“BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.” CHILDREN BRINGING THEMSELVES UP MAY BE THE WAY OF THE WORLD TODAY, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT WHAT GOD HAS SPOKEN OF IN HIS WORD!!!

EPHESIANS 6:1-4 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: 3 "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." 4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

CINDY’S MOTHER AND FATHER, DELORES AND ORLAND MCCANN, TRAINED HER IN GOD’S WAY

MY PARENTS, PAULINE AND L. PARVIN DEBERRY, TRAINED ME IN WAY OF GOD.

CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM THE LORD!!! GENESIS 17:16… GENESIS 28:3… PSALMS 127:3-5… PROVERBS 17:6…

THESE ARE THE DEBERRY BLESSINGS

THESE ARE THE DEBERRY GRAND-BLESSINGS

THERE COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITES WITH THIS GREAT BLESSING TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN IN THE RIGHT WAY!!! TO TAKE THE TASK OF HAVING CHILDREN IN A SERIOUS FASHION… THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FULFILLING THE ASSIGNMENT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US…

SOME SPECIFICS OF EPHESIANS 6:1-4: Children are to OBEY their parents in the Lord… They are to HONOR their parents… Fathers are not to PROVOKE THEIR CHILDREN TO WRATH… But, bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord… NOTE: THE FATHERS ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE…

FATHERS NEED TO: PRAY FOR WISDOM… PRAY WITH AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN… TEACH (NOT JUST READ) THEIR CHILDREN THE WORD OF GOD… BE SEEN STUDYING, PRAYING, AND BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE… ACCOMPANING THEIR CHILDREN TO VARIOUS SERVICES…

FATHERS NEED TO: LIVE A LIFE PATTERNED AFTER THE LIFE OF JESUS – HUMBLE, HOLY, AND GODLY… NEVER BE AFRAID TO SAY THAT YOU ARE SORRY, OR THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE…

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHILDREN: WITHIN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CHILDREN, WE MUST BE SOMETHING AND THEY MUST BE SOMETHING: WE MUST BE THE PARENTS, MOTHER OR FATHER… NOT FRIEND, PAL, OR GOOD BUDDIES… THEY MUST BE THE CHILDREN, SUBMITTING, OBEYING AND HONORING US!!!

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CHILDREN VALUE IT… BE COMMITED TO THE RELATIONSHIP… BE DEVOTED TO OUR CHILDREN… THERE MUST BE COMMUNICATION… WE MUST KNOW OUR CHILDREN… IT SHOULD HAVE TRUST AS A COMPONENT… MUST SPEND TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN…

A FEW OTHER NECESSARY CONSIDERATIONS HOME SHOULD BE WHERE THE HEART IS… MONEY CANNOT BUY LOVE… OUR LOVE, ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS, WILL HAVE TO BE TOUGH LOVE: 1. We can’t always say YES! 2. Our children will have to be corrected, rebuked, and chastised… 3. If Christians, faithfulness to the Lord must be stressed, or they will have to bare the consequences…

OUR FAMILY… OUR EXTENDED FAMILY… IN BRINGING UP OUR CHILDREN IN THE TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD, WE MUST USE ALL OUR ASSETS! OUR FAMILY… OUR EXTENDED FAMILY…

A GREAT ASSET IN OUR HOME GRANDPARENTS DONALD P. & MIMI AMES

THE LOCAL CONGREGATION… ESPECIALLY THE OLDER CHRISTIANS… IN BRINGING UP OUR CHILDREN IN THE TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD, WE MUST USE ALL OUR ASSETS OUR FAMILY… OUR EXTENDED FAMILY… THE LOCAL CONGREGATION… ESPECIALLY THE OLDER CHRISTIANS… GOSPEL MEETINGS, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, SINGINGS, BIBLE STUDIES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS…

THE APPLICATION OF THIS LESSON: READ THE FOLLOWING TWO PASSAGES: LUKE 2:52… DEUTERONOMY 6:5-9… IF WE PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLES IN THE TWO ABOVE VERSES, WE WILL “BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.”