Training Your Children to be Disciple Makers

Norm and Marlys Christiansen have two children whom they home educated for many years. Their oldest, Chad, enjoyed learning and did well in school. Nate has Down Syndrome and attended special education classes for several years before the Christiansens began home educating him.

Do your children consider you their “glory”? Do you believe that they really want to see you succeed? Are you the one taking responsibility for home educating your children, or have you passed that responsibility to your wife?

Our sons and daughters can be protected from severe and unnecessary problems. That's because prayer isn't just for adults. When the disciples came, like children, to ask the Lord how to pray, he answered with an easy-to-remember model prayer. That model prayer has survived the test of time.

Teaching children to love Jesus is often a parent's greatest motivation to keep loving Jesus themselves! Raising children definitely grows us as parents. Children test our ability to draw upon God's love.