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Godly Families, Part 23

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  • Train children to respect and obey authority (continued):
    • Consider the following views (continued):
      • “I love my child too much to discipline him/her”
        • Hebrews 12:7-8
        • Proverbs 13:24
        • “Wait till your father gets home!” or “Wait till your mother gets home!”
          • Proverbs 1:8
          • Proverbs 19:26
          • Ephesians 6:1-3
          • (Grand)parenting applications: training children to respect and obey authority

            • Specific Goal

            Passage(s) to discuss & guide

            Ways (grand)parents can exemplify and teach

            Temptations and hindrances

            Behaviors to correct

            Reject the entitlement mentality

            Luke 17:7-10; Philippians 4:11-12; II Thessalonians 3:10

            Work hard; don’t expect bosses to give you special handouts

            Culture of low expectations and little work ethic; lazy parents

            “Gimme gimme gimme!”

            Listen well

            II Kings 17:13-14; Proverbs 2:1ff; 12:15; 18:13, 17

            Model active listening; have them explain what you just said.

            Distracted, disinterested, planning what to say

            Interrupting

            Be respectful and considerate in a disagreement

            Acts 18:4; 26:24-25

            Let kids observe you settling disputes properly; don’t jump in and settle every conflict for them.

            Impatience, selfishness

            Tendency not to share, negotiate, compromise

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