When a child has disobeyed, the parent needs to help that child understand repentance toward God. The parent can say, “Listen, my heart is broken because God doesn’t want us to behave that way. More importantly, you have sinned against God.” Here is where many parents fail in disciplining a child. Parents need to remember to work to help that child renew his or her relationship with God.
Now, parents must be careful at this point because they are not the Holy Spirit! They can pray for repentance in that child’s heart and help to lead that child to repentance, but the Holy Spirit does the work. And after the child is convicted and repents, parents need to show love—give the child a hug, kiss away the tears, and send them out to play.
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Greg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day he is a self-employed non-emergency medical transport driver, and is the Editor-in-Chief for the National War Council, as well as being a political analyst, author, blogger, and an accomplished DIYer. His articles are first published on Inspirational Christian Blogs, and I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!, and from there the articles are published on other well-known conservative websites.
The author feels convinced that the Church is in extreme danger of being forsaken by God for being unbiblical and seeks to warn all those with “ears to hear.” He believes we are in the last days of the end times, and that God is building His Remnant Church even now.
Greg is the author of: Spiritual Darkness is Destroying America and the Church and
The Jehovah’s Witnesses: Dedicated Servants or Dangerous Heretics?
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