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Parenting by God's Promises : How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace

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Outline : Parents : Helpless, but not hopeless. Many parents today are searching for the "secret" to successful parenting. In Parenting by God's Promises : How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace, Dr. Joel R. Beeke presents the difficult truth : there is no secret. When it comes to giving children what they need most - new hearts that trust in Christ for forgiveness of sins - parents are helpless. When children come to faith, it is only by the grace of God. But while parents are helpless, they are not hopeless, for God has promised to provide all that His people need and to bless them and their families. Trusting in these grand promises, parents may raise their children in "the nurture and admonition of the Lord" with confidence that He will bring them to faith. This book is different kind of parenting mutual, one that puts parental responsibilities in proper perspective and guides mothers and fathers to lean not on their abilities but to trust more fully in the God who knits children together in the first place.
In Parenting by God’s Promises: How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace, Dr. Joel R. Beeke explores what this nurture and admonition looks like and offers gems of practical wisdom for parents on topics such as instituting and leading family worship, teaching children, modeling faithful Christian living, and exercising discipline. However, he carefully puts parental responsibilities in their proper perspective and guides mothers and fathers to lean not on their own abilities but to trust more fully in the God who knits children together in the first place. Above all, he affirms, parents must look to the one true God, who promises to provide everything His people need and to bless them and their families.
The Gospels describe a day when parents brought their children to Jesus so that He might pray for them. However, the disciples sought to prevent them from approaching - until Jesus made it known that He wanted to receive the children. In Parenting by God's Promises : How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace, Dr. Joel R. Beeke warns that parents must not hinder their children from coming to Christ as the disciples did. Instead, they must do everything in their power to bring their children to the Savior. Parents are called to trust God and His covenantal promises, believing He will do the saving work that only He can do. Guided by that trust, they are to raise their sons and daughters in "the nurture and admonition of the :Lord" (Ephesian 6: 4). Dr. Beeke explores the practices involved in this nurture and admonition while offering gems of practical wisdom on leading family worship, teaching children, modeling faithful Christian living, exercising discipline, handling sibling relationships, and helping teens discern God's will and resist peer discern God's will and resist peer pressure. He also encourages grandparents to participate in the upbringing of new generations. Undergirding all this encouragement is the glorious reality of God's unbreakable covenant: His promise to provide everything His people need and to bless them and their families. While parents must not neglect the "how-tos," they must also look beyond and above them to the covenant-making, covenant-keeping God.

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No. Panggil

248.8\'45 B3922p

Penerbit

Sanford, Florida, USA : Ligonier Ministries., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

333 hal

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-56769-266-2

Klasifikasi

248.8\'45

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First Edition

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