This document discusses the importance of committing children to the Lord and training them in the way they should go according to Proverbs 22:6. It emphasizes directing children towards godliness from a young age through early training that shapes their later life, like bending a twig shapes a tree. Examples are given of Moses and Daniel who were brought up with godly training and remained faithful even when faced with difficult situations later in life. The document also addresses disciplining children with love through habit formation and correcting misbehavior. Parents are encouraged to demonstrate righteous behavior and provide children with tools and skills to make good decisions and choose the right path in life.

1. Committing our children to the Lord

2. Committing our children to the Lord

3. Train up a child in the way he should go…
Proverbs 22:6

4. Train a child in
the way he
should go, and
when he is old
he will not turn
from it. (NIV)
Teach a child to
choose the right
path, and when
he is older, he
will remain
upon it. (TLB)
Point your kids
in the right
direction —
when they're
old they won't
be lost.
(THE MESSAGE)
Directive…… Result……

5. • Dedicate -- “to give to the gods”
• A house (Deut 20:5)
• Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chro 7:5)
• King Nebuchadnezzar’s image of gold (Dan 3:2)
• Train
• Setting aside
• Narrowing or hedging in – from evil towards
godliness
• Putting food in the palate of babies
Directive

6. …. in the way
• “way” – path, roadmap, principles for parenting
• “THE” – prescribed, definitive… the “proper” way
…. UP
• Direction
• Towards godliness
• Encourage & challenge them to rise to their full
potential
Directive

7. … he should go
• Not how parents want him to go
• Not in the way he would go
• But the way he SHOULD go
• Discern the child’s individuality and God-given
special strength
"Can you give us any special instructions about how we
should raise the baby after he is born?” (Judg 13:12)
Directive

8. Result
“As the twig is bent, so grows
the tree.”
Alexander Pope
Early training shapes later life
Cool bent tree near Geraldton, W Australia

9. A Tale of 2 young men…..
(from the Bible)
Early years spent with their parents….
then they were taken away….
but their feet had been set
on the right path……
Result

10. • Brought up as a Hebrew
child
• Taught in Egyptian court
• Led Israelites out of
Egypt
• Grew up in Judah
• Taken into captivity to
Babylon
• Became PM of Babylon
• Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Moses Daniel

11. John White
ResultDirective

12. Not a promise,
but common sense principles.

13. King David – Children are the source of great joy as
well as great sorrow…. (Pro 23:24-25)
JOY…. Quiver full of them
(Ps 127:3-5)
GRIEF…. “O Absalom… my son Absalom”
(2 Sam 19:4)
Solomon would have broken David’s heart,
if he had lived to see Solomon’s idolatry.

14. Rebekah….
Esau was a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah
(Gen 26:35)
Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm
disgusted with living
because of these Hittite
women.… (Gen 27:46)

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• Way of Jesus Christ (Jn 14:6)
• Instill in them an unshakable faith, trust in God
• Decision making – choose the right way
• Holiness

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Susanna Wesley
• Susanna: "If I had stopped with 19
times, the whole labour would have
been wasted!"
• Habit forming—minimum 21-28
days

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Prov 13:24 – “He who spares the rod hates his son, but
he who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
Prov 19:18 – “Discipline your son, for in that there is
hope; do not be a willing party to his death.”

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Prov 22:15 -- “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.”
Prov 23:13 – “Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.”

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James Dobson
James Dobson: start disciplining your
children @ approximately 14 months
of age…. after 4 years old, the concrete
hardens a little and you have to work
harder to break it up

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• Demonstrating how to do something
• Giving a set of tools, demonstrating a skill

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• To feed & protect
• To support & encourage
• To bring up, train, educate
The sum of the environmental factors influencing
the behavior.

23. Tiger on Tightrope
Royal Hanneford Circus - Westchester NY, 2013-02-16
The only tiger in the world who has been trained to walk the tightrope
Parents are like tiger trainers….

24. A Tale of 4 Families

27. A Tale of 2 Schools
Jul 22, 2013,
Business Circle Malaysia
Jul 23, 2013,
Malaysiakini
SK Seri Pristana,
Sungai Buloh
SK Lemoi,
Tanah Rata, Pahang

28. SK Seri Pristana, Sungai Buloh

29. SK Seri Pristana, Sungai Buloh

30. SK Lemoi, Tanah Rata, Pahang

31. SK Lemoi, Tanah Rata, Pahang