And you can count on it – emotional and spiritual damage will occur. Embrace a long list of do’s and don’ts publicly but hypocritically practice them privately… yet never own up to the fact that its hypocrisy. Sneak around and pretend your spirituality. You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here’s how – guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. We learn by watching effective role models – most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day out. We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first. First: “What do you want to give to others for Christmas?” Second: “What do you want for Christmas?” The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. MoodyĪsk your children two questions this Christmas. Even Gabriel, who stands in the presence of the Almighty, would say, “Let me leave my high and lofty position, and let me have the luxury of leading one soul to Jesus Christ.” There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God’s hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven. I believe that if an angel were to wing his way from earth up to Heaven, and were to say that there was one poor, ragged boy, without father or mother, with no one to care for him and teach him the way of life and if God were to ask who among them were willing to come down to this earth and live here for fifty years and lead that one to Jesus Christ, every angel in Heaven would volunteer to go. If you’re always holding them closer, they will cling to you for fear.” ~ Polly Berrien BerendsĪ wise person truly said, “It ought to be as impossible to forget that there is a Christian in the house as it is to forget that there is a ten-year-old boy in it.” ~ Roger J.

If you’re always shoving your child away, they will cling to you for love. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. “A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught and a kind of church where God is honored a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.”~ Billy Graham “The family should be a closely knit group. Inspirational Parenting Christian Quotes for Raising Children Matthew 7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.ĭeuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Baby quotes about children growing up