Principles for Godly Parenting

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Principles for Godly Parenting

• Develop Godly Character
• Proverbs 2915

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Proverbs 2915

• The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child
  left to himself brings shame to his mother

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Steady discipline by the rod (of firm authority
and consistent appropriate punishments.) and by
godly corrections and rebukes teach a child how
to live wisely. (responsibly, obedient to all
authority, and in awe of God)
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But a child left without such discipline and
training will live foolishly, irresponsibly,
irreverently and perhaps illegally and so bring
shame to his mother whose primary maternal
responsibilities are, not only to bear but also
to train her children.
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1. The Rod

• The Rod speaks of firm parental authority.
• Speaks of predictable appropriate punishments
  that are given to the children for deliberately
  breaking down household rules.

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Disobedience Pain
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2. Reproof

• Speaks of calm, compassionate, verbal correction,
  that is constructive criticism, or the corrective
  truth spoken in love.
• When children have done something the wrong way,
  parents must take the time to tell them the right
  wayagain and againand again and again.

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Matthew Henry wrote

• If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is
  well, but the rod must never be used without a
  rational and grave reproof then it will give
  wisdom

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Rod Reproof Wisdom
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Opposite is True

• Withholding such discipline from our children, or
  abandoning it after a season because of its
  inherent difficulty, invariably leads us and our
  offspring to two very unpleasant destinations
  Their foolishness and our shame

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Proverbs 2915

• A child left to himself bringeth His mother to
  shame

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Child left alone shame
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Causes of Parental Neglect

• Apathy
• Selfish Ambition
• Impatience
• Laziness
• Unbelief

• Rejection
• Sinful addictions
• Ignorance of God
• Stress

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Rod Reproof Wisdom