Proverbs 22:6
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.

 

“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” – Jane D. Hull

 

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built. –James Dobson

 

Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,…

 

Sometimes we’re so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up. –Dr. James Dobson

 

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There’s just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent’s voice to resonate in the children’s ears. – Dr. Phil McGraw

Deut. 11:18-21 NLT
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; … 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

 

More than any THING you can give your kids, what they need the most is YOU.

 

Give them your PRESENCE

Prov. 1:8-9 NLT
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. 9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.

 

Prov 4:4 NLT
My father taught me, “Take my words to heart. Follow my commands, and you will live.

 

Psalm 78:4,6-7 NLT
“We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. So the next generation might know them—even the children not yet born—and they in turn will teach their own children. So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.”

 

A Generational Mentality

Mark 3:13-15 NIV
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.

TELL them
SHOW them
HELP them

John 16:1
“I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.