09-20-09 AM - A Family in Process

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You are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. – Matthew 5:48

Your Kids Need:

1. Understanding
It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong
- Proverbs 24:3 (NCV)

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
– Prov. 22:6

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
– Prov. 22:6

Train: To put something into the mouth.
Way – style, temperament, personality, nature, faculty

2. Acceptance

3. Discipline

• Hebrews 12:6
• Proverbs 13:24
• Proverbs 19:18

The attitude of the parent in punishment is anger, but the motivation behind discipline is love.

1. Do it calmly
2. Do it quickly
3. Do it sparingly

Don’t discipline kids for being kids; you discipline them for rebellion.

4. Love

• Affection - Psalms 145:9
• Affirmation – Psalms 145:14
• Attention – Psalms 145:18

5. Consistency
The Lord is righteous in everything He does…
- Psalms 145:17