Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen

Author:Joel Osteen [OSTEEN, JOEL]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780759514768
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

MOST PARENTS WANT the best for their children, yet too often, we slip into being harsh and critical with our children, constantly finding fault in something our children are doing. “Why can’t you make better grades?” “You didn’t mow the lawn right.” “Go clean your room—it looks like a pigpen!” “You can’t do anything right, can you?”

Such negative words will cause our children to lose the sense of value God has placed within them. As parents, we have a responsibility before God and society to train our children, to discipline them when they disobey, to lovingly correct them when they make wrong choices. But we should not constantly harp on our kids. If you continually speak words that discourage and dishearten, before long you will destroy your child’s self-image. And with your negative words, you will open a door, allowing the enemy to bring all kinds of insecurity and inferiority into your child’s life. Millions of adults today are still suffering as a result of the negative words their parents spoke over them as children.

If you speak negative words over your children, you are cursing their future. Moreover, God will hold you responsible for destroying their destiny. With authority comes responsibility, and you have the responsibility as the spiritual authority over your child to make sure that he feels loved, accepted, and approved.

Beyond that, most children get their concepts of who God is and what He is like from their fathers. If the father is mean, critical, and harsh, inevitably the children will grow up with a distorted view of God. If the father is loving, kind, compassionate, and just, the children will better understand God’s character.

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