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LET’S TALK FAMILY
We need to let the Bible guide us – not our experiences and emotions.
May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you. —Psalm 25:21 (NLT)
What does it mean to take a biblical approach in raising our kids?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. —Jeremiah 17:9a (NIV)
The best thing you give your kids is a unified relationship with your spouse.
Discipline is love.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away. —Proverbs 22:15 (NIV)
“Because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” —Hebrews 12:6 (NIV)
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. —Hebrews 12:11 (NKJV)
Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. —Proverbs 13:24 (NIV)
For our kids to succeed, they’ll need to prefer and serve others.
Repentance – to change your mind, turn around, proceed in the opposite direction
Disciplined to discipline.
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” —Ephesians 6:1-3 (NIV)
4 Conversations Parents Want to Be Invited To:
1. Help me love the God you love.
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. —Psalm 34:8 (NIV)
2. Help me understand my gifts and purpose.
3. Help me understand how money and life works.
You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness! —Matthew 25:23b (NIV)
4. Help me learn how to find my spouse.
