Godly Parenting Starts with Surrender

“Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed.” PSALM 112:1-2

 

PONDER THIS

When my first son was born and I first laid eyes on him, something changed in my heart. I thought, “Oh, God, I am a daddy, and I’ve got a son to raise!” Joyce and I were going through college, and we were living in a little twenty-five-foot house trailer. I went home, sat on that flowered couch in that little house trailer, and then got on my knees. I said, “Oh God, if I never do anything else, I want to be a godly daddy.” I said, “God, I give You my son, and I give You myself.” And I have claimed the promise of today’s verse many times.

Don’t you want your children to be mighty on this earth for God? Don’t you want your generation to be blessed? It is a joy, a privilege, and a responsibility to raise your children for God. But you must have this vision first, you must surrender first, and they will learn from seeing how you live.

What does it look like to devote something to God? How does that change the way you treat that thing?

Who is someone devoted to God who impacted you? What was different about that person’s life?

PRACTICE THIS

Consider what needs to change for you to live your life devoted to God, then take that next step of faith.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers 

The Value of a Godly Home

PRAY OVER THIS

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”

(Proverbs 31:28)

 

READ THIS

What we need to understand is that it is not business, it is not education, it is not recreation, it is not government, it is not the Church, but the home that is the basic unit of everything and, therefore, all of the artillery of Hell is leveled against the home.

As they get older, kids are being asked the question: What are you going to be? What are you going to do? Many of them feel that they have to achieve something more than living as a godly spouse or a parent to be successful and not be considered a failure or waste. But that is not a waste. That is the highest, deepest, sweetest, fullest, most meaningful thing—to have a godly Christian home.

CONSIDER THIS

Where have you been convinced that you have to do more than faithfully follow the Lord to be successful?

Where might you need to re-prioritize your life to give greater focus to faithfully living for the Lord each day?

DO THIS

List some ways Christians are successful before God that may not be considered successful to the world.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers