GODLY PARENTING

TRAIN UP A CHILD Part 1

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 KJV

One of the major concerns of believing parents is our children growing up in the way of the LORD!

Parents generally desire that their children will grow up and be good people that they can be proud of, even if they are not necessarily great people.

The body of Christ seems to be plagued with the children of Believers growing up in believing homes ending up otherwise. I knew of a Preacher, who his very first daughter ended up pregnant outside wedlock before she turned 18. The father had to ostracize her for a while because of the reproach she brought to his ministry. His son was also sleeping around while actively involved in music in his church.

While many tales abound regarding children in believing homes growing up to be otherwise, I think we have to also acknowledge that they are many Christian homes who succeeded in training up their children to be great citizens both of their society and the kingdom of God!

In the Book of Acts, one example that stands out is Philip the Evangelist, whom the Bible mentioned had 4 virgin daughters who prophesied! You can find that in Acts 21 verse 9. The way it showed up in that particular scripture is like Dr. Luke who wrote the book of Acts felt it was a remarkable thing not to ignore while narrating their itinerary.

As a father of 3 children, my deepest heart desire is that my 2 sons and daughter will know Christ for themselves personally and grow up in the way of the Lord and also become great vessels unto honor plus lead and live successful and fulfilling lives in every ramification.

HOW CAN THIS BE?

We can only trust God and look into the Word of God for instructions and direction on how to raise godly seeds that will be vessels unto honor in their generation.

It is important to stress that, only God and His Word can guarantee success in anything if we trust God and obey His instructions found in the Bible.

Scripture says, ” TRAIN UP A CHILD…” Our job as Believing parents is to TRAIN UP our children. This implies that as a parent, you are either TRAINING UP your children or DOWN!

O yes, it is possible to train DOWN your children. The easiest way to do that is not to train them at all! They are parents who are not actively involved in the UPbringing of their children, though living in the same house. Parents that are actively doing every other thing but TRAINING UP their children.

Some years ago, I met an 8 yrs old boy who knew how to watch porn on the internet already. In my mind, I said WOW!! And I presume the parents didn’t know about it.

The style of parenting that seems in vogue right now is operation let the kids train themselves! Just feed the kids, give them electronics to knock themselves out with, see you later, they’ll grow up just fine!!!

Or, hire nannies to help train your kids while the parents focus on making money!

Your children are your heritage, your children are your legacy! As long as you are alive as a parent, do not leave their future to fate or chance, TRAIN THEM to the best of your ability and let your conscience bear you witness! Do your part and see what God will do with your effort!

Mike.

To be continued…

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One thought on “TRAIN UP A CHILD Part 1

  1. Tunde says:

    Very inspiring.

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