Consistent Teaching and Training

Good Morning!! Consistent teaching and training, while our children are young,...can help prepare them for whatever life may bring. The old saying that; actions speak louder than words, is so true when it comes to teaching our children. The example we live has much more influence on them than anything we could ever say. Children learn by what they see their parents doing. Living a consistent godly life before them is the best training we can give. Obviously, we all make mistakes. There will be times we set a poor example,...but being willing to admit when we've missed the mark, can be another positive lesson for our children.

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.—Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

As they grow, begin to allow them more freedom of choice in issues that won't endanger them if they take some wrong turns. Even when they make bad choices, they will gain valuable insights and a deeper understanding of consequences. Our goal as godly parents should be to help our children grow and develop in a way that is most pleasing to our Heavenly Father. Consistency is vital to this process.

A sense of responsibility,...how to develop positive relationships,...and the importance of choosing godly behavior, there are no greater gifts we can give to those we love most.

 

Father God,  help us to be more consistent in being a godly example to our children. Help us to be humble,...yet bold enough to admit to them when we've erred. Help us to train them in the way they should go. In Jesus' name, Amen.

 

" We are always at our best, when we are serving others."