Leading Your Kids in God's Direction

Leading Your Kids in God’s Direction

Part 3 - Imperfect Parenting

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds…    Prov. 27:23

Questions to help you lead your child in God’s direction:

 ⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your children…                  Deut. 6:7a

1.)       1. How will I determine ___________________________________for my children?

• What do we want our kids to leave the house with? (Character, Skills, Convictions, etc.)

- We could call this: Premeditated Parenting. (Steve Nelson)

• Mal. 2:15 - And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring.

 ⁷…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. Deut. 6:7b

 2.) How will I _____________________________________ to make progress toward God’s goals?

• 2 Tim. 3:16 – God’s Word is useful!
• Prov. 22:28 – Do not move the ancient boundary.
• Hebrews 12:6 – The Lord disciplines the one He loves.

- The “Circle of Blessing.” (Deut. 5:16)

 ⁸ You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ⁹ You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates

Deut. 6:8-9

3.) How will I_________________________________________my children to pursue God’s goals as their own?

• Jer. 6:16 - “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”
• Prov. 23:26 – Give me your heart, let your eyes examine my way.
• Luke 6:40 - Everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

How can you make progress in leading your kids in God’s direction?