Our Sunday School class recently started a series on parenting. So far, it has been fabulous! The format is such that, each week, seasoned parents within the church come to class to answer questions/discuss topics that were submitted by the members of our class several months ago. They are there to tell us what practical methods worked and didn't work for them, to encourage us, and to point us to God's Word which is "useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
This morning's session was especially helpful and encouraging to me. After a great sermon out of Ephesians 2, we went to class with the challenge to be a showcase of God's grace in every aspect of our lives. Every aspect. Including parenting! Fittingly, the topic today was about showing God to our children through the everyday things in our lives. The couple that shared with us had some great ideas for making God and His Word the focus of every day - even in the mundane. It was both very encouraging and very challenging for me. One thing that I really took away was their approach to discipline. They wanted to make sure they disciplined with God's Word instead of with their own, so they made a chart with the biblical reasons behind the behaviors/attitudes that were not allowed in their home. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1FWWWMDynZrBz3MoTQ0Vbcr2YXItLreOq0ZXbNJg_BVY
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