March

      ~Respect/Obedience/Child Discipline~

• When done well, spanking helps children grow in respect, obedience and self

control. It is not child abuse.

·       When done poorly, spanking results in anger and bitterness. It can harm children emotionally and physically, and may be child abuse.

Honor their parents.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you (Exodus 20:12).

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you (Deuteronomy 5:16).

Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise—that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth (Ephesians 6:2-3).

Obey their parents.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right (Ephesians 6:1).

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord (Colossians 3:20).

He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect (1 Timothy 3:4).

Learn from their parents.

Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding (Proverbs 4:1).

I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching (Proverbs 4:2).

A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke (Proverbs 13:1).

Spanking

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him (Proverbs 13:24).

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him (Proverbs 22:15).

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die (Proverbs 23:13).

The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother (Proverbs 29:15).

Prayer

I pray for my child, ________. I don't want him/her to do the right thing just because he/she has to. Rather, I ask that You would bless ________ with an obedient heart that desires to obey You and others in authority. Please help ________ to keep his/her way pure by living according to Your Word. May ________ be diligent in seeking You with all of his/her heart so that he/she will not stray from Your commands.