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Overview

This innovative resource includes 12-sessions to help you think about what God wants for your family. In this Quarterly Study Plan, we look at how we can practice wise principles in parenting. Topics include everything from discipline to the marital relationship to dealing with the rough teenage years.

These handouts can be used for personal study, but can also be used in a Sunday school class or small group. Make up to 1,000 photocopies at no additional cost, as long as you are using the material in a church or educational setting and are not charging for it.

Session One

Loving Discipline
How can we discipline our children with unconditional love?
Deuteronomy 6; Psalm 103:8–13; Proverbs 13:24; 22:15; 29:15–17; Colossians 3:12–17; Hebrews 12:5–11

Session Two

Raising Counter-Cultural Teenagers
Does “Christian youth” need to be an oxymoron?
Mark 12:28–34; Luke 10:25–37; John 17:20–23; Ephesians 4:4–16

Session Three

Fear Factors in Parenting
What to do with parenting fears.
1 Samuel 17:37; Proverbs 22:6; Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 7:11; James 1:5; 1 Peter 5: 7

Session Four

Friendships That Benefit Parenting
How do friendships help us to be better parents?
1 Samuel 18:1–3; 20:1–42; 2 Samuel 1:25–26; 9:1–13; Philippians 2:19–27; Titus 2:3–5

Session Five

Parenting Together
Refuse to let your differences divide you.
Genesis 22:7–12; Proverbs 22:6; Isaiah 66:13; Ephesians 4:32; Philippians 2:1–7; 4:19; Colossians 3:13

Session Six

Model Self-Confidence for Your Kids
Move your children from being self-focused to being God-focused.
Luke 11:1–13; Acts 2:41–47; Philippians 2:3–11; Colossians 1:15–23

Session Seven

The Ground Rules of Discipline
Why it’s important for parents to allow children to experience the natural consequences of their choices and behavior.
1 Samuel 2:12–34; 4:12–18; Proverbs 5; 19:18–20; Luke 15:11–24; Ephesians 6:1–4; Colossians 3:20–21

Session Eight

Great Expectations
How to raise or lower the bars we set for our children.
Genesis 4:1–8; 37:3–8; Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; Colossians 3:17

Session Nine

Responsibility Super Models
Responsible kids begin with responsible parents.
1 Chronicles 29:10–16, 20; Matthew 24:44–51; 25:14–30; 1 Peter 4:10–11

Session Ten

Replace Whining with Respect
How can we teach our children to obey without arguing or whining while still leaving room for communication and appeal?
Genesis 22; Esther 4:5–5:8; 7:1–10; Acts 8:26–40; 1 Timothy 5:1–2

Session Eleven

Teaching Responsibility Doesn’t Have to Be a Chore
The value of teaching our children to work.
Proverbs 22:6; 1 Samuel 17:14–15; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ephesians 6:4; Philippians 2:3–4; Colossians 3:17, 20, 23

Session Twelve

Mentoring Youngsters Toward Adolescence
Laying tracks to avoid the runaway train of adolescence.
Deuteronomy 6:1–9; Philippians 2:1–11; 2 Timothy 3:10–15

Total number of pages - 135 pages

You have permission to make up to 1,000 copies for use in your local church.