1. Leading my child’s heart to Jesus Leading them on a great spiritual adventure

2. Knowing God, Hearing God, Trusting God, Obeying God The responsibility of Parenting is: Raising safe Christian kids is a spiritual disaster I am ruined for the ordinary Making safety the priority tells our children that God is incapable of doing what He said He would do for His children! Birthing Great HOPE for tomorrow Turn conflict into spiritual impact Grace Based Parenting Dr. Tim Kimmel

3. The process of Parenting is: Hierarchy of skills We jump to principled living and abstract thinking attempting to make application of biblical concepts From law to grace Concrete to abstract Galatians 3:23 -24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Ga 3:24-25

4. The approaches of parenting : Child-led Parenting vs Authority-based Parenting Short-term Mercy vs Long-term Grace Consoling my child’s feelings vs Strengthening my child’s character

5. To do this -- I must set boundaries. discipline behavior / release identity Separate behavior from identity Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Just like a river, without boundaries you lose the flow of your life. Rob Garrett The completion of Parenting is:

6. Great hope is released when we release THEIR identity Not making clones Living my life vicariously through them Or attempting to redesign what God Created

7. Know the Pleasure of God John 16 : 8-9 Convict of sin; convict of righteousness; and of Judgment Know the Grace of God Know the Love of God Know the fear of God There is a God.. The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. The Cambridge Paragraph Bible: Of the Authorized English Version. Bellingham, WA The JOYS of GRAND parenting : THE NEXT GENERATION IS CARRYING THE VISION