Ever feel like you are trying to juggle seventeen balls at once, but keep dropping them? Parenting can be overwhelming at times. Trying to be a Christian parent and point your kids towards God seems like it adds a whole additional layer of to-do’s to your already multi-page list. Parenting your children so they grow to be active, productive Christians just seems impossible at times.
The problem with parenting is there is no real way to gauge how well you are doing your job. We all have experienced those moments when we felt as if maybe, just maybe, we finally had mastered this parenting thing. Of course, they are usually followed by some lovely reminder that we really have no clue whether what we are doing is going to work. You can parent your kids towards God and improve the odds they will grow up to become active, productive Christians. Yes, they have free will and even the “best” Christian parents have raised kids who have eventually rejected God.
Over the years though, I have carefully watched parents who raise children to become productive Christians. I notice most of them do a few things almost identically. While there are no guarantees, making these few things a top priority in your parenting will give your kids a very strong Christian foundation on which to build their lives.
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