Understanding Your Child’s Heart
Posted on : 14-02-2011 | By : Pastor Campbell | In : Parents
Tags: Children, Heart, Parenting, Parents, Proverbs, Teenagers
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(by Pastor Tim Cruse, Shining Light Baptist Church, Monroe, NC)
God wants His people to guard (Proverbs 4:23), guide (Proverbs 23:19), and give (Proverbs 23:26) their hearts. When children give their hearts
to their parents, they trust them to protect, provide, and prepare them to follow God’s will for their lives.
Understand this about your child’s heart:
- By nature your child’s heart is sinful and therefore imperfect.
- Your child needs you to hold them accountable and teach them good character by helping them to think Biblically.
- Your child’s view of God and how to trust Him is being shaped by your influence and example. You must teach them how to properly respond to His authority.
- Your child feels most secure when there is harmony and structure in the home, and when they are allowed to become who God wants them to be.
- Your child lacks discernment and needs you to keep them from the appearance of evil so they will not be weakened to the evil itself.
Take the time necessary to understand your child’s heart. They are counting on you!
