FBC Seminole – September 18, 2022 | First Baptist Church Seminole

Parenting by Grace

Parents are given a unique opportunity to teach their faith to their children. It may seem like they have an unlimited amount of time, but there are just 18 summers before the child becomes an adult. The stories and instruction from Scripture teach us what not to do, what to do, and how to trust the Lord—not only in our own lives but with the lives of our children too.

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Parenting With Grace

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Parents have the highest calling and the most challenging assignment

How I View God Impacts How I Parent My Kids – Parent by grace

1 Timothy 3:12 NLT

12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife, and he must manage his children and household well.

Romans 4:4-5 NLT

4 When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned. 5 But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.

Your actions gain traction more that advice entices.

A good reputation is important but not at the expense of alienation.

Grace makes all the difference in the world when it’s coming from God, through you, to your children.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

I. Helplessness That’s Innate

II. Love that Stimulates

III. Love that Activates

I. Helplessness is Innate

1 Corinthians 13:11 NLT

11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.

Childhood is a time when we should move our children from a position of dependence on us to a position of independence from us and dependence on God.

When they are young, we protect them, but as they grow older, we move from protecting them to preparing them.

Maturity and freedom aren’t about age – it’s the ability to manage responsibility.

II. Love that Stimulates

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NLT

1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

Love is the commitment of my will to your needs and best interests,

regardless of the cost.

Love says I will not do anything for you unless it’s good for you because I love you.

III. Love that Activates

Love isn’t pushy. It moves at the pace of the one you are with.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NLT

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.

Colossians 3:21 NLT

21 Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.

1. Love is Patient.

2. Love is Kind.

3. Love lets them Shine.

4. Love isn’t Irritable or Self-Seeking

5. Love Forgives