1. I Have Kids Of Course I’m Busy! August 31, 2014

2. Biblical Mandates of Christian Parenting 1. Christian parents must first love God wholeheartedly. 2. Christian parents must teach their children who God is and to love God wholeheartedly. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deut. 6)

3. Biblical Mandates of Christian Parenting 3. Christian parents must discipline their children. 4. Christian parents must see their children as gifts from God himself. 5. Christian parents must not provoke their children to anger.

4. The Biblical Standard of Christian Parenting  Faithfulness!!

5. Keys to Faithfulness in Christian Parenting 1) Faithful parenting values relationships over experiences.

6. Keys to Faithfulness in Christian Parenting 2) Faithful parenting realizes the potential and the limits of Christian parenting.

7. Keys to Faithfulness in Christian Parenting 3) Faithful parenting requires parents that focus on their own character and integrity. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control (Gal. 5)

8. Your Response  Be faithful to God.  Remember, that God is in control.  Pray for your children often.  Trust God.  Remember, our children belong to God.