed that God was the one waking me up at 2 am everyday to pray.
One day, while I was cleaning my house, I said to the Lord, “Why can’t you just give me words during the daytime hours?” He said to me: “Because there are no distractions at 2am!!!” WOW!
I started to think about what he said to me: no distractions! He was so right! You cannot give the Lord your complete attention and still tend to the crazy everyday life you live. At 2 am my 3 yr old son is still asleep, he doesn’t ask for things, wanting me to make breakfast etc.; at 2 am the telephone is not ringing; at 2 am no one is on the computer and there is no new email to check; at 2am you can’t get up and do your daily tasks.
I would wonder from day to day why I am not totally exhausted. You would think that waking up everyday at that time would cause you to be tired. At 2 am, I find my mind is at its most alert state because I have had great sleep from about 9pm – 2am. I am ready to pray, listen and obey.
WOW! From that day forward I knew what my 2 am wake up call was all about. No more frustration. Now, I wake up, pray and listen. It truly is much easier to pay attention when there are no distractions.
Being obedient to the Lord can result in being a blessing to someone. As you know when you need a word from the Lord, and you get one, it gives life to a dead situation. It gives you the hope you need to continue on.
Every night that I wake up at 2am, I count it as a privilege that God has given me, another day to listen and spend time with him, another day to shine his light and impact our world.
Jean Papp
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