The Bible clearly teaches that Adam and Eve rebelled against God and brought sin upon mankind. Thus everybody is born into sin. Your child is born selfish, impatient, unloving and bad. It’s hard to imagine that adorable little infant being born into sin. That is why the Bible holds the training, teaching and discipline of children to be very important. If you love your child, you will take the time and effort to discipline him.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24 Let’s stop and talk about spanking, since the verse makes mention of it. Talking and reasoning with a sinful child seldom works. There are children who have an “I want to please you” mentality but they are rare. There are also those kids that are very strong-willed that need to be spanked (but never in anger). Most kids can be punished so that they will not commit the sin again by sitting him in a corner facing the wall. And after the punishment is complete, give this sinful child of yours a hug and explain what he did wrong and how he can do right. If you invest the time and energy to discipline your child when he is young then you will be very proud of him as you send him off to college in just a few years. We don’t have children to have children, but to mold potentially Godly adults. Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 In the Webster Dictionary exasperate means; irritated or annoyed to the point of injudicious action. Do not be so harsh that you discourage your child from trying. Encouragement is just as important as punishment. When your child does something right and good, tell him what he did well and tell him that you’re proud of him. Thank him when he did not get angry at his little brother when he knocked over his Lego tower. And praise him when they visited Grandma and he told her about his soccer game instead of rough housing. Failure to discipline will produce an adult who is self-centered and angry. He will most likely be demanding, lazy and make poor choices. He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. Proverbs 13:18 If your child ignores the discipline that you give him, increase the severity of the punishment. You have to get him to see things your way. A healthy relationship is essential. If your child does not feel that he is loved by you, he will resist the very things you are trying to teach him. Be interested in him as a person. Ask him how his day was. What is he interested in? What would he like to do when he gets older? When he sees that you care for him then he will care about what you want to teach him.
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