Children - Gifts From God

Children are God's gift to a couple and God's way of extending humanity. It is his delight to give to all. Fruitfulness is part of the blessing, you will be blessed with both biological and spiritual children.

So if you are believing God for a child /children, your prayers will be answered. Hold on to God's word without wavering, faithful is he that has promised. Receive your children now in Jesus name. Amen.

You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.[Deuteronomy 7:14]

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.[Psalm 127:3]

Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table. That is the Lord's blessing for those who fear him.[Psalms 128:3-4]

Children - God's heritage

"My child, my child, my child", point of correction sir/ma, they are God's children, you are only the custodian. This change in perspective will go a long way in helping to rightly raise our children.

God has entrusted great destinies in your hands, and you have the responsibility to nurture and train them to achieve the purpose of their being here on earth. Before they were formed, God had a plan for them. Find it.

Then the word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.[Jeremiah 1:4-5]

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.[Psalms 127:3-4]

Children - Train them

Children come like an empty memory card, what they display is a direct result of what is placed (or not placed) in them. Thus, teaching, correcting and rebuking them are your primary responsibility. Do not leave it to school or society to do for you.

The word of God should be your primary training material, teach and correct them with word, and start it early (days old). Rebuke (discipline) should be used after teaching has been done severally on that topic.

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. [Proverbs 22:6]

All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.[Isaiah 54:13]

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.[Proverbs 13:24]

Children - Love them

This is so obvious yet needs to be said. Children perceive love through actions more than words. Show understanding, they are obviously not as experienced as you so give them the allowance to grow. Listen to them especially when they are not 'making sense'..
.. it helps their confidence.

Give them gifts no matter how small, it is a token of love. And for teenagers, give them some independence and talk with them like adults, that is what they crave for.

On loving your children, allowing them to face challenges is love. You should not do everything for them. The building blocks of champions is overcoming challenges💪🏽, it builds their confidence.
House chores are good for them, let them do it, it teaches them the value and discipline of work.

Delayed gratification is a lesson that they should learn early, that you can afford it does not mean they should have it now.
Love them right.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.[Ephesians 6:4]

Parents, don't come down too hard on your children or you'll crush their spirits.

You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children...[Matthew 7:9-11]

Children - Anxiety cure

What is the number one worry of most adults? Children. How are they feeling, are they setting in well, who are their friends? And the list goes on. Yet, worry never solves a thing.
Teach them the right way and commit them to God. That is all. Your prayers for your children is the most important tool you have to raise them.

Pray for them when in your presence and when absent. Do the work on your knees and trust God to direct and keep them.

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.[Philippians 4:6-7]

Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.[Proverbs 22:6]

All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.[Isaiah 54:13]

Children - Modelled parenting

Children learn more from observation than instruction. You have to model what you want them to do for them to really get it otherwise they get confused. They will catch the fire if you are aglow yourself.

You want them to love God, then you show your devotion to them. Model diligence and they will be diligent. The major challenge in the world is the hypocrisy that children see in their 'Christian home' while growing up. Live the life.

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."[Genesis 18:18-19]

Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.[Isaiah 8:18]

Children - Honour your parents

Yes, every child has a duty of honour to the parents. It is not a reward for their care or lack of it, it is an instruction from the Lord. To honour them is to listen to, care for and love them.

It bears repeating that honouring your parent has nothing to do with how they treated you while growing up, it is basically in obedience to God. You honour them because God said so and an added advantage is it prolongs your life.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."[Mark 7:10-13]

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. [Colossians 3:20]

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."[Ephesians 6:2-3]