My parenting sources affect my parenting success!
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NIV
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
How to make love the ultimate source for your parenting:
Follow a better example
John 13:15,34-35 NIV
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you…“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Build a stronger foundation
John 15:9 NLT
I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
Ephesians 5:1-2 NLT
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
Find a higher purpose
Psalm 127:3 NLT
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
Ephesians 6:4 CEV
Parents, don’t be hard on your children. Raise them properly. Teach them and instruct them about the Lord.
Lean on a greater power
1 John 4:19 NLT
We love each other because he loved us first.
Philippians 4:13 NLT
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.