How Do I Show Kindness to My Children and Expect Them to Obey?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 4 April 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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How do we teach our children to respect our God-given authority, while also treating them with Christlike humility and servant leadership?

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0:00.0	Well, one reason parenting is such daunting work is because of the balance required of
0:07.8	us parents.
0:09.4	We don't want to be too strict or too lenient, not too consequence driven and not so gracious
0:15.0	as to overlook rebellion.
0:17.2	Into this balancing act comes a question from a young mom who wants to be kind and who
0:22.1	expects to be obeyed.
0:24.2	Her name is Emily.
0:25.2	Hello, Pastor John.
0:26.2	Thank you for your ministry.
0:27.2	This helped me delight in God immensely.
0:29.6	Recently, I have been stomped on how to blend two seemingly contradictory facets of
0:34.4	biblical character into the parenting of my two small children.
0:38.6	Number one, me displaying Christ-like humility and gracious servitude.
0:43.2	Allah, Philippians 2, verses 1 to 11.
0:46.4	And number two, me requiring honor, respect, and obedience from my kids.
0:51.6	Allah, Ephesians 6, 1 to 3.
0:54.2	Could you help flesh out from me what essentially discipline looks like with both of these
0:58.9	aspects?
1:00.0	How to discipline children in humility while maintaining my position of respect and authority?
1:05.2	I feel stuck bouncing between being too strong with the obey me card and then trying to
1:11.0	balance myself by being gracious and perhaps requiring too little obedience and respect.
1:16.1	I'm so confused.
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