Here is the plan for the last four weeks of the Parenting Class: Pray, Read, and Plan
April 27: Pray
Several months ago, Pastor Brett challenged the church to pray using the acronym PRAY.
Praise: Focus on who God is: holy, loving, protector, provider, just, merciful
Psalm 100:1-3, 115:1
Praise Help: Use the alphabet to review God's attributes.
Repent: Acknowledge your sins and ask for forgiveness. Repent of general sin (I need to be more patient) or specifically (I yelled at the kids yesterday).
Isaiah 6:5; Psalm 51
Praise Help: Parents, do the one thing that Jesus cannot.
Ask: Bring your needs, desires, and petitions before God. Pray for family, friends, and the disciple-makers (volunteers, elders, and pastors.
Philippians 4:6
Praise Help: 10 Crucial Lessons from Proverbs to pray for your children.
Yield: Surrender your will to God's will and trust in His plan for your life.
Luke 22:42
Praise Help:
Parents and Kids, plan to meet at Trinity on May 7th for an interactive prayer time.
May 4: Read: Look at how to read the Bible with your child, and share parenting books and children’s books.
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This class will be helpful whether you are an avid reader, a reluctant reader, or not a reader at all.
Whether you have been in class every week or you haven’t been to any class, plan to come and learn about and share resources.
I love my church, and I don’t mean the building. I mean the people! I want them to grow in the truth of God’s word. In our media-saturated culture, we are being bombarded with so many ideas. The blatantly anti-Christian ones are easy to avoid. But the subtle, almost Biblical ones slowly change one’s thinking. I don’t want any of us to be deceived by the philosophies of this age. As one of your pastors, I also have the God-given responsibility to help you grow in godliness.
Lit! is a great resource book with chapters on tips for reading, Christian imagination, raising readers, and marking up your books.
In the chapter "Read With Resolve," Reinke gives six priorities for his reading:
- Read Scripture
- Read to know and delight in Christ
- Read to kindle spiritual reflection
- Read to initiate personal change
- Read to pursue vocational excellence
- Read to enjoy a good story
After reading the Scripture, every other type of reading should be done in light of Scripture.
This doesn’t mean you should only read Christian books; he explains some benefits of reading non-Christian books. These include highlighting common life experiences, exposing the human heart, capturing beauty, and begging questions that can only be resolved in Christ.
Reinke also has a chapter titled "Raising Readers." Here are the tips, and each is expanded on in the book.
- Fill your home with books.
- Read to your kids.
- Don’t stop reading to your kids.
- Read your books in front of your kids.
- Teach young children to read.
- Push entertainment into the background.
- Listen to audiobooks in the car.
- Hunt for the best books.
- Anticipate new books.
- Celebrate the classics.
- Cultivate your child’s moral imagination.
- Help interpret worldviews as you read to your children.
- Read your favorite excerpts to your children.
- Invite your children to read to the family.
- Challenge your children to improve books.
- Most importantly, read the Bible together as a family.
Here are some online reading helps and resources
May 11 & 18: Plan.
How you pray and what you read as a family obviously depends on the age of your children. We will talk about what is appropriate at different age levels.
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