Raising Godly Children: A Divine Responsibility

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"Children are a gift of the Lord, but then there's a part we have to play in at once they are given to us as a gift. Just like every gift that God gives, if God's given you abilities, you've got to use them for the Lord. If God's given you money or a house, the purpose is to use for the Lord." [00:59:36]

"An arrow is effective only if it is sharp, and look at your children as arrows God has given you, and by His help, you are to sharpen them so that they will be useful in God's hands one day to stand against the devil, not to become preachers or healers or any such thing, just by their life." [02:14:48]

"If you being evil know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give what is good, and what is the good you want? You want your children to be godly. How much more your heavenly Father will give that to those who ask Him." [04:35:52]

"Prayer is an expression of our helplessness. That's what prayer is. Lord, I need this. See, if I feel sufficient, self-sufficient, I will not pray. If you feel you can handle something, you don't need to pray. We pray for our children because we say, Lord, I don't have the ability to bring them up in godly ways." [04:54:88]

"We have many examples in Scripture of good parents and bad ones. We think of this wonderful mother in the Old Testament, the mother of Moses. You read in Hebrews 11 that she instilled certain values into that little boy Moses when he was small, and in the sovereignty of God, he grew up at least for this first seven or eight years with his mother." [06:08:24]

"Teach your children humility, particularly if they are gifted. I've seen so many children in different CFC churches ruined by their parents because they are gifted, and the parents buff them up and make them proud. And over a period of time, it's not so evident when they are small, but by the time they come into their late teens." [09:36:40]

"The most important value you need to teach your children from childhood is humility. Humility, I'll tell you why, because God gives His grace only to the humble. It's good to get your children educated, to train them in different things with sport and music and all they need all these activities." [10:41:44]

"Discipline is very important because the first sin in the universe was disobedience or rebellion against authority. That's how the devil became the devil. So submission to authority is one of the most important things that all children have to learn. That's why God gave them only one commandment: honor your father and mother." [13:51:04]

"We must never treat disobedience lightly. It's serious. We must never treat their telling a lie as a joke. It's serious if they tell you a lie because that's rebellion against authority too. But along with that, I want to add this word and that is a word spoken to all believers in Hebrews 3:13: encourage one another daily." [15:31:59]

"More than anything else, encourage your children when they do something good, because not everybody, not every child can get a hundred percent in different subjects, and some are clever and some are not. But doing good and helping one another and denying oneself in when there's a conflict, that's something we must always appreciate and encourage." [16:47:92]

"The greatest way in which you can help your children, your father, is by loving their mother, that is your wife. And to the mothers, I say the greatest way you can bring up your children in a godly way is by loving their father, your husband, and by respecting your husband by loving your wife." [18:17:44]

"Teach your children humility and not to glory in their gifts or their abilities, and encourage them whenever you can, particularly for good behavior, and pray for them regularly. Ultimately, it's only God who can make them grow up godly, so we must pray for our children. You must pray for your children every single day." [19:40:00]

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