Hosea 4:6 "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (NKJV)

1 John 3:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. (KJV)

Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (KJV)

Trainer - Counselor - Advisor (all up at the same time)

Do you care for me?

Can I trust you?

Can you help me?

Words of Affirmation - Physical Touch - Active Love

Rules - Relationship = Rebellion

Relationship - Rules = Aggression

Absence = Desperation

Rules + Relationship = Blessings

Truth without Grace = Condemns / Grace without Truth = Condones

Children are like arrows in the hands of a skilled warrior, blessed is the man whose quiver is filled with such arrows - Psalm 127:4-5

Prov 20:7 It is a wonderful heritage to have an honest father (TLB)

Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for water, so I long for you, O God.

33 The king was stunned. Heartbroken, he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he wept he cried out, O my son Absalom, my dear, dear son Absalom! Why not me rather than you, my death and not yours, O Absalom, my dear, dear son!

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers,[a] do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. (NLT)

Four Basic Needs of a Son/Daughter:

Love

Security

Purpose

Acceptance