Parenting, God's Way

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As a parent when my children were growing up, I focused on their educational achievement, to the point of an early retirement to concentrate on their education, to enjoy and guide them in their growing up years. I suffered financially, but no regrets.

Alas, I was misguided. Misguided because I was not trained the Bible way when I was a kid. I don't blame my parents for this because they themselves were not guided. This will go on from generation to generation unless we search for the right way, GOD's way!

Schools are replete with subjects like Math, Reading, Science, and other academic learning, all preparing the citizen for employment, but never one that would prepare them to being a future parent of a good family with God in their midst. (Public schools have catechism, but not all grade levels receive it because of shortage of spiritual teachers.)

The Sunday's "Ang Diyos at ang Bayan" guested a very spiritual couple bringing the idea of including Parenting as a subject in school, A VERY BRIGHT IDEA.  Attention DepEd

Relationship with spouse and children would be harmonious if each member of the family knows their obligation to each other within the framework of the scripture.

A solid, God abiding family,  is the foundation of a prosperous, happy, law abiding nation. God  blesses the nation that is free of corruption, idolaters, murderers, liars, mockers, adulterers, fornicators, persons who dishonor the temple of God (your body being disfigured by tattoo,  piercing) covetors, parent-dishonorable children, superstitious beliefs, sorcerers, gamblers, drunkards, drug users and peddlers,  swindlers, people who are prideful, wrathful, lustful, envious, greedy, avaricious, slothful, malicious, deceitful, arrogant, slanderous, unforgiving, men who have sex with men, men with selfish ambition,

Bible Verses on Sins

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.  -James 4:4 

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. -Matthew 6:14 

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. - Ephesians 5:3 

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. -Ephesians 4:26-27 

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. - Corinthians 6:9-10 

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.-James 3:16 

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. -Ephesians 5:11-12 

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. -Psalms 37:16-17 

What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” -Romans 7:7 

Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. -Proverbs 10:19 

Bible Verses on PARENTING 

Proverbs 22:6  - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:4 - Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 29:15  - The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 23:13  - Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Deuteronomy 6:7  - You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Proverbs 13:24  - Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Colossians 3:21 - Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Proverbs 29:17  - Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Psalm 127:3-5 - Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 19:18  - Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Psalm 127:3 - Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:14-17 - But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Proverbs 15:5 - A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Matthew 19:14 - But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

1 Samuel 1:27-28 - For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

2 Timothy 3:17  - That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Romans 8:28  - And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Peter 2:20 - For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

Leviticus 19:29 - “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.

Proverbs 31:27-28  - She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

Psalm 127:4-5 - Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 20:11 - Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Luke 2:52 - And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.