The "F" Word: We're Afraid For Our Kids

SCRIPTURES FROM SUNDAY:
Proverbs 22:6, 5 & 7, 15; 29:15; 19:18; 23:13-14; 13:24; 3:11-12; Deuteronomy 11:18-21

REFLECT/DISCUSS:
Q: Agree or Disagree: “Being responsible to raise a child is one of the scarier tasks on the planet.”

Q: This week’s key passage (Proverbs 22:6) suggests that our kids need training because they won’t always choose the right way. Do you agree with this? Or lean more to the idea that kids will be just fine if we let them figure things out on their own?

Q: The Bible seems pretty clear that parents are responsible to guide their children. Does it seem to you like many parents today seem reluctant to do so? Or want to pass the buck and expect someone else (schools, society, church, etc.) to do this for them?

Q: In your mind, is there a difference between teaching a child a set of beliefs about God and starting them in a way of life spent loving God and following Jesus? Which seems like more work? Which do you think has a better chance of sticking? Which seems truer to the Bible?

Q: Most parents realize that at some point their kids will choose their own way in life. Which seems more realistic to you: an adult coming back to a life with God that they were started in as a child OR an adult who was never shown how to live with God figuring it out later in life?

Q: If you are a parent, what do you hear God saying to you through these scriptures and the teaching conversation?

Q: If you don’t currently have any kids of your own, what do you hear God saying to you about how you can support those you know who do?

Q: What- if anything- does this conversation about parenting show you about your relationship with God as your Heavenly parent?

FOR NEXT WEEK:
“We’re Afraid of Faith”