While Parents Sleep........................ 2

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Mathew 13: 24-25

As parents we are to be careful who they seek counsel from. They are to refrain from speaking to just anybody about their children or child's action. Not everybody has the right to speak into the life of your child or children.

What can we do as Parents?

1. Please get God involved in the life of your children quickly. 
2. the first priest, pastors and prophets in the life of the children and the parents
3. Parents are to speak into the life of their children everyday before they set out
4. create and sustain an altar in your home, ensure your children are active in keeping the fires of the altar burning 
5. Let your children be active in the church where you worship
6. Let the love of God be evident and flow in your family and in your relationship with your children
7. Do not present God as an option in their life; let your children be connected to God and his love
8. Parents are to be physically present, in the face of their children (listening to them, chatting with them, going to their school events)
9. Parents are to discuss life issues with their children and not shy away from it so they don't learn about it outside
10. Listen to your children objectively and carefully and tactfully respond. Do not listen to shut them down later
11. Allow your children to strive a bit
12. Teach your children how to be charitable; let them see life from all perspectives
13. Allow your children to make their own mistake, guide then through those mistakes
14. Fight for and with your children, because the future belongs to them and the future is now
15. Children are the future of our faith; if they are not properly trained, they will end up not honouring God
16. Not everyone that smiles at us is a friend, teach your children that they don't eat everywhere, not to listen to every music
17. teach our children love. Be a good example to them Titus 2:7 
18. Teach your children to be responsible at home, so that they don;t become a liability to their spouse Proverbs 22: 29
19. Plan your exit! When God says time is up; time is up. You will live this life, what plans do you have for your children and to secure their future?
20. Equip your children with the weapons of their warfare. Ephesians 6:17

When you do all this things and much more, it helps your children to understand you and where you are coming from. If you fail the test of parenting there is no reset in heaven. The success of your home is not how well you run it but how well you pass the baton to your children.