I WISH MY CHILDREN WOULD…
1. Obey the
Ephesians 6:1-3 [NIV]
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother… that it may go well with you and that you
may enjoy long life on the earth.
Proverbs 1:8-9 [MSG]
Listen to your father and mother. What you learn from them will stand you in good stead; it will gain you many honors.
I WISH MY CHILDREN WOULD…
2. Have a good
I WISH MY CHILDREN WOULD…
a. Get Along with Their
1 Thessalonians 4:9 [NIV]
You yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
b. Appreciate What They Have
Hebrews 13:5 [ESV]
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have
c. Not Be So
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 [NIV]
Love is patient, love is kind… it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
John 13:34-35 [NIV]
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another.
I WISH MY CHILDREN WOULD…
3. Accept and follow
John 14:6 [NIV]
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Proverbs 22:6 [KJV]
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
a.
b. Love without conditions.
c. Live it louder than you
I WISH MY CHILDREN WOULD…
4. Continue an
Proverbs 17:6 [NIV]
Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
HOW TO STAY CONNECTED?
a. Make the effort.
b. Show
Exodus 20:12 [NIV]
Honor your father and mother.
c.
3 John 1:4 [NIV]
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.