Parenting in Grace and Faith
Happy Mother’s Day 5/14/23
YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE SOME MISTAKES RAISING YOUR KIDS
JUST AS Eph 2:8 tells us that by HIS GRACE we are saved (delivered) through faith, WE PARENT by His Grace and are delivered through faith
We cannot afford to let our “parenting regrets” override HIS GRACE in our minds , or we WILL NOT be able to operate in FAITH concerning our children
His grace is greater than our mistakes
Accept His Grace and let HIM put His INFLUENCE INTO the situation
Do not underestimate the power of GOD’S GRACE in your parenting STORY
PRAY over your situation, YOUR CHILDREN….NOT IN FEAR, not our of regret BUT IN FAITH
THE PRAYER of FAITH is the way we take our FEARS off of our children and place THEM in the hands of God
FEAR based parenting is not beneficial to our kids
REGRET based parenting is not beneficial to our kids
FEAR is transferrable by WORDS, but so is FAITH
Romans 10:17 Faith comes by hearing.
BEGIN to SEED the WORD.
You do not water the Word with worry or negative words, you water it with praise and you rest in faith expecting a harvest/change
Do not let fear in during the process of time
Ps 37:25-NIV I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. 26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.
Ps 103:17 NIV But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children —
Ps 112:1-NIV Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.2 His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Ps 115:13-NIV he will bless those who fear the Lord — small and great alike. 14 May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children. 15 May you be blessed by the Lord,the Maker of heaven and earth.
Ps 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 127:3-5 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Ps 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
^ The olive represents peace, fatness, joy, and flourishing prosperity(from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown)
Ps 147:12-14 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Prov 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Prov 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Prov 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Prov 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Isa 54:13-14 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
1 Sam 1:26-28 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Prov 22 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Prov 23:13-14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Prov 23:24-25 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Prov 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul
Prov 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Deut 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
*Father I thank you for the children you have blessed me with. They hunger and thirst after righteousness. They seek you and find you. They love you with their whole heart, mind and soul. Anything that tries to come between you is removed from their lives. I have taught them of you and your ways and they will never depart from it. My children bring me joy and not sorrow. They rise up and call me blessed. I have lent them to you for your service- they have found their place in you. You have placed Godly friendships and relationships in their life-they desire none else. Your Holy Spirit resides on the inside of them, working constantly on their behalf-showing them things, warning them and leading them in the path of righteousness. Satan cannot in anyway have my children-they have been yours since the day of conception-they will never serve another. I have taught them of you therefore they have great peace. You have created in them a clean heart-set apart for your service. I will not fear. I will not be moved by what I see. I put my trust in you. I rest now in your Words to me concerning my children and I consider it done from this day forward-I will not pick up this care again-But I will praise you for what you are doing in their lives and what they are doing for you. The end result is what you have promised.
