Sacred KinshipPart Three - Parents and Children

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The Beauty of Children

Colossians 3:18-21

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

5 Key Words to Family Kinship

Love &Respect

& ObeyEncourage

LORD

Two Key Words for Parents & Children

“... Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not

embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.” (Colossians 3:20-21)

Practical Advice for ChildrenEphesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Honor your father and mother—which is the first commandment with a promise—

that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.

Practical Advice for Parents

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training

and instruction of the Lord.(Ephesians 6:4)

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.”

(Colossians 3:20-21)

Psalm 127:1-5

Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it;

Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early,To retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors;

For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one's youth.How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;

They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Sacred KinshipPart Three - Parents and Children