Shepherding a Child's Heart

(^) What must you do in correction and discipline? You must require proper behavior. God’s law demands that. ...

deeper things than changed behavior. The profoundest issue is what happens in the heart. Your concern is to unm ...

seen parents shepherding happy, productive children who are alert to themselves and life. I visited such a h ...

issues of the heart are clearly so much more important? (^) 4. What is wrong with a change in behavior w ...

Chapter 2 Your Child’s Development: Shaping Influences My 11-year-old son was raising pigs and he was frustrated. The ...

to these events and circumstances determine the effect they have upon him. (^) There is clear biblical w ...

Is it a family of two generations or three? Are both parents alive and functioning in the home? How are the pare ...

clear directive. Without a moment of hesitation, he said it would be far worse to break a cherished vase. ...

(^) Anyone who does marriage counseling can testify to the power of family influence in the resolution of probl ...

born and others die. There are marriages and divorces. Families experience social stability or in ...

these shaping influences biblically. Such understanding will aid you in your task as parents. (^) You make ...

right way. Your children are responsible for the way they respond to your parenting. (^) Determinism makes p ...

(^) 4. Where are the secrets in your home? Do you share too much and thus burden your children with pro ...

Chapter 3 Your Child’s Development: Godward Orientation As a college student, I received my first exposure ...

heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wic ...

delight, and worship. He wants to know and serve God better. The lower right division shows one who has ...

below.” What we have in view are any manner of motives, desires, wants, goals, hopes, and expectations tha ...

shaping influences, in the hope that the child will respond to things well and turn out okay. I am not o ...

influences. (^) Since it is the Godward orientation of your child’s heart that determines his r ...

When his brothers threw themselves on the ground, begging for mercy, Joseph said to them, “‘D ...