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Parenting 101 Part 1

2. “If it was going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called Labor.” - Anonymous

3. Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
- Psalm 78:1-4

4. For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children, That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments, And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Psalm 78:5-8

5. You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- II Tim. 3:14-15

7. Parenting 101
Breathing God’s L.I.F.E into our children causes several things to happen to us:
We know what our task is

8. Parenting 101
Breathing God’s L.I.F.E into our children causes several things to happen to us:
We know what our task is
Lowers parental performance anxiety

9. Parenting 101
Breathing God’s L.I.F.E into our children causes several things to happen to us:
We know what our task is
Lowers parental performance anxiety
Prepares for future rewards

10. Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
- Gen. 2:7

11. And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side
And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
- John 20:20-22

12. “I believe that the primary purpose of Christian parenting is discipleship, inviting my children into my walk with Jesus, investing in them the life of God that I’ve come to experience so that they grow into being new creatures in Christ.” (II Cor. 5:17)

13. Spiritual Development of Children
Breathe Love
Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. - II Corinthians 12:14

14. Breathe Love Meeting needs Affection Listening/watching Affirmation
Play
Comfort/discipline/advice
Gifts/favors/”specials”

15. Love requires lots of time not just quality time.
A. It Takes Time
“Busy-ness” is the enemy of love because love takes lots of time – there are no short cuts.
Love requires lots of time not just quality time.

16. B. Show Your Child How to Express Love to God
Practical expressions
Before meals (or after)
Before trips
Illness
Celebration
Decision making