1. Gospel Powered Parenting WilliamFarley.blogspot.com

2. The First Virtue of Parenting The most effective parents keep it really simple. They focus on knowing God. Because they believe the Bible is sufficient for parenting, they ignore most modern advice about child raising. Instead, they set biblical ethical standards (Those are high standards). They teach and discipline their children to those standards. They lavish their children with love and affection. Last, they rest in the grace provided by the gospel.

3. The First Virtue of Parenting The Story of King David

4. The First Virtue of Parenting King David & the Fear of God The Fear of God Defined

5. The First Virtue of Parenting The believer’s fear of God is not the slavish fear found in the Old Testament. Rather, it is grounded in a sense of God’s holiness, his hatred of evil, the judgment my sin deserves, and the horrible fate of unbelief. Mingled with all of this is a profound sense of son-ship, adoption, God’s free grace, and His extravagant, glorious, un- earnable love. Those who rightly fear God increasingly revel in His infinite grace. The more one fears God the more they confess with Romans 8:39 that nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

6. The First Virtue of Parenting King David & the Fear of God The Fear of God Defined God’s Promises to Parents that Fear Him. (Gen 22:12-18, Dt. 5:29, Ps 25:12-14, 112:1-2, 128:1-4, Luke 1:50, Heb 11:7 )