Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Resolve to Lead Your Family

October 21st, 2013
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The greater responsibility to raise your children is yours.
When you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up - Deuteronomy 6:7
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord - Ephesians 6:4

When the dad leads, kids are up to twenty times more likely to stay in church long-term than when moms are the spiritual leaders at home
When the father gets immediately involved, leading with purpose, dealing with problems, his own personal walk with God

Trusting Him makes you wise. Relying on Him keeps you strong. Following Him shows you how to lead.

Seeking God in a very deliberate, devoted manner will impact everything else in your world.
Focus on your relationship with God, you will find it more natural to want your wife and children to be enjoying the same thing

Jesus uses the Word of God to wash us and bloom us into a holy Bride - John 15:3
Leading your family with God’s Word is a key to helping them work through issues, love one another, and grow spiritually.

Devotions together

  • Even if it seems awkward or different at first
  • Can be as simple as:
    • Ggetting together in the same room and talking about how everyone is doing
    • Reading a chapter out loud from the Bible
    • Followed by a simple prayer asking God to help you apply what you heard

Key Phrase: Trusting Him makes you wise. Relying on Him keeps you strong. Following Him shows you how to lead.