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Part 3: The Importance of Teaching Character to Your Children

Compelling Reasons (#5-7) The 5th reason to teach your kids character is that in doing so you are guiding them into being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. Romans 8:29 says, “ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the…

Part 2: The Importance of Teaching Character to Your Children

      10    Compelling Reasons        (Reasons 1-4 this week) 1. When we teach our children what character qualities are, we are teaching them to understand Jesus better.  Jesus is our perfect example of every character quality. Consider His: ·         hospitality in the feeding of the 5000, ·         self-control in the Garden of…

Part 1: The Importance of Teaching Character to Your Children

Praising Character Why is it we so often forget to praise our children?  As parents we are responsible to steer them in the right direction and because of that we tend to focus on the negative. Sometimes our kids get the impression that we are not easy to please. Praise is a huge motivator and we…