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It is prayers that will keep evil from
How Has Your Spirituality
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Influenced The Way You Raise
It is prayers that helps them make
Your Children?
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crossroads
Many fathers say they have been
It is prayers that breaks every
transformed by what their religious
negative influence and pattern over
beliefs teach about the role of a father. My
their lives
walk with God is the foundation of my life,
It is prayers that ensures they don’t
it is the core of everything that I do in life–
turn from the training we have given
be it in ministry, marriage, relationship
them
with people and also in business.
It is prayers that ultimately makes a difference in their lives
I have learnt to raise my children with the KIDS approach.
“the world is evolving, there is so much to learn out there on proper parenting. The children of today are a lot different from previous generations and some of them have perfected the act of deception.”
the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.”
“The horse is prepared against the day
K–Knowledge
of battle: but safety is of the Lord”.
I–Intimacy
–Proverbs 21:31 (KJV).
D–Discipline
closer to their mother, however
my children are saying and what they
S–Sensitive
we work hand-in-hand to ensure
are not saying. I also try to meet their
we don’t fail in the assignment of
Emotional, Physical, Educational and
KNOWLEDGE: I always seek to know
parenting. To summarize this, our
Spiritual needs as the Lord helps me.
more, because the only thing constant
children don’t care how much we
in life is change. What are the new
know, until they know how much we
My last words to us as parents is this:
techniques in parenting? How can
care.
the world is evolving, there is so much
SENSITIVE: I try to be sensitive to what
to learn out there on proper parenting.
I connect better with my children?
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What is God saying over the lives of
DISCIPLINE: The Bible teaches about
The children of today are a lot different
my children? All these drive me to seek
discipline and trust me when I say I am
from previous generations and some
more knowledge.
a good disciplinarian. I would not say
of them have perfected the act of
more than this; you probably need to
deception. It is however my prayer that
INTIMACY: We must be intentional
meet my children to understand this
the Lord will continually keep all our
in our closeness to our children.
better. Above all, the Bible tell us in
children and they will be far greater
Although I must say that they are
Proverbs 13:24 that–“Whoever spares
than us in Jesus mighty name. gw
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