{"id":22488,"date":"2018-10-24T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=22488"},"modified":"2023-01-15T10:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:39:40","slug":"parents-role-shepherding-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/parents-role-shepherding-children.htm","title":{"rendered":"Parents’ Role of Shepherding Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Training Category: Shepherding Ministry<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ParentsGod has given parents the primary responsibility for the spiritual nurturing of children (Deut. 6:4-9; Prov. 22:6; Eph. 6:4).<\/span> The Church assists parents in this responsibility but parents are the ones to shepherd their children.<\/p>\n

To Read: Shepherding Ministry Venue: Parenting<\/a><\/p>\n

Resource: Shepherding a Child’s Heart DVD<\/a> (link goes to an affiliate store)<\/em><\/p>\n

What does parents’ role of shepherding their children look like when they take it seriously?<\/h2>\n

1) Parents who shepherd their children get beyond simply providing for physical needs to their emotional and social well-being but also providing for the nurture of their souls, for their spiritual well-being.<\/p>\n

2) Parents shepherding their children work at protecting them from bad people or physical harm but also protecting them from the Evil One and a world view that leaves out God.<\/p>\n

3) Parents who shepherd don’t focus primarily on children’s behavior but focus primary on their heart.<\/p>\n

Resource: Parenting is Heart Work<\/a>\u00a0(link goes to an affiliate store)<\/em><\/p>\n

4) Parents who are shepherds move beyond merely telling children what they should do to showing them how through their own example.<\/p>\n

The Shepherding Ministry Manual<\/strong><\/a> includes some information about parenting as a shepherding ministry venue. The above points are included in it.<\/p>\n

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