Parenting & Discipline
Week 1
Patrick Conrad
Part of The Family Project

05/15.16/21
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor
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Ephesians 6:4 (ESV) Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

3 Foundational Principles for Parenting God’s Way

1 - Establish appropriate boundaries through God’s
created order.

  • -Centered rather than a -Centered Family order

  • Parent-centered family is critical for our child’s sense of security and confidence.

  • Parent-centered family is the only model that appropriately reflects our Biblical role in the lives of our children.

Proverbs 22:15 “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it from him.”

The foolishness inside your children is more dangerous to them than the temptation outside of them.

Paul David Tripp, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

2 - Instruct and discipline from a position of
freedom not fear.

*When you instruct and guide your children with

, then you can freely discipline them with !

3 - They must know we love them

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Affection / Affirmation / Attention