United Parenting Pastor Greg Lane

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.” John 15:4,5 1. Unity in parenting is based on unity with God

I will be a man who is single minded with God. I reject both pride and passivity. FIT Tip: Be healthy 1. Unity in parenting is based on unity with God

2. Unity in parenting grows out of unity in marriage “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

2. Unity in parenting grows out of unity in marriage Unity in marriage involves being committed to something bigger than marriage or parenting.

FIT Tip: Esteem your wife 2. Unity in parenting grows out of unity in marriage “I will be faithful to my wife, to love and honor her, and sacrifice my desires for her benefit as Jesus Christ did for me.” The Resolution

“Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 3. Unity in parenting requires a biblical plan

Parenting by shared biblical principles: The Purpose for Children “God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘ Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it:’” Genesis 1:28

3. Unity in parenting requires a biblical plan Parenting by shared biblical principles: The Purpose for Parenting "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:9f

3. Unity in parenting requires a biblical plan Parenting by shared biblical principles: The Purpose for Parenting Unified parenting teaches us about God’s character and behavior. FIT Tip: Pray together for and with your children

3. Unity in parenting requires a biblical plan Parenting by a mutual plan “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.” Deut 6:6,7

3. Unity in parenting requires a biblical plan FIT Tip: Guide individually. Correct together

4. Unity in parenting is a dynamic process Unified parenting seeks to understand the individual characteristics of each child

4. Unity in parenting is a dynamic process Unified parenting seeks to understand the changing characteristics of new life stages

4. Unity in parenting is a dynamic process “I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.” 1 John 2:12f

4. Unity in parenting is a dynamic process FIT tip: Changes are challenges to grow

TrainingDiscipline Boundaries Schooling Single or Co-Parenting Blended Families Special Needs Children Extended Absences 5. Unity in parenting requires a shared effort in addressing life’s issues

“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:17,18

5. Unity in parenting requires a shared effort in addressing life’s issues FIT tip: Google God often