raising children, god’s way!

RAISING CHILDREN,

GOD’S WAY!Shed Light!

God’s Plan

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for

you declares the LORD. They

are plans to prosper and not to

harm you. They are plans to

give you hope and a future.

God’s Plan

God’s Plan

If God has such great plans

for us, with amazing

outcomes; then why is the

world in such a mess?

God’s Plan

Our Choice

Deuteronomy 30:19

Today I have given you the choice between life

and death, between blessing and curses. Now I

call on heaven and earth to witness the choice that

you make.

Oh that you would choose life so that you and

your descendants might live!

Our Choice

Why is it so

hard for us to

choose life?

The Effect of Sin (Romans 7: 14-20)

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,

sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do.

For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is

good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is

sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me,

that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what

is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the

good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do-this I

keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is

no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

The Effect of Sin (Romans 7: 21-25)

21 So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is

right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in

God's law; 23 but I see another law at work in the

members of my body, waging war against the law of my

mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work

within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who

will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to

God-through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in

the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Choose to be mature

Warning Against Falling Away

11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain

because you are slow to learn. 12 In fact, though by this

time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach

you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You

need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk,

being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching

about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature,

who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish

good from evil.

Hebrews 5:11-14

How do we become mature

• Ephesians 1:3

• Every spiritual gift is ours

• 1 Corinthians 11:1

• We need to follow the example of Christ, so that others can follow

our example.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

• Study to show yourself approved

Make disciples

• Matthew 28:19-20

• To make disciples,

• We need to be disciplined in the ways of the LORD

• We need to be teachable

• Hosea 4:6 You priests have rejected me, and my people are

destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget

your children, because you have forgotten my Law.

• Jesus was the ultimate disciple

• John 5:19

• John 7:16

• John 8:26

• Etc.

Training Your Child

6 Train a child in the way

he should go, and when

he is old he will not turn

from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Train your Child

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all

your soul and with all your strength. 6 These

commandments that I give you today are to be upon your

hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them

when you sit at home and when you walk along the road,

when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as

symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the door-frames of your houses and on

your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Train up Your child

If you don’t take up that responsibility, someone else will.

Sigmund Freud, renowned Psychologist, said that most of

our troubles, which we experience as adults, can be traced

back to our childhood.

If you are not influencing your child, who is?

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and

destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to

the full.

Influence of this world

Tips for home

• God has a plan

• Pray and ask God for guidance as to how to lead your child.

• We need to be mature and disciplined so that our children

can become mature and disciplined in the ways of the

LORD

• Parents need to be a team

• Do not be unequally yoked

• Share the message that God has given you concerning your child

to your spouse

• You are God’s representative

• Declare God’s word over your Children

Proclamation for my children

Jeremiah 31:16-17

16 But I, the LORD, say to dry your

tears. Someday your children will come

home from the enemy's land. Then all

you have done for them will be greatly

rewarded. 17 So don't lose hope. I, the

LORD, have spoken.


Isaiah 54

13 I will teach your children and

make them successful.


Psalm 112

1 Shout praises to the LORD! The

LORD blesses everyone who worships

him and gladly obeys his teachings. 2 Their descendants will have great

power in the land, because the LORD

blesses all who do right.


Isaiah 44:3-5

3 I will bless the thirsty land by sending streams of

water; I will bless your descendants by giving them

my Spirit. 4 They will spring up like grass or like

willow trees near flowing streams. 5 They will

worship me and become my people. They will

write my name on the back of their hands.


Isaiah 49:16-17 & 25

16 A picture of your city is drawn on my hand. You are

always in my thoughts!

17 “Your city will be built faster than it was destroyed —

those who attacked it will retreat and leave.

25 But the LORD has promised to fight on our side and to

rescue our children from those strong and violent enemies.


Isaiah 59: 21

21 The LORD says: “My people, I

promise to give you my Spirit and my

message. These will be my gifts to you

and your families forever. I, the LORD,

have spoken.”


Psalm 103

17 The LORD is always kind to

those who worship him, and he

keeps his promises to their

descendants


Heavenly father,

I thank You for Your Word concerning my children.

It says, my work will be rewarded and my children

will return from the land of the enemy.

You promised You would be their Teacher, that

they would walk in your peace. Because I delight

in your commandments, You said my children will

enjoy Your blessing day by day.


You promised You would pour out Your Spirit

on my descendants, You blessing on my

offspring and that someday they will say, “I

am the Lord’s”.

You said that you’d never forget them,

because their names are engraved on the

palms of Your hands and that You would

destroy anything that tries to destroy them.


Father, You promised to save my

children, and I claim it. Lord, You said

that Your Spirit, which is on me, and

Your Words, which You have put in my

mouth, would not depart from my

mouth or the mouth of my children or

my children’s children and that Your

everlasting mercy would be upon them.


Thank you, Lord, for these precious

promises concerning my children. I

stand on them, claim them and

believe You to bring them to pass

for me.

Amen

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