Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

Parenting and What it Involves

Constant warning that is never followed up does not work. Discipline and reprimand your
children when necessary.

Husbands, protect your wives when your children (especially stepchildren) are being
disobedient to them. Look after somebody’s child and God will look after yours.

PRINCIPLE No. 4 – Ultimately, it Is God Who Will Keep Your

Child in the Path of Righteousness

• You must personally know God.


• You must constantly pray for your children.

The unity of the couple is essential.^5 Spend time to pray for one another. The above principles
become fruitful if there is peace in the house. Sustain your marriage and things will work out
well. Solve problems without drawing your children into the situations to bring curses upon
them. It is important to pray that God would turn the hearts of the children to you, their parents.
Otherwise, the children will grow up and do everything differently from what their parents want
and like.6 This is something spiritual, which takes place in the heart and can be achieved only by
prayer.

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and

have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD

of hosts.

Malachi 3:6-7

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the

children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Malachi 4:6

Principle No. 5 – Develop God-Consciousness at Home

(a) Pray with your children.^7

(b) Pray together as a family.

(c) Pray at meals.

(d) Pray before you travel.^8