Last week, we said:

No one wants to be a bad

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The world is aiming at this definition of parenting:
Parenting: (verb)
Definition: Preparing your children to be positive contributors to society.

The purpose of Christian parenting is to live your life in such a way that inspires the next generation to put their hope in God.

⁴Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
⁵Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them. —Psalm 127:3-4 NIV

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We need to value

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Are you too much of an overprotective parent? Take this 10 question quiz to find out. Answer each question with yes, sometimes, or no.

1. Do you have excessive fears about your child?
2. Do you worry unnecessarily about them?
3. Do you feel they are unsafe in the world?
4. Do you worry more about their future than they do?
5. Do you have difficulty being separated from your child?
6. Do you discourage joint, parental decision-making?
7. Do you try to keep your child from experiencing dissapointment, pain, or hurt?
8. Do you try not to allow your child to experience failure?
9. Do you try to inflict your opinions into their decision-making process?
10. Do you check on them to make sure they are back from business trips, home from dates, or up-to-date on their rent?

Actions don’t just speak louder than words, they

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Our kids will forget what we say, but they will never forget what we do.

Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it. —Proverbs 22:6 ESV

For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes each one he accepts as his child. —Hebrews 12:6 NLT

Take the child enneagram quiz here.

Are you living in such a way that inspires them to follow Jesus?

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• Physical health and purity
• Mental health
• Family health
• Work ethic
• “You are going to be a good friend.”
• Spiritual health

If every Christian parented like you do, what would the next generation of Christians look like?

Why is

important to God?