As a believing parent in the faith and doctrine of your belief, it is required that your children imitate such a similar lifestyle. Generally, disciplining your children is essential and is not meant to be handed over to others.
However, most parents lack the necessary skill and knowledge on how to do this in the right approach and manner. And for this reason, it is vital that you know how to disciple their children without having to forcefully imbibe the habit of belief.
Below are some tips to help you disciple your children correctly.
● Act as a guide and not a general
Most parents frequently think that they are generally of their children. They think they gave the authority to order their children on what they should do and show them the direction they should go. Though this has its specific place at times, when it comes to disciplining your children, it would be better to see yourself as a guide.
It would be best if you thought of discipleship training as a trail guide. A trail guide travels beside and with you. They don’t remain behind at the camp and point out the direction you ought to go or give you a map and send you away.
Instead, they go with you. It would be best if you did this with your children when taking them through discipleship training. You are not meant to be an expert with every answer to their questions.
Travel with them as a guide with your experience and wisdom. Acting as your children’s guide does mean you have the answer to all their questions since no one does. However, it presents an opportunity for you to tell your children you don’t know something and want to find the answers together.
● Teaching by example
You must have heard that people remember more of what a person does than what they say, and that’s true. But unfortunately, most parents focus their discipleship on what they tell their children. Though this matters, you should not neglect that your children might learn more from what they see you do than what you tell them.
So as followers of Christ and as parents, you should teach by example and work your salvation through the power of God. The gospel should help you frame how to live your life at home, at work, community, and beyond. Ensure God’s love, grace, and mercy work out through you. You can also use the gospel as a model to transform your children.
● Set realistic expectations
A significant problem for most parents is that they expect too much from themselves when discipling their children. So most times, you might feel that you can’t live up to your child or feel like a failure, leading to quitting. You don’t need to make your family worship look like that done in your church with in-depth and lengthy Bible teaching, prayers, and singing.
You don’t need to end your gospel conversations with profound theological words. Instead, it would be best if you tried to be realistic about your family discipleship. Then, you can cite stories from the Bible for a short time while ensuring that it is practical to what you want to show your kid.
Final Words
Every parent should understand how to disciple their children. You are responsible as a parent to disciple your child and teach them to be followers of Christ. It would be best if you didn’t leave them to find the truth on their own.
Instead, you should teach them and act as their guide till they can make a solid relationship with God, and it becomes their own.
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