Throwback Thursday ~ 10/2/14

Wow! Time goes so fast! They are now 11 & 18.

Austen & Blake 2004

Character Traits- New Tags

Character Trait~ Boldness

BOLDNESS

Proverbs 20:7

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

What to Leave Children

Spurgeon - Faith's Checkbook

ANXIETY about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we bequeathed them large estates. A father’s holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.

The upright man leaves his heirs his example, and this in itself will be a mine of true wealth. How many me may trace their success in life to the example of their parents!

He leaves them also his repute. Men think all the better of us as the sons of a man who could be trusted, the successors of a tradesman of excellent repute. Oh, that all young men were anxious to keep up the family name!

Above all, he leaves his children his prayers and the blessing of a prayer-hearing God, and these make our offspring to be favored among the sons of men. God will save them even after we are dead. Oh, that they might be saved at once!

Our integrity may be God’s means of saving our sons and daughters. If they see the truth of our religion proved by our lives, it may be that they will believe in Jesus for themselves. Lord, fulfill this word to my household!

Teaching godly character traits # 1

TRUTHFULNESS

VS

DECEPTION

Earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Basic Character Traits~Children

For the next 6 weeks or so I want to do a series on Training Children.....the Character Traits that are vital in their Christian upbringing.

Character development must become a most important, and prominent goal in our homes if we are to mold our children for the Lord. You will be able to impliment these traits in your childs life through daily devotions and memorizing scripture with them. We will pick a verse a day to memorize and the we will review at the end of the week we can share our progress.

Please join me in this journey, if you can take a button and place it on your blog I would really appreciate it, as we are in this journey together.

Some Traits We Will Go Over From Birth To Age 6

To Be Attentive

To Be Obedient

To Be Content

To Be Neat

To Be Reverent

To Be Forgiving

To Be Grateful

To Have Faith

To Be Truthful

To Have Right Values

To Be Meek

To Be Unselfish

After going over each of these clearly we will move into the youth to teen years.

Looking forward to it :)

Brandie

Parenting....

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family


If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

Shepherding a Child's Heart-1

Getting To The Heart Of The Behavior

The Scripture teaches that the heart is the control center for life. A persons life is a reflection of his heart. (Prov. 4:23)The heart is a well from which all the issues of life gush forth.

The heart determines behavior. What you say and do expresses the orientation of your heart.

(Mark 7:21)The evils (evil thoughts,sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly) in action and speech come from within- from the heart.

What your children say and do is a reflection of what is in their hearts. (Luke6:45) Behavior is not the basic issue. The basic issue is always what is going on in their heart.

The heart is the control center of life! We as parents often get sidetracked with the behavior.

Behavior irritates and thus calls attention to itself. Behavior becomes your focus.

We must as parents require proper behavior. "Why" ....... God's law demands it. Parents must help their children ask the question that will expose that attitude of the heart that has resulted in wrong behavior. How did his heart stray to produce this behavior? In what characteristics ways has his inability or refusal to know, trust, and obey God resulted in actions and speech that are wrong?

This is a tough thing, I think for parents, because it takes TIME.........you will need to sit down with your child and share the scriptures that speak on those specific sins. You showing them what God's law commands of them and why. God IS the final authority.