GOOD PARENTHOOD
Memorise: And ye fathers, provoke not your Children to
wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians
6:4
Read: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, (KJV) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord
our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words,
which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and
they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and
on thy gates.
Bible in one year:
Act 9, Songs of Solomon 2:1-7
MESSAGE
Effective parenting must be properly planned if you will be
really rewarded by God at the end. There are many people today who are leaving
the responsibilities of parenting to strangers, and at the end of the day, the
children also turn out to be strangers. Godly parents do not leave their
responsibilities to chance; they make deliberate sacrificial choices, having an
expected end in mind. Today, it is increasingly becoming very difficult to
raise godly children because Western culture and ideas have infiltrated our
background. God is longing for fathers who will love and care for the home. God
is longing for mothers who will help the children become the best that God wants
them to be. One of the people I will eternally be grateful to God for is my
mother. She did a great job on me, she would never allow me gallivant around
like others were doing. There is always a need for parents to re-adjust their
lives in order to accommodate the demands of their children. Most men in the
world do not understand the unique role that God wants them to play in the home
and this is why you see all kinds of children today, who are causing problems
all over the world. Parenting must be intentional, no good act of parenting
happens by accident. There is always a price to pay.
Who is helping you to nurture your child today? Who is
responsible for the growth of your children? It is the mandate of God for
parents to produce righteous and godly offspring within the context of
marriage. The nation of Israel was in trouble because they had abandoned their
covenant with God. They were engaged in ungodly practices that were disrupting
God’s plan for their children. Every parent who loves God should be concerned
about how to go about raising godly children who will be great vessels of honour
in the hands of God. Don’t allow your children to follow the instructions of
the world system that contradicts the Word of God.
God is assuring parents that when they train their children
in the right way, they will serve God for ever and they will give peace to
them. There are many parents who do not know peace as a result of the trauma
their children are bring to them. There are parents who have been defrauded by
their children. Parents are to train their children to possess good characters
and godly behaviour. Children should be exposed to the wisdom of righteous
living; however the father should not become a tyrant or a dictator in the
home. There is nothing good in creating fear and anger in your children just
because you want them to know that you are in charge. Every child should have a
loving relationship with their parents. You have to open the lines of
communication with them, so that they can share the challenges of the different
phases of their lives with you and with this, you can guide them through the
Word of God and you will be amazed at how they will respond to the love of God.
Key Point
You owe it to God and your children to be a good parent.
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