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Helping Our Children Know Peace In An Angry World!

Ephesians 6:1-4 

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.ESV

1. Children live in peace when they ______ and _______ their _________.
2. We know peace when we _______ the ___________ of _____.
3. Peace fills our hearts when we are _____ to _______ _____.

Proverbs 23:22 

22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.ESV

Romans 13:1-2 

1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. ESV

John 14:23-24 

23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. ESV

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. ESV

Galatians 5:22-24 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ESV

Jeremiah 29:11 

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.ESV

Proverbs 15:1 

1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. ESV

Great leadership teaching technique for parents:

1. Spend quality time.
2. Lend a listening ear.
3. Admit when you are wrong.
4. Ask for forgiveness. 
5. Discipline your child with a motive of protection.
6. Encourage your child to always pursue excellence. 
7. Lead your children to accept responsibility for their walk with God.

• Children live in peace when they obey and honor their parents.

• We know peace when we learn the teachings of God.

• Peace fills our hearts when we are led to serve God.