1. Seasons of life: Spring & Beyond The Season of Parenting Pastor Paul Hinz "Children are a gift from the Lord." Ps. 127:3 WHAT KIDS NEED MOST FROM PARENTS

2. 1. KIDS NEED COMPASSION. Practice loving each other, for love comes from God." 1 John 4:7 (LB)

3. 2. KIDS NEED COUNSEL You must teach these commandments to your children and talk about them when you are at home or out for a walk; at bedtime and the first thing in the morning." Deut. 6:7 (LB)

4. 3. KIDS NEED CORRECTION "Correct your children while there is still hope; do not let them destroy themselves." Pr. 19:18 (NCV)

5. 4. KIDS NEED CONFIDENCE "Don't scold your children so much that they become discouraged and quit trying." Col 3:21 (LB) "Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits." 1 Cor. 13:7 (ERV)

6. 5. KIDS NEED CELEBRATION "People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live." Eccl. 11:8 (NCV)

7. 6. KIDS NEED CHALLENGES "Whoever can be trusted with a little can also be trusted in a lot... And if you can't be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own?" Lk. 16:10 & 12 (NCV)

8. 7. KIDS NEED CONSISTENCY "The Lord is faithful to all his promises... and fair in all that he does." Ps. 145:13+17 (NIV)

9. 8. KIDS NEED PRAYER The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16b (NIV)

10. "It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong." Pr. 24:3 (NCV)

11. Gods Love and Ours

12. Phileo = Love BROTHERLY

13. Gods Love and Ours Phileo = Love BROTHERLY Eros = Love INTIMATE

14. Gods Love and Ours Phileo = Love BROTHERLY Eros = Love INTIMATE Agape = Love UNCONDITIONAL

15. 1 John 4:7-12 (NIV) 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son [a] into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for [b\] our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

16. SEASON OF PARENTING Joy = Challenge = Temptation =

17. SEASON OF PARENTING Joy = CELEBRATING children as a gift from God Challenge = Temptation =

18. SEASON OF PARENTING Joy = CELEBRATING children as a gift from God Challenge = BALANCING the needs of children with our own. Temptation =

19. SEASON OF PARENTING Joy = CELEBRATING children as a gift from God Challenge = BALANCING the needs of children with our own. Temptation = To IGNORE the needs of children around us.

20. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.