BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PARENTING PART 1 (3 OF 4)
Scripture: Joshua 1:8, Proverbs 22:6
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Building Blocks for a Successful Parenting Part 1 (3 of 4)
Series: Building Blocks for a Successful Life
Jordan Easley
Joshua 1:8, Proverbs 22:6
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be God? [Yes or No] I know that thought may seem a little sacrilegious to some... but apparently many people have had it, because when you Google ''What it would be like to be God,'' it immediately pulls up over 97 million articles.
Why do we think about things like that? Maybe it's because we were created in the image of God and we have His qualities within us... or maybe it's because we're all a bunch of control freaks that intrinsically desire world domination...
But seriously, when you think about it... there's probably no better understanding of what it's like to be God than when a person becomes a parent.
Scripture portrays God as a Father from the moment of creation all the way through the book of Revelation. The Bible clearly says that God created us... and as part of being created in the image of God, He gave us the ability to create.
In fact, God has given human beings the mandate and the ability to create other human beings and to parent them. [Gen. 1:28] ''God blessed them, and God said to them, ''Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.''
But notice, he doesn't just say, 'Have babies!' The Bible goes on to say, [Eph. 6:4] ''bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.''
So from the very beginning, we (as created beings) have this 'mandate' from God (to create more human beings). But as you continue to read, you start seeing the tremendous amount of 'responsibility' that goes along with that command.
God doesn't just call us to be PEOPLE that PROCREATE. He calls us to be PARENTS; Moms and Dads that raise kids... and at the end of the day, we're either going to be succeed as parents or we're going to fail.
What exactly determines if a parent is successful or not? And I ask that because, there's someth ...
Series: Building Blocks for a Successful Life
Jordan Easley
Joshua 1:8, Proverbs 22:6
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be God? [Yes or No] I know that thought may seem a little sacrilegious to some... but apparently many people have had it, because when you Google ''What it would be like to be God,'' it immediately pulls up over 97 million articles.
Why do we think about things like that? Maybe it's because we were created in the image of God and we have His qualities within us... or maybe it's because we're all a bunch of control freaks that intrinsically desire world domination...
But seriously, when you think about it... there's probably no better understanding of what it's like to be God than when a person becomes a parent.
Scripture portrays God as a Father from the moment of creation all the way through the book of Revelation. The Bible clearly says that God created us... and as part of being created in the image of God, He gave us the ability to create.
In fact, God has given human beings the mandate and the ability to create other human beings and to parent them. [Gen. 1:28] ''God blessed them, and God said to them, ''Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.''
But notice, he doesn't just say, 'Have babies!' The Bible goes on to say, [Eph. 6:4] ''bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.''
So from the very beginning, we (as created beings) have this 'mandate' from God (to create more human beings). But as you continue to read, you start seeing the tremendous amount of 'responsibility' that goes along with that command.
God doesn't just call us to be PEOPLE that PROCREATE. He calls us to be PARENTS; Moms and Dads that raise kids... and at the end of the day, we're either going to be succeed as parents or we're going to fail.
What exactly determines if a parent is successful or not? And I ask that because, there's someth ...
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