Happy Faith Friday, Familia 🌱
Children are gifts from God!
It is a blessing to be given the responsibility of cultivating their life on earth, their walk with God, and their growth in their God-given destinies. God wanted me to remind or inform parents of the gravity of rearing a child, and provide specific guidance on His expectations of parents, specifically reminding you to:
💞 Protect their innocence
💞 Raise them intentionally
💞 Allow your parenting relationship with them to reflect God’s fatherly relationship with His children
💞 Remember they are children, but don’t muzzle their gifts
This video is directed towards parents, but teachers and caregivers can also glean from and apply the wisdom shared in today’s Faith Friday video. I will continue to pray for you and your children, and may God bless you in your journey to raise a little human in the way God would have you to!
Love you bunches 🍇
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Focus Verse:
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Video Notes
Follow-Up Instructions
Study
Study the scriptures shared here and do a deeper study on God’s overall principles and guidance for raising children.
Meet with the Holy Spirit
Carve our regular time to meet with the Holy Spirit for guidance in raising your children and stewarding their gifts
Go to Him for every decision, from small moments of correction, to life altering decisions like their education
Scriptures to Study
Protect their Innocence
Matthew 18:1-6
Ensure your relationship with them reflects God’s relationship with His children
God commends and blesses His children for their obedience
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Matthew 7:11
Psalm 37:23
God guides, instructs, and prepares
Psalm 32:8
Jeremiah 33:3
Titus 3:1
God corrects His children when we are wrong or off course
Hebrews 12:6
God establishes and maintains order, not chaos
1 Corinthians 14:33
Seek specific Instructions for Each Child
Sampson’s Parents — Manoah & His Wife (Judges 13)
Samuel’s Parents — Elkanah & Hannah (1 Samuel 1)
Note: Hannah did not receive explicit instructions as was written in the text, but in seeing her wisdom and how she went about following through with her promise to dedicate Samuel back to the Lord, we can infer that her wisdom was from God.
John the Baptist’s Parents — Zecharias & Elizabeth (Luke 1)
Jesus’ Parents — Joseph & Mary (Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 2:13-23)
Remember they are children, but don’t muzzle their gifts
Walk by the Spirit & Operate in the Fruits of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-26
Honor & Encourage them in their spiritual gifts and callings
1 Timothy 4:12
Jeremiah 1:7
Acts 2:17
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