Parents and Children
As parents we want our children to be polite, obedient and intelligent. But there are a lot of impediments and questions about how to raise your little one to be happy, while still being a good dad and mom. Immediately the question also arises about how to fairly and capably relate to your own parents and parents-in-law. To these and other questions we were able to get answers from a Biblical point of view, in order to avoid making mistakes in raising our children.
On March 11 in the sanctuary of Hope Church (where we were met with hospitality and love) there was a seminar led by pastor Lyubomir Turchak from Rivne. This was the first conference on this topic in the city of Poltava. The team of organizers got a lot of prayer support and put forth their maximum effort in conducting the event.
Families of greeters met the attendees at the beginning of the conference. Parents who had brought their children were able to drop them off with children’s ministry workers who conducted a parallel children’s session on how to be an obedient child. The children’s session had an interesting program with games, competitions and activities that corresponded to the ages of the children. The organizers enthusiastically helped each of the children make a beautiful card, and every family appreciated receiving it.
In the seminar we heard about how to be a real Dad. We found out that above all he has to have the right priorities, since they will determine his behavior:
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God has to have the first place in his life
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In the family the husband must love his wife, and then love each of his children without having favorites
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The dad should be a true friend, able to comfort, support and love unconditionally, but also accept each child as s/he is. The father must nurture, discipline and instruct his children in the right path.
Of course we also heard about the responsibilities of the moms:
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To have the right priorities and values
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To train each child in the way of the Lord
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Moms are friends
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Moms need to be there when the children need her (when they have problems or questions)
By their actions and lifestyle parents set a model for their children that will determine how the children will live. When you say one thing and do another you are teaching the children dishonesty. If you criticize others the child will mirror your action and start to criticize you. If you don’t respect your child, then your child won’t value your opinion. If you threaten or deceive your child, then they will do the same to you. Remember this, parents, the things that you don’t like in your child’s behavior may be a reflection of your own behavior.
Yana Reznikova of Hope Church, who with her husband organized the coffee breaks, expressed her gratitude to us and said: “I would like to say thanks for the way the conference was conducted. I was very satisfied with the way things were organized and with the friendly conference team. In my opinion the conference was really blessed by God. I am very thankful to God for the speaker, Lyubomir Turchak, and for his work. I got a lot out of the conference in relation to how to raise my son. He has gifts from God that I as his mother need to help him develop. I need to be his friend and teach him spiritual and moral values.”
God gives us children for a short time; to raise them. We need to pray and ask His wisdom and help for this task.
Sergey and Irina Reshitko
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