Title: What does it take to have a good relationship with your parents
1What does it take to have a good relationship
with your parents?
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Eritrean Orthodox Church Diocese of North
AmericaWest Coast 2nd year Youth RetreatJuly
01-04/2009 By Adiam Yonas
2Relationship Between Parents and Youth
- By Adiam Yonas
- St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church Bay Area
3What type of relationship do you have with your
parents?
- The 5th commandment says Honor thy father and
mother and your days will be long - Children obey your parents in the Lord for this
is right. Eph 61-3 - The key words are "honor" and "obey". There is no
time limit on this. God does not free a child
from this responsibility simply because he has
now gone to college or is married. - Honor- high regard of great respect given
4What does it take to have a GOOD relationship
with your parents?
- 10 Key Requirements
- Good Communication
- Trust
- Understanding one another
- Compromise
- Sacrifice
5What does it take to have a good relationship
with your parents
- Mutual Respect
- Obedience
- Responsibility
- Patience
- Love
6Todays Lecture will cover
- Key factors in maintaining a good relationship
with parents - Direct Bible verses and stories that support
these teachings - Issues with the relationship between parents and
youth - Open forum for discussion
7Good Communication
- Not just talking/arguing
- Must reflect wants, needs, dreams, plans,
lifestyle, progress, feelings, appreciation.etc - What does good communication require?
- Installs trust and understanding
- Verse about honesty
8Trust
- Trust is EARNED!
- Mutual
- Important for decision making
- Verse about trust
9Understanding one another
- Gaps
- Put yourself in one anothers shoes
- Reasons for misunderstanding to occur
10Compromise
- Be willing to give a little to receive some
- Useful when disagreements arise
- Reasons why disagreements arise
11Sacrifice
- What have/do we sacrifice for our parents lately?
- What type of things can we sacrifice for our
parents? - Jesuss Last hour
12Mutual Respect
- Parents have the God-given authority and we must
give them the respect that they deserve - One way to honor your parents is by respecting
them and the decisions they make? - How do you show respect?
- The father of the righteous will greatly
rejoice he who begets a wise son will be glad in
him. Let your father and mother be glad. Let her
who bore you rejoice. Proverbs 2322
13Obedience
- Supporting them in their decisions rather than
following them bitterly - No time limit
- My son keep your fathers commandment, and
forsake not your mothers teaching. Bind them
upon your heart always. Tie them about your neck.
When you walk, they will lead you. Proverbs
620-22
14Was Our Lord Jesus obedient to His parents?
- YES!
- After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting among teachers, listening to them and
asking them questions and all who heard him were
amazed at His understanding and his answers. And
when they saw him they were astonished and his
mother said to him, Son, why have you treated us
so? Behold, your father and I have been looking
for you anxiously.Luke 251
15- and he said to them, How is it that you sought
me? Did you not know that I must be in my
Fathers house And they did not understand the
saying that he was saying to them. And he went
down with them and came to Nazareth and was
obedient to them, and his mother kept all these
things in her heart. Luke 246-52
16Responsibility
- The duty of a parent is to plant seeds of wisdom
in you and it is your responsibility to utilize
it - "Train up a child in the way he should go and
when he is old he will not depart from it
-Proverbs 226 - Our parents goal is to shape us into righteous
citizens of this world
17Patience
- Building a solid relationship with your parents
is an ongoing process that requires time and
patience - Let go of distracting emotions such as anger,
frustration, and disappointment and focus on
communication - Sometimes a mutual understanding will not always
be reached but ultimately your parents have the
final say - "Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and
do not forsake your mother's teaching." Proverbs
18
18Love
- Show your Love
- Love allows you to set your pride aside to build
a relationship