1. SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES TO CONSIDER IN RAISING GODLY SEED
By the Rev. Martin Oguike, PhD

2. Develop a Passionate Relationship with God
1.  
Parents Should
Develop a Passionate Relationship with God

3. In Deuteronomy 6:5-6, God instructs parents:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when
you rise.

4. 2.
Parents Should
Make the Word of
God Your Standard

5. God’s Word is full of instruction about training children
God’s Word is full of instruction about training children. It is the standard that we are to use to raise children that are God fearing. He has also gifted some Christians with the wisdom to write effective biblically based books on parenting.

6. 3.
Protect Your
Children

7. Dads, I challenge you to make family devotions a priority.
Parents must have a fresh realization that it is not primarily the church’s responsibility to protect the mind or to train their child. It is their God ordained duty! 
Dads, I challenge you to make family devotions a priority.

8. 4.
Bless
Your Children

9. The necessity of bestowing blessings is frequently overlooked
The necessity of bestowing blessings is frequently overlooked. There are many children today who are desperately pleading like Esau, “Bless me, even me also, O my father” (Genesis 27:34).

10. When mothers and fathers brought children to Jesus the disciples reprimanded these parents. But, Jesus immediately rebuked the disciples and encouraged the children to come to Him (Mark 10:13-16). Jesus blessed these children in three important ways that they should also emulate:
Jesus took time for the children.
Jesus tenderly touched the children and offered loving affirmation.
Jesus used a tempered tongue with the children.

11. 5. Understand Your Child’s Greatest Need5.
Understand Your
Child’s Greatest Need

12. The most urgent need of every child is regeneration through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Parents must discern whether their children actually have personal relationships with Jesus Christ.

13. 6.
The Father
Should Lead
in Parenting

14. One of the most critical needs in our culture is for fathers to take an active role in parenting their children. In Ephesians 6:4 Paul instructs fathers to not provoke their children to wrath, but to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. The Greek word for father used in this verse is “pater”. It literally means father, not parents. God specifically singled out the father to assume the primary active role in the discipline and instruction of his children.

15. 7.
Train Your
Children

16. Ephesians 6:1-3 commands children to do two things – to obey and honor their parents. The Bible promises a twofold blessing to those children who keep these two commands. The flip side is that parents must realize they are on a rescue mission to train their children to obey and give honor. That is, they must instruct their children so they will remain under God’s umbrella of blessing (v. 3).

17. 8.
Teach Your Children
to Reverence God

18. Perhaps one of the most overlooked, yet necessary keys to raising God honoring children, is teaching them to walk in the “fear” of God.  Simply stated, inspire them to have both a fascination and awe for the majesty of God. The most vital aspect of this teaching is a thorough understanding of God’s attributes. Of course, it will be impossible for parents to train children to reverence God if they are not walking in the “fear” of God themselves.

19. and Avoid Mixed Messages9.
Parents Should Speak
with one Voice
and Avoid Mixed Messages

20. It is important that parents should speak with one voice and avoid mixed messages. Parents should not have favorites among their child. Treat them equally and do not curry favor from any of your children. In Amos 3:3, God asks, “Can two people walk together without agree?

21. Children are a Heritage from the Lord
10.
Children are a Heritage from the Lord
– Psalm 127:3

22. Deuteronomy 7:9 says: "Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; Finally 1 Corinthians 1:1 reminds us that God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

23. 24. The One Who Call you is Faithful and He will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:23,24
23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
24. The One Who Call you is Faithful and He will do it.
TRUST HIM. Amen.