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10 Tools For Your Toolbelt
'And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lor
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Bible uses some very strong language: 'Fathers, do not provoke your childr
Here are 10 things that will help you avoid provoking your children to wrath:
1. Remove anger and impatience from your own life. 'So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of
God. ' James 1:19-20 NKJV
2. Avoid inconsistency. Determining your actions based on your mood is unhealthy. 'Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. ' Hebrews 13:8 NKJV
3. Don’t neglect discipline. 'He who withholds the rod [of discipline] hates his son, But he who loves him
disciplines and trains him diligently and appropriately [with wisdom and love]. 'Proverbs 13:24 AMP
4. Never be abusive, either verbally or physically. 'Let no
corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. ' Ephesians 4:29 NKJV
5. Set clear expectations, rules, boundaries, and accountability. 'Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will, ’ or ‘No, I won’t. ’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one ' Matthew 5:37 NLT
6. Do not use humiliation as a form
of discipline or correction.
'Hatred keeps old quarrels alive, but
love draws a veil over every insult
and finds a way to make sin
disappear. ' Proverbs 10:12 TPT
7. Remove favoritism f rom your heart. 'But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more
than all his brothers, they hated
him and could not speak peaceably to him. ' Genesis 37:4 NKJV
8. Let your communication be
reasonable and without harshness.
'Let your conversation be gracious
and attractive so that you will have
the right response for everyone. ' Colossians 4:6 NLT
9. Be equitable in your discipline, making “the punishment f it the
crime. ” 'Employers, treat your workers with equality and justice as you know that you also have a Lord
and Master in heaven who is
watching you. ' Colossians 4:1 TPT
10. Cut the parental cord when your children turn 20. They will
always be your children, but after
20 they will be accountable directly to God. 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they
shall become one flesh. ' Genesis
2:24 NKJV
