Parenting as Coaching | Having Two Legs [Having Two Legs]
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🗓️ 17 September 2024
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Summary
In Ephesians 6, fathers are commanded to raise their children in the "paideia" (culture) of the Lord, which means surrounding them with the rich and joyful practices of Christian life. Just like how families create traditions for Christmas or sports, parents are to infuse their homes with the culture of Christ through teaching, practice, and joy. This involves not only teaching but also modeling and rehearsing behaviors like attending church, responding cheerfully to instructions, and preparing for everyday challenges. Parents are coaches, and children are the team—ready to run the "plays" of life in obedience and faith. This requires consistent practice, encouragement, and correction, helping children thrive in the culture of Christ with enthusiasm and love.
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| 0:00.0 | Parents are the coaches or the team captains and your kids are the team. |
| 0:05.0 | This means lots of practicing all the plays. |
| 0:09.0 | Are you practicing for church during the week? |
| 0:12.0 | Do you practice sitting still for short periods of time? Do you practice |
| 0:15.5 | singing together? Do you practice saying the creed and singing the doxology and lifting up hands? |
| 0:45.2 | Prepare your kids to succeed. In Ephesion 6 it says that fathers are to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. The word for nurture there is the word Pidea in Greek, which means culture. |
| 0:51.2 | Christian parents are commanded by God to bring up their children in the culture of Christ. |
| 0:58.0 | Think about what culture is. |
| 1:00.2 | It includes teaching, but it's tons of doing with love and joy and decorations and songs and treats. |
| 1:08.0 | How do you bring your children up in the culture of Christmas, for example? |
| 1:12.0 | You talk about it, you make it fun, you enjoy it together, |
| 1:16.1 | or what about the culture of your favorite sport or hobbies? You talk about it a lot with |
| 1:20.8 | enthusiasm, you practice, you make time for it. So Christian faith |
| 1:26.2 | is to be like that. Parents are the coaches or the team captains and your kids are the team. |
| 1:33.0 | This means lots of practicing all the plays. |
| 1:36.7 | Are you practicing for church during the week? |
| 1:39.8 | Do you practice sitting still for short periods of time? Do you practice singing together? Do you |
| 1:44.3 | practice saying the creed and singing the doxology and lifting up hands? |
| 1:49.5 | Prepare your kids to succeed. |
| 1:53.0 | Talk to them about what temptations they will likely face ahead of time. |
| 1:58.0 | How should they respond if someone takes their favorite toy? |
| 2:01.0 | What if you have people over for dinner? How do you want them to respond? |
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