Author: Administrador

I saw this TV ad for MasterCard. It named off all the things that MasterCard could buy and then it listed what MasterCard could not buy because that experience was priceless. Children love for us to buy them things. But we cannot buy love. We cannot buy any substitutes for our presence, our time, and … Continue reading “50 IN A CHILD’S MIND: A CAR—$$$; A
COMPUTER—$$; A DESIGNER ITEM—$; YOU—PRICELESS!”

“Look at the shame you caused me,” moaned the parent to a rebellious child. It’s not about you. Parenting focuses on what God wants us to say and do with our children. Parenting is about training up children in the ways of the Lord. Parenting is not about our wants … our convenience … our … Continue reading “46 IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU … IT’S ABOUT YOUR
SEED AND YOUR SEED’S SEED.”

“I hope I never lose my children,” said a controlling mother. She lived her life through her children. When they left home and started families of their own, this lonely mother lost her reason to live. She had lived her life through her children. Possess children only to lose them. Children belong to God, not … Continue reading “47 GIVE YOUR CHILDREN TO GOD AND YOU’LL
ALWAYS HAVE THEM.”

“God never starts anything He hasn’t already finished,” teaches Myles Monroe. How true. God instills purpose in all He creates. Your child was created with meaning and purpose. The good work He began in your child, God will see through to completion. We must imitate God’s way of parenting. Everything we say, teach, and do … Continue reading “48 PURPOSE SPEAKS TO A CHILD’S POTENTIAL;
IDENTITY SPEAKS TO A CHILD’S DESTINY.”

“We never seem to have any privacy,” complained the parents. These parents had failed to set healthy boundaries to protect themselves and their children. Their problem centered around the bedroom. As small children, their children had been permitted to sleep with their parents and come in and out of their bedroom without permission. The children … Continue reading “43 HEALTHY BOUNDARIES PROTECT PARENTS AND
CHILDREN.”

“Everything you enjoy is a privilege, not a right,” explained the wise parent. A right is something I deserve. But a privilege is a gift I have shown that I can handle responsibly. Everything I receive is a gift. I am a steward, not an owner. For example, my room is not a right, but … Continue reading “44 WITH INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY COMES
INCREASED PRIVILEGE.”

“I can’t understand why my child is so upset with me all of the time,” complained a divorced father. I wish I had taped all the conversations I have had through the years with the children of divorced parents. Before any parents ever contemplated a divorce, I would have them listen to the hurt and … Continue reading “45 DIVORCE BREAKS BOTH THE HEARTS OF GOD
AND CHILDREN.”

“I’ll never follow Christ. My pastor father abused me and I refuse to set foot inside of a church,” confided the wounded daughter of a preacher. You can be the greatest bridge to God for your child. Or, you can become the greatest barrier to you child reaching God. We have had parents “ground” their … Continue reading “40 GET OUT OF YOUR CHILD’S WAY TO GOD. BE A
WINDOW TO GOD NOT JUST A MIRROR OF YOURSELF.”

“My child never shows me any respect,” complained the mother. We get what we sow. Sow mercy … receive mercy. Sow kindness … receive kindness. Sow respect … receive respect. We treat people the way we wish to be treated. Children have a sense of dignity and self-worth. We show them respect by: •     calling them … Continue reading “41 GETTING A CHILD’S RESPECT REQUIRES
GIVING RESPECT.”

“I can’t wait until my daughter is independent and moves out,” shared a mother. Some parents live for the day when their child leaves home. Such parents are destined to be lonely in their old age. We are not raising children to be isolated islands in the sea of humanity. A spirit of independence has … Continue reading “42 THE GOAL OF HEALTHY FAMILIES IS
INTERDEPENDENCENOT INDEPENDENCE OR DEPENDENCE.”