Those who trust in
their own wits are fools;
but those who walk in wisdom
come through safely.
Proverbs 28:26
What would you say are the top ten tips for a successful family?
Actually, think a little deeper. How would you determine the top ten?
· From your own parents? Hopefully they were good. But that’s how most parents determine how to do family life.
· From the suggestions of friends? We all tend to ask for advice. (But sometimes we ask the wrong people … or we ask and ask until we get the advice we want to hear.)
· From common custom of the culture around us? We all tend to be shaped inescapably by the morays of our culture. But do we really want to do what everyone else is doing in this messed up world of ours?
Yes, there are lots of ways we could go about determining some reasonable parenting tips.
But I like the way a pastor in Texas, Dave Dykes, determined them. He simply asked the advice of some of the most successful families in his congregation. (And he discovered what we should all know … that the best ways inevitably point back to “God’s way.”)
For the next few days, we’ll be focusing on a list inspired by Pastor Dyke’s congregational research, believing that the secret to successful families focuses in godly ways upon …
10. Parenting
9. Money
8. Perserverance
7. Responsibility
6. Laughter
5. Respect
4. Forgiveness
3. Time
2. Speaking
1. Jesus
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who would, by the way,
suggest an additional top ten …
love, joy, peace …
patience, kindness, goodness …
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
… and the Holy Spirit who
makes all those things possible
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