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Biblical parenting

NATURE NURTURE

Seven Principles of Biblical Parenting

Look out for Number One

Who’s Number One?Who’s Number One?

Yourself?Yourself?Children ?Children ? Husband or Wife ?Husband or Wife ? Job?Job? Mother in law?Mother in law? God ?God ?

Who’s Number One?Who’s Number One?

Numbers 2:2, 17-34

Tent of Meeting

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Levi

Dan, Asher, Napthali

Rueben, Simeon, Gad

Ephraim

Manasseh

Benjamin

Judah

Issachar

Zebulun

Be a lover

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Ephesians 5:33(NIV)

Don’t be Superman or Superwoman…

Don’t be Superman or Superwoman…Be an Empowerer

Psalm 33:16-19

No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great

strength.A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot

save. But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in

famine. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

Developing Self-EsteemDeveloping Self-Esteem Unconditional love and Unconditional love and

acceptance from acceptance from parentsparents

Affirmation and praisesAffirmation and praises Relationship to maturityRelationship to maturity Empowerment to competenceEmpowerment to competence Stepwise competence Stepwise competence

building appropriate building appropriate to age and to age and development level.development level.

Letting goLetting go

Show no favouritism

Teach the true value of wealth

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things

will be given to you as well.

Set boundaries

Set boundaries for activities at home and

outside

PR 29:15 The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

PR 29:16 When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.

PR 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

PR 29:18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.

Developing DisciplineDeveloping Discipline

Both parents must decide beforehand Both parents must decide beforehand the limits of acceptable behaviour.the limits of acceptable behaviour.

All others (grandparents, aunties, All others (grandparents, aunties, uncles) must abide by these limits.uncles) must abide by these limits.

Limits or rules must be consistent.Limits or rules must be consistent. Emphasis the positive rather than the Emphasis the positive rather than the

negative.negative. Child encouraged to take responsibility.Child encouraged to take responsibility. Authority and controlAuthority and control Sensitive to age and developmental Sensitive to age and developmental

levellevel

Be a Supermodel

Deuteronomy 11:18

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your

hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your

children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along

the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the

doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land

that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that

the heavens are above the earth.

Biblical ParentingBiblical Parenting

1.1. Look out for Number One.Look out for Number One.

2.2. Be a LoverBe a Lover

3.3. Be an EmpowererBe an Empowerer

4.4. Show no FavoritismShow no Favoritism

5.5. Teach the True Value of Teach the True Value of WealthWealth

6.6. Set BoundariesSet Boundaries

7.7. Be a Supermodel.Be a Supermodel.

Biblical Parenting

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Where does the power come from?

The Power for Biblical The Power for Biblical ParentingParenting

LoveLove PrayerPrayer FaithFaith The TrinityThe Trinity

Lord, I find the genealogy of my Savior strangely checkered with four remarkable changes in four generations.

Thomas Fuller (1608-Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)1661)

Rehoboam begat Abia: a bad father begat a bad son.Abia begat Asa: a bad father and a good son.Asa begat Jehoshaphat: a good father and a good son.Jehoshaphat began Joram: a good father and a bad son.

Thomas Fuller (1608-Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)1661)

I see, Lord, from hence,that my father's piety cannot be entailed; that is bad news for me.But I see alsothat actual impiety is not hereditary; that is good news for my son.

Thomas Fuller (1608-Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)1661)