keep the heart- parenting principles

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Keep the heartThere is an increasing tendency of young kids in crime.

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The %uestion we ask when we watch the news is where were the parents when

all these things were happening& There seems to "e a pro"lem in the home.

'um and dad are so stressed( so she $ust lea#es the kids on T)( on youtu"e( or

with ta"lets/phones.

The common denominator that hits our world: they all came from a home.

They all had parents.

Proverbs 4:23

*#ery issue in our li#es comes from the heart. +o we respect or neglect the

keeping of the heart& The heart is where sin and righteousness "egin.

The heart here is used as a sym"ol of reser#oir of water that ,ows into society. -f

the water supply "ecomes poisoned( to drink it from any tap is to drink death( no

matter how many people "ottled water will "e sold in supermarkets.

hat is the heart of society and the church&

Society is composed of families, and is what the heads of families make it. Out of

the heart are "the issues of life"; and the heart of the community, of thechurch, and of the nation is the household. The well-being of society, the

success of the church, the prosperity of the nation, depend upon home

inuences. {d!entist ome #$.#%

Solutions to the worlds problems (oered by the world):

! et new pipes principles( "etter time management( the pro"lem is the

water is poisoned! ew engineers education( "etter understanding etc. we push education

"ut we don3t push righteousness. e in#est our money on school fees to

learn from *instein( "ut we do not want them to learn a"out esus for free.*g: Kids don3t ha#e "i"les( colored lessons( "ecause we think they are too

e&pensi!e.! 5etter engines to pump the water 6 They say man $ust need to recogni7e

the power of will. The road to hell is pa#ed with good intentions( they

desire to "e 8hristians( "ut they don3t decide.

The wise man recogni7es that the pro"lem is we need new water.

ust as we need to keep our hearts minds with all diligence( the answer to all

the moral issues in the world is the home. The reser#oir of the nation( of the

church is poisoned. The reason there is increasing crime( no morals in society is"ecause the issues came from the heart of the society 6 the home.
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8hildren don3t raise themsel#es( someone raised them. -f they are engaged in

crime( they learnt it from the home.

arents usually come to astors and elders with prayer re%uests for their

wayward children( "ut the reality is that you cannot epect me to undo 1; years

of "ad up"ringing in 1; minutes of counselling.


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o( the reser#oir is polluted and from this the rest of the church recei#es

polluted water.

The home is the heart of society( church( go#ernment etc. This is the reser#oir

from which e#erything else ,ows. -f it is polluted( the society will "e polluted

Eur pro"lem is not lack of good schools. oliticians come to us and tell us( we

need "etter engineers( "etter professors( a "etter education systemF 5ut the

wise man proposes a solution:

ro#er"s 4:2= 6Above all these( keep the heart. 'eaning the other things are

important( "ut the home is to "e kept a"o#e all the rest.

Des we should ha#e good schools( good children ministries( youth ministry

programs etc( "ut the Brst place where the reform should "egin is at the home.

#ow can we chan$e%

The answer: changing the water( not the pipes( or the engineers.

-f the heart of the church( society is the home&

The restoration and uplifting of humanity begins in the home. The work of

parents underlies e!ery other. Society is composed of families, and is what the

heads of families make it. Out of the heart are "the issues of life" *+ro!erbs

/0; and the heart of the community, of the church, and of the nation is the

household. The well-being of society, the success of the church, the prosperity of

the nation, depend upon home in1uences. {2 /3.#%

The church is what the heads of families make it. The head of the home is the

father&There is one person primarily responsi"le 6 The Gather. -t3s no wonder

that the %ualiBcations of elders are ac%uired in the home:

# Timothy /-$ bishop *elder0 then must be blameless, the husband of one

wife, !igilant, sober, of good beha!iour, gi!en to hospitality, apt to teach; 4ot

gi!en to wine, no striker, not greedy of 5lthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not

co!etous; One that ruleth well his own house, ha!ing his children in sub6ection

with all gra!ity; *7or if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he

take care of the church of 8od90

The reason why the church is in pro"lems is "ecause the heart of the church the

home produces polluted water

'enesis ":"*"+

od decided to re#eal something to C"raham.

Cs a hus"and/father( who wouldn3t like to know the honor to get communication

from od >imself& ot from 558 or 8. C"raham gets it from od himself.

od says H, -now him&.


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od is not $udging him "ased on:

! The fact that he3s gi#en up so much to follow him( ?eft his all to follow

8hrist! or his faith >e "elie#ed od and got a son at old age

! or co7 he3s so godly(o "ut "ecause - know >im( - know what he is in the home.

od $udges C"raham "ased on one criteria. / man is e!actly what he is in

the home. -f you want to know who you are( look at the home.

e organi7e meetings on planning for the youth


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dip his head into his plate. >e had a mum "ut his mum sent him to an

orphanage( thinking eorge was cursed. The couple decided to adopt

eorge.


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E'*:

! Dou want to make a commitment to constantly encourage( aLrm your

hus"and in >is role( not "lasting him.

DET>/K-+elp me to "e the child - need to "e at home.! - need to "e more supporting( more encouraging( forgi#ing.

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