Motherhood: Raising a Godly Child In An Ungodly World 9

Hello, Great Mothers!

Psalm 127:3 says ‘’Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him”

Therefore, we are expected to deliberately instill a healthy sense of self-worth and fear of God. Raising Godly children entails more raise than just disciplining them. It is our responsibility as mothers to guide our children in their Christian walk, love them, and show them what is right and wrong. We have had discussions on steps to take to raise Godly children. It was pointed out that the best way to raise children is to nurture the image of God in them. Two of the ways to do this were discussed in my previous article.

The third way of nurturing God-image in our children is through Discipline

Discipline
This is the practice of training people to obey rules, Prov 13:24. He who spares the road hates his son but he who loves him is careful to discipline.

The above scripture pointed out that we should discipline our children with love, wisdom, and self-control. The following are some discipline tips we can adopt;
a) Teach them that there are NOs in this world, and so they may not always get what they want.
b) Teach them to obey you the first time, this helps not to have difficult/rebellious teens.
c) Do not discipline your children in public.
d) Spanking is good, but should not be the primary method of discipline. It should be used once in a while. You can also discipline your kids by removing some,( not all) privileges.
e) Don’t compare your child with your friend’s/colleague’s, neighbor’s children, or with his/her friends or siblings.
f) Give your children attention/ listening ear when they need it. Don’t keep putting them off by not giving them attention when you don’t.
g) Spend time with them, and learn to ask them questions about their day, friends, and studies. This demonstrates your genuine concern and interest in their affairs. Getting active in their life would be beneficial as well. If you don’t, you’ll be excluded from their life. When your kids reach adolescence, this will become more apparent. They won’t be able to trust you with what is going on in their lives at that moment because you haven’t demonstrated that you care about their affairs. Instead, they will put their trust in their friends, who can mislead them.
h) Be receptive to the Holy Spirit’s guidance.

I shall be discussing the reasons we must raise our children in a godly manner in my next article. Watch out!

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