Parenting and Training Children

Sabbath School Program Topic:  Parenting and Training Children

The Family Life Ministry team would like to personally invite everyone to make it a priority to make it to the Sabbath School program at 9:20am each Sabbath this quarter.  Each week, a different topic will be presented on building a healthy home, as God wishes.  We all know it may be difficult to make it a priority to wake up on time and make it to church by 9:20am, but as Ellen White states in Counsels for Sabbath School Work: “Punctuality and decision in the work and cause of God are highly essential. The only day out of the seven that the Lord claims as His, and requires us to devote to Him, quite a portion of this is squandered away by sleeping late in the morning. In this they are robbing God. It causes them to be behind in everything; it makes confusion in the family; and finally results in the tardiness of the entire family at Sabbath school, and perhaps at meeting. Now why can we not rise early with the birds, and offer praise and thanksgiving to God? Try it, brethren and sisters. Have your preparations all made the day before, and come promptly to the Sabbath school and meeting, and you will thereby not only benefit others, but you will reap rich blessings for yourselves“.   Even if you are one of the very, very few people who has a perfect family, you can still come out and support your fellow church members.

“Parents, let your children see that you love them and will do all in your power to make them happy. If you do so, your necessary restrictions will have far greater weight in their young minds. Rule your children with tenderness and compassion, remembering that “their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 18:10. If you desire the angels to do for your children the work given them of God, co-operate with them by doing your part. Brought up under the wise and loving guidance of a true home, children will have no desire to wander away in search of pleasure and companionship. Evil will not attract them.The spirit that prevails in the home will mold their characters; they will form habits and principles that will be a strong defense against temptation when they shall leave the home shelter and take their place in the world”. Ministry of Healing, page 260

 

The topics include:
Nov. 5 – Teenagers
Nov. 12 – Resolving conflict in the home
Nov. 19 – Family worship in the home
Nov. 26 – Time management.
Dec. 3 – Responsibilities in the home
Dec. 10 – Single parents/ challenges
Dec. 17 –  How to handle a non-believing spouse
Dec. 24 – The home environment

Hope to see you there!

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