The Children

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The Home
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The Children
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The Children
Are A Blessing From God

• They are a gift!
• Psalms 1273-5
• Children result from the union of a husband and
  wife
• Adam and Eve
• Genesis 128
• Noah and Family
• Genesis 97
• Pauls Admonition
• 1 Timothy 514

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The Children
Motherhood Should be Honored

• Should appreciate her station in life
• Will be blessed by her children when she spends
  time with them
• Proverbs 3128
• Before death Jesus made sure His mother was
  cared for
• John 1925-27

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The Children
Fatherhood Is Also Honorable

• The righteous father deserves his credit for
  ensuring that his children were instructed in
  righteousness
• The only thing we can take with us when we die
  is what we leave behind
• 1 Timothy 67
• Our children ARE and BECOME what we teach
  them to be

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Responsibility of Parents
FATHERS

• The greater responsibility
• Head of the wife
• Oversees discipline and instruction
• Ephesians 64
• Ensures the family is provided for
• 1 Timothy 58

MOTHERS

• Instructed to keep or guide the house
• 1 Timothy 514

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Responsibility of Parents
TOGETHER

• Must understand that parents are the boss of
  the house
• Not the children
• Children are not to rule over parents
• Children do not have the right to defy their
  parents
• Proverbs 1324 1918 2215 2313 2915 2917
• Each time a child gets his way in defiance of
  parental authority, he will encroach more and
  more
• Hold fast in exerting power and leadership

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The Children
A KEY TO PARENTING

• SHOW dont just Talk leadership to our
  children
• Parents have been entrusted with the
  responsibility to raise their children in
  accordance with Gods direction