Every parent goes through times of discouragement. Sometimes we need a word of encouragement – a new perspective on our children and how to parent these little ones that God has entrusted us with. It’s all too easy to lose sight of the Gospel and the true goal of Christian parenting. Here are 9 quotes that will challenge and encourage you to parent your kids in the light of the Gospel.
1. “Give your children big truths they will grow into, rather than light explanations they will grow out of.”
Tedd Tripp
2. “Let the dominant tone of the relationship be one of delight in your child. Let him feel cherished and admired and enjoyed, not just corrected and instructed. Otherwise, he’ll feel that you’re just using him for your private ease, not his good.”
John Piper – Read More
3. “Every day I am bringing grace to my children. I have the opportunity to model the grace of the gospel by honestly confessing my own failures and responding to their failures with gracious discipline and discipling.”
Tedd Tripp – Read More
4. “Gospel-centered parenting means: How am I going to live in front of my child like I have put all of my hope in the gospel?”
Nancy Guthrie – Read More
5. “Center our parenting around God rather than around our children.”
Starr Meade – Read More
6. “God is teaching me to look beyond the mess, to look toward the abundance. To look at the richness and beauty of children enjoying life, of joyful moments with parents and kids, of love and laughter reverberating off the walls.”
Caroline Albanese – Read More
7. “Educate our children with the glory of God in view as education’s chief goal.”
Starr Meade – Read More
8. “It’s not cruel to tell children they’re sinners. Sin is real, destroying lives and devouring souls. This isn’t different in the life of a child. What’s cruel is letting them live in their sin unaware.”
Hannah Baehr – Read More
9. “Parents must model that God and his will are supreme. Although part of a parent’s responsibility to God includes giving time and attention to a child’s concerns, he has given parents other responsibilities as well. The godly parent makes God’s will central, not the child’s.”
Starr Meade – Read More
