2. SUCCESSFUL PARENTING

6. Know How to: Successful Parenting
• God - Made Man
– Institute Marriage
– Institute Family

7. Know How to: Successful Parenting
• God - Relational
– Enoch, Noah - walked with God
– Children - inheritance from Him
Psalms 127:3 (NKJV)
Behold, children are a heritage from
the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

8. God wants us to relate
to Him as
FATHER
In Heaven

9. • Jesus teaching
– Prayer
Matt 6:9 (NKJV)
In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

10. • Abba Father
Romans 8:15 (NKJV)
15 For you did not receive the spirit of
bondage again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,
“Abba, Father.”

11. • Parenting is God's idea
– Model after God in His parenting
– Bible
– Books draw from the principle of God
– Testimony from man and woman of faith

12. Know how to Successful
Parenting
Building Relationship

13. • Relationship
– Connect, associate
– ENJOY

14. • Relationship with our children
– Presence - Love, value, secure -> Gain
influence
– Absence - Chaos, confusion,
depression -> Vulnerability

15. How to build relationships
1. Security
– Secure Parents
– Loving and Committed Marriage
– Clear Boundary

16. How to build relationships
2. Celebrate “He/She”
– Understand
– Love languages
– Personality traits
– Birth order
– Season of life

17. How to build relationships
3. One to One
– Susana Wesley
– James Dobson
– Alice Tok

18. • Kill
Colossians 3:21 (Amplified Bible)
21 Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret
your children [do not be hard on them or
harass them], lest they become
discouraged and sullen and morose and feel
inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their
spirit.]

19. 1. Expectation
– Unrealistic
– Inconsiderate

20. 2. Favoritism
– Siblings rivalry
– Rejections
– Ego-centric

21. 3. Manipulation
– Undermine
– Oppressive

23. Psalm 127:1 (NKJV)
Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.

24. Deuteronomy 28:13 (NKJV)
13 And the Lord will make you the head and not
the tail; you shall be above only, and not be
beneath, if you heed the commandments of
the Lord your God, which I command you
today, and are careful to observe them.

25. Daniel 1:17 (NKJV)
17 As for these four young men, God gave them
knowledge and skill in all literature and
wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all
visions and dreams.

26. SUCCESSFUL PARENTING