NEEDS:
1. LOVE
2. AFFIRMATION
3. DESTINY – Sense of purpose
4. THE WORD – Spoken over your children
5. RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS – Lead them into a relationship

I. LOVE – unconditional, self-sacrificing, giving of affection and devotion towards your child.
A. What will it cost you?
1. Time
2. Selflessness
B. What will you gain?
1. Love
2. Satisfaction
3. Allegiance
4. Unity in the family
5. Eternity with your family

II. AFFIRMATION – a positive declaration of one’s approval in another’s eyes.
A. Areas of importance: You model God’s heart to your children.
1. To you (represent God the Father)
2. To God
3. To the family
B. How to achieve:
1. Through words
2. Through actions
3. Through tough love

III. DESTINY – created for a purpose
A. Your children are special; no one else like them.
B. Your job is to help them fulfill God’s plan for them.
C. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. - Psalm 127:4-5

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” —Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran; sometimes spelled Kahlil; (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist and Lebanese nationalist

IV. THE SPOKEN WORD – over your children
A. Don’t just acknowledge the Word.
B. Don’t just think about it.
C. Speak it continually in FAITH
D. Teach them to speak FAITH
*Prepare paths of safety, success, and health.

Psalms 12:7 (AMP) “You will keep and preserve them, O Lord; You will guard and keep us from this (evil) generation forever.”

Psalms 103:1-5 – Healthcare and management plan with full benefits
God can provide all these:
A. Bless the Lord – start and end your confessions.
B. Forgiveness – God forgives, so can you!
C. Healing – Jehovah Rapha
D. Redemption from destruction
E. Satisfying their mouth with good things – Philippians 4:19, “But my God shall supply…”
Proverbs 6:20-22 – His Word bring peace
Isaiah 54:13 – Invite the Holy Spirit to be your child’s teacher.

Great Peace means abundant, exceeding, enough, mighty, manifold, frequent in its appearance and sufficient to cover any situation – Strong’s Concordance (It covers every trial)

Great shall be the peace and UNDISTURBED COMPOSURE of your children (AMP)
Shalom (Hebrew) – to be in good health and have well being, safety and security.

*You cannot teach your children to be led by peace and then make decisions for them that do not give you peace.

V. RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS – lead them into it.
A. Tell them about Him.
B. Show them by example.
C. Introduce them to Jesus on step at a time.

Mark 9:33-37, 41-42 – receive children, receive Jesus, receive the Father
Mark 10:13-16 - Jesus blesses the children
Mark 10:42-45 – Jesus’ example of servanthood