BUILDING A GODLY FAMILY

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Parenting Challenges

• Life Scenes: Restoration, with a Little Help (New)
  A fun story of an early morning battle between our two little ones!

• Children in Public Worship
  Is it too late? No. Even with years of anger.

• Regaining the Hearts of Your Teens
  Is it too late? No. Even with years of anger and bitterness, parents nd children can have hope if they follow the principles written about in this two-part series (Problems & Solutions).
  

• Can my son wearing earrings?
  Clear teaching on how to set godly standards in a changing culture.

• Decay in society
  The decay in society is clearly outlined in a chart in three stages from Romans 1:18-32.

• The Moral Slide of Sin
  Filled with charts depicting the connection between cultural and personal decay.

• Personal Impact
  This chart from Galatians 6:7-8 reminds us of the personal impact of each family member on the whole.

• Parents' Impact on their Children
  This chart from Exodus 20:5-6 shows the tremendous influence parents have on their children and following generations.

• Devastating Effects of Secular Parenting
  The terrible effects of secular parenting practices are seen in the results.

• Building Respect for Authority
  Parenting has a great impact on children. Look how a gifted child can go wrong by spoiling them. Understand more on the importance of disciplining our children.

• Discipling Children in Anger
  Instructive charts on how one can stop correcting children in anger.
  

• Setting Television Standards
  Set standards on watching movies by reflecting on Indiana Jones and Psalm 36.

Parenting Perspectives

• Recovering Biblical Parenting
  Ten differences between secular and biblical parenting are clearly outlined and discussed.

• Passing On a Love for God
  See David's intense love for God and the people pass on to Solomon's life through the two appearances of God to him.

• Need of Parental Love
  The dynamics of love and its effect on our children.

• Theology of the Family
  A Biblical framework for the family shows how the family institution fits into God's overall plan.

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• Is Birth Control Christian?
  Careful examination of family planning assumptions is followed up by a Biblical analysis of Genesis 1:28. Our personal testimony on how God led us from a family planning mentality to a God-planned mentality is included.
  

• Priorities for Family and Life
  This chart shows the overall perspective on life and how family fits into it.

• Connecting Love with Discipline - Discover why love requires discipline -Hebrews 12.

• Discipling your sons: The why and way
  Should a father disciple his sons? How does he go about it?

• Harmony in Parenting Discipline
  The need and process of harmony among parents is well illustrated. Special focus is given on the area of discipline.

• Fathers Learn Effective Leadership
  Fathers, improve your leadership! Learn from God's example what to do when those under your authority do not obey.

Parenting Seminars

For Prebirth, Birth and Infant

For Toddlers and Up

Godly Beginnings for the Family series helps parents start right: filled with lots of practical advice for prebirth, birth and postbirth accompanied with reading, handouts and clear illustrations on early training.

• #1 Family Commitment
  Making a commitment to raising godly children helps parents and children to withstand the influences of this evil generation.
  

• #2 Family Foundations
  Family Planning
  Husband-Wife Roles
  Start right; end right! Shows how greatly our decisions and assumptions impact our parenting.
  

• #3 God's Family Health Plan
  Once we start looking at the scriptures, we are astounded how much God speaks about our health. God really does care for us. We need only to obey.
  

• #4 Preparations for Childbirth
  Childbirth is a miracle. Now if we would only stop interfering with God's ways our births would be better and easier.
  

• #5 Tender Newborn Care
  Care for the mother and child afterbirth is important. Detailed suggestions as well as routines are provided for both Mom and baby.
  

• #6 The Challenge of Child Training
  Now that we have the child, how do we effectively train up a godly child? Start young!
  

• #7 Disciplining and Training Small Children
  Come discover how to properly use discipline in the training of your young children.
  

• #8 Setting up Godly Routines for Young Children
  Routines is our key to building training into a child's life. It works with one or ten children.

Principles and Practices of Biblical Parenting provides helpful teaching on forming a godly family. This series provides good reading material with handouts and diagrams. |Chinese

• #1 The Goals of Parenting | (Spanish)
  Understand the key role God's goals for the family have in shaping godly children.
  

• #2 One Great Team: Dad & Mom
  The responsibility, need and ability for husbands to work along with their wives as teammates in order to produce godly children.
  

• #3 Parental Authority
  Understand the parents' responsibility to govern their children and to properly put it in effect in the home.
  

• #4 Developing Self-Control in our Children
  The need and means of cultivating self-control in our children from an early age in order that they may please God and focus on serving others.
  

• #5 Child Training & Routines
  Enable parents to understand, use and create effective routines to further the training of toddlers and older children.
  

• #6 Correcting Your Children
  Properly deal with disobedient children so that they might become joyful family members.
  

• #7 Discipline & Use of Rod
  A scriptural perspective of discipline and ways to properly administer the rod.
  

• #8 Setting Boundaries
  Set up, implement and maintain proper and effective boundaries for our children.
  

• #9 Raising Godly Children
  Applying biblical principles to provide proper spiritual care for our children.
  

• #10 Developing Intergenerational Love
  Enable parents to show God's love and truth to their own parents and in-laws during visits with each other.
  

• #11 Restoring Older Children
  Even though we have made mistakes, we must not give up on our teens and older children. Lots of advice stemming from biblical principles are given to enable you to restore your children to your loving authority.