Gospel Centered Discipline Peter Lee 4-6th Grade Sunday School Leader

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

The definition of Gospel-centered Discipline The loving and controlled use of a physical consequence by a parent to train his/her child to submit to the authority of God for his/her good Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. 11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Hebrews 12:5-11 Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Hebrews 12:9-10 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

James 2:18 But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Proverbs 23:14 You shall strike him with the rod, And rescue his soul from Sheol. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Proverbs 29:15 Proverbs 10:1 The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Proverbs 13:24 Revelation 3:19 He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Proverbs 23:13 Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Gospel Powered Parenting by William Farley “…hold the child until he or she stops crying. This communicates love and affection. It connects the pain of discipline with physical affection. This connection will be very important when, in later life, God takes over your child’s discipline.” Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp “Hypocrisy is greatest in homes where the emphasis has been on behavior rather than the heart. If the focus of discipline and correction is on ways the behavior has strayed and how behavior must change, you will miss the heart. That approach makes the problem what I do, rather than what I am.” Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017

Questions Parent Equipping Day, April 22, 2017