Seven Keys to Seven Keys to Raising Godly Raising Godly

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Key #1 : PURPOSE•What do you consider to be your goal as a parent?

•What would it take to make you feel that you had been a success or a failure as a parent?

Parents Must Set Goals

•You must recognize that You are Responsible to Raise Your Children Properly

•You brought these Children into the World-–Government did not do it–The church, school, parents,

etc. did not do it

God Holds You Responsible For Raising Your Children

•Titus 2:4,5 “love their children”•Ephesians 6:4 “training and

admonition of the Lord.”•Genesis 18:19 “command his

children and his household after him,”

•1 Samuel 3:12-14 “judge his house forever for the iniquity”

Some Goals Proper but Not The Main Goal

•Various Goals in Raising Children – may emphasize goals that of little importance

•Physical Beauty, Athletic Achievement, Popularity, etc.

•1 Timothy 5:8 “provide for his own.”

•Matthew 7:9-11 “good gifts”

Some Goals Proper but Not The Main Goal

•Too Concerned about Physical Pursuits

•Luke 12:15, 16-21 “beware of covetousness”

•Matthew 16:26 “what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”

•Deuteronomy 18:10 Idolatry•Colossians 3:5 “covet = idolatry”

Main Goal to Train Children to Serve God unto Eternal

Life•God’s Goals for Parents•Proverbs 22:6 “train up a child”•Ephesians 6:4 “bring up”•Genesis 18:19 “keep way of the

Lord.”•Psalm 34:11 “fear of the LORD”• Joshua 24:15 “choose”•Malachi 2:15 “godly offspring”

Seriousness of This Responsibility

•Determine Children’s Eternal Destiny

•Proverbs 23:13,14 “deliver soul from hell”

•Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child”–Proverbs 20:28; 21:2; 22:7,11–General Statement of Truth

Seriousness of This Responsibility

•Determine Parent’s Eternal Destiny

•1 Samuel 3:12-14; 2:22-25•Ecclesiastes 12:14•Raise Children to Serve God•Not Forget Life’s Real Purpose•Philippians 4:13 “do all things”