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SRC="3bea8c40.gif" border=0 width="168" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Godly Parents</I></div> <div> <B>                       <IMG SRC="3c2fbe90.gif" border=0 width="507" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Godly Parents </U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     All of us, as parents, should have  convictions and guidelines for our children.  These will vary from one family to the next.  My wife and I have based ours on our interpretation of Scripture, experience, and the Godly influence of our parents and some close friends.   Below I have listed 18 concepts that we believe are vital ingredients to the recipe of Godliness.    Our convictions are as follows;</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     1.  We must be teac</B><B>hing our children daily, the doctrines of the Scriptures, Old and New Testament.  </B></div> <div> <B>Proverbs 22:6,  Isaiah 28:9-10</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     2.  We must be shielding them from the evils of this world, while they are young, through Christian school, home school, or a very combative daily scripture defending approach to the state schools.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     3.  We must not be pushing or even encouraging our children in school sports or other extra curricular activities.  These activities draw children away from the family unit and instill in them an independence not conducive to Godly adulthood, especially for girls.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     4.  We must not push our children to be popular.  This crowd is generally promiscuous and prone to non-virtuous behavior.  This makes for shallow instability, which generally follows through to adulthood.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     5.  We must not encourage our daughters to pursue a higher education beyond high school.  This to, instills in girls an independence and self sufficiency which works head on against Gods design of the submissive, dependent helpmate wife.  To prepare our daughters for a fall back career in case their marriage fails is an invitation to the likelihood of it happening. </B></div> <div> <B>Psalm 128:3,  Proverbs 14:1,  Proverbs 7:10,11</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3b4a9f00.gif" border=0 width="425" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     6.  We must not allow our daughters to work outside the home for the reasons stated in number five, but rather train them to do all that is domestic within our home, so that they may be fully prepared to care for their future husbands’ homes.</B></div> <div> <B>I Timothy 5:14</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     7.  Our sons should be made to work faithfully in helping to maintain our home.  When they come of age, they should be strongly encouraged and assisted in finding a job outside the home.  This is excellent training for responsible adulthood.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     8.  We must not be enslaved to our children.  Constantly running them to every activity and buying them everything they think they need to have is not conducive to building a sense of responsibility in them.  Children must be taught to serve their parents rather then having the idea that their parents exist only to serve them.</B></div> <div> <B>Luke 15:29,  I Timothy 3:4,  Leviticus 19:3,  Malachi 1:6,  Proverbs 23:22</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3b6a0e00.gif" border=0 width="416" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     9.  We must be teaching our children the importance of being under the preaching of God's Word and fellowshipping with like minded believers.  We must sit together as a family to worship and not go seven different directions upon entering the church.  Our children must be taught fear and reverence for God's house. If at all possible, avoid a church where it is common place for parishioners to sip coffee during worship or purchase soda from a machine on the church grounds.  It is also beneficial to avoid churches with gyms and recreation halls that are striving to be more of a community center then a place of worship.  These vices instill in children a casual attitude towards a most sacred, formal privilege.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     10.  We must teach our children the importance of the family unit.  This can be done through daily meal times together away from the television or radio.  Frequent family trips and activities are very beneficial.  Discourage constant visitors and visits to others to help in keeping the children content in our home.  Content children grow up to be content adults.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     11.  We must not allow our children who have reached puberty, to befriend members of the opposite sex in anything more than a most casual manner.  Although this seems to be the trend today, it is unnatural and not conducive in raising them to be discreet non-flirtatious adults.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     12.  We must not allow our children to date before they are of the age and maturity at which we would allow them to marry.   We must never  allow them to be unattended with a date.  There is no scriptural basis for casual dating and it is a strong negative force in a young person's quest for Godly purity.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3b8abd60.gif" border=0 width="427" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>     13.  We must have our children fully trained and ready to have their own household shortly after puberty.  While society frowns on young marriage and it may not be possible to arrange, it still behooves us to work within Gods timetable in the training of our children.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     14.  We as parents must be setting a Godly example for our children. The husband and father must have a strong work ethic and authority in the home.  He must be loving and considerate of his wife and children and faithful in the reading and teaching of the Holy Scriptures to his family.  The wife and mother must be content in the home, faithful in her domestic duties, and a constant support and encouragement to the children's father.  She must not be prone to gossip and must not while away the hours of the day with mindless chatter on the telephone.</B></div> <div> <B>Isaiah 32:9,  I Timothy 3:11,  I Timothy 5:13</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     15.  We must teach our children respect for their parents and elders.  It is not impersonal for our children to refer to their parents as sir and ma'am especially when being corrected.  Children must always address their elders by their title meaning Aunt, Uncle, Grandpa, Grandma, or Mr. or Mrs.  If our children are taught to respect their elders they will have the foresight and wisdom to teach their own children these Godly virtues.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     16.  We must not allow our children to be indoctrinated with the fallacies of political correctness.  Extreme environmentalism, multiculturalism, complete equality of gender and culture, and forced fairness are all clever disguises for complete government control and the loss of our individual freedoms.  </B></div> <div> <B>I Corinthians 11:3,  I Timothy 2:11,12,  Ephesians 5:22-24,  I Peter 3:7,  Titus 2:4,5,  Genesis 3:16,  I Corinthians 11:7,  Genesis 2:18-23</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     17.  We must not allow our daughters to live independently of our family unit, whether because of college or career.  The Scriptures are clear as in Genesis 2:18-24 and I Corinthians 11:3 in mandating a female's position under the authority of a man, be that her father or husband.  </B></div> <div> <B>I Corinthians 11:8,9</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3bc3ea00.gif" border=0 width="318" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </B><B>18.   Biblical guidelines regarding modesty in dress and hair style are appropriate and if our children are properly sheltered from the negitive influences of the world through television, radio, and public school, they usually are more than content with what ever we, the parents prefer.  </B></div> <div> <B> Ephesians 6:4,  I Timothy 2:9</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     If you share in these convictions and are raising your children accordingly, perhaps we could establish a relationship.  If you do not share in these convictions, know that it is not our intention to offend but rather just to find other families of like mind.   May the Lord be with you as you strive to do what you perceive is right.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>gl</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d44d0c0.gif" border=0 width="589" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>      </B></div> <div> <B>Does this make you mad as a hornet?</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Papyrus" ><B>Want to voice your opinion?-     </B></FONT><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OffensiveBuletin Board"><U><B>OffensiveBuletin Board</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>                                                                                                  </B><A HREF="comments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>     </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Papyrus" ><B>                          </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Papyrus" ><B>To continue, click on-  </B></FONT><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Godly Parents Responses"><U><B>Godly Parents Responses</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Papyrus" ><B>                                          My Response to the Responses-</B></FONT><B>  </B><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Godly Parents with Footnotes"><U><B>Godly Parents with Footnotes</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d44d0c0.gif" border=0 width="589" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3c08fd40.gif" border=0 width="655" height="468" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d44d0c0.gif" border=0 width="589" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>                                                             </div> </td> </tr></table></body>