If you are trying to dedicate your children to God, they need to read the Bible. If you want your children to become mighty men and women of God, they need to have the scriptures imprinted on their hearts. If you want your children to make wise choices, they need to learn from God’s Word what those wise choices are. In short, if you are Christian parenting, you must find ways to teach your children the Bible and get them to love and value it in the process.
Many parents view the idea of teaching their children the Bible at home with the same fear and uncertainty many parents would have at the idea of homeschooling their kids through high school. Parents often don’t feel they understand the Bible themselves well enough to teach it to someone else. They believe they wouldn’t know where to start. There are a host of excuses parents may use, but they ignore the very real commands from God demanding that they teach their kids the scriptures – constantly.
It really isn’t as difficult as you think. If you put the following tips into use, you may find you and your children actually enjoy learning what’s in the Bible together.
I’m not sure when it happened, but over the last several decades parenting has changed drastically. Not all of these changes are bad. Unfortunately though, some parenting “experts” are ignoring basic truths that also undermine Christian parenting. The church has changed too. Sin is rarely mentioned. Consequences are almost never discussed. The focus is only on celebrating God’s love for us.
This is one post series I never thought I would have to write. I remember having friends throughout my life. Some relationships were stronger and healthier than others perhaps, but I don’t remember particularly struggling to meet people and become friends with good, kind girls and guys.
When I was a child, the only Christian books for children were mainly ones that retold Bible stories. If you haven’t checked out all of the new Christian picture and chapter books for kids, I would encourage you to take a look at your local Christian bookstore. Many of the books are comparable to secular books, but address character in the light of God’s will for your children.