PRINCIPLES FOR PARENTING PART 2
Text- Ephesians 6:4
Introduction
This evening I am going to continue my sermon on the subject "The Family". The title of my message tonight is, "Principles For Christian Parenting".
Parenting is one of the hardest things there is. It takes every ounce of strength, ever bit of wisdom and every stitch of time. And then, we still mess up!
I’d like to share with you a list I found called, “MURPHY'S LAW FOR PARENTS”.
1. The tennis shoes you must replace today will go on sale next week.
2. Leakproof thermoses - will.
3. The chances of a piece of bread falling with the grape jelly side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
4. The garbage truck will be two doors past your house when the argument over whose day it is to take out the trash ends.
5. The shirt you child must wear today will be the only one that needs to be washed or mended.
6. Gym clothes left at school in lockers mildew at a faster rate than other clothing.
7. The item your child lost, and must have for school within the next ten seconds, will be found in the last place you look. (Tom's note: Isn't something ALWAYS in the last place you look? I mean, you don't keep looking once you've found it, do you?)
8. Sick children recover miraculously when the pediatrician enters the treatment room.
9. Refrigerated items, used daily, will gravitate toward the back of the refrigerator.
10. Your chances of being seen by someone you know dramatically increase if you drive your child to school in your robe and curlers.
Somewhere along the line, the family institution has gotten off track with God's original plan.
Many of the responsibilities that belong to the family have been taken over by other agencies, such as the public schools, day care centers, baby sitters and even the church.
As a result today's families are made up of individuals who have little time for each other because their lives are so wrapped up in other activities.
In many families the husband, wife, and children all come and go as they please- without even checking in.
Under these conditions communication is impossible and the family unit breaks down.
Never before has the family been in such serious condition as it is today.
What can be done to help restore the family unit back to what god intended it to be?
As a husband, father, Christian, and pastor of one of the Lord's churches I am convinced that this burden of responsibility falls to the parents within the family unit.
Is there any hope for the family today? What must we as parents do to re-align our families with God's plan and begin implementing the principles involved in Christian parenting?