Parental Rights

Families in America are under attack. The right of parents to raise and educate their children as God directs them to do is disappearing before our eyes. Parents raising their children is even more than just a right. It is a command of God and yet our government threatens to destroy the very thing God created, the family. Without strong families our nation will not be strong. God’s way is for a father and mother to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The government thinks better though and has all the answers for raising children. Just look at our society and government schools and you will see that government is doing a wonderful job of turning out well adjusted people. Excuse the sarcasm, but we know their way is not working, but we do know that God’s way works. It is the reason we have been such a great nation in the past, but this is slowly eroding. Go to Parentalrights.org to get a better understanding of how serious this threat is to our families.

Our hope is in the Lord. He is in control and knows all things, including what is happening today in our world. We must continue to be diligent in applying Godly principles in raising our children. We must pray and seek God’s help in these matters.

God’s Word has much to say about parenting. As mentioned, it is more than a right, it is a command. Failure to do things God’s way always leads to more failure. Ponder these verses and may you be reminded of your duty as a parent to raise your children God’s way.

“O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!”

Deuteronomy 5:29

“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”

Deuteronomy 6:5-7

“Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.”

Deuteronomy 12:28

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”

Proverbs 13:24

“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up

in the nurture and admonition

of the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:4

“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”

Colossians 3:21

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”

Psalms 127:3-5