Welcome

Discipling a child is a ministry of the heart. It addresses the heart of a child and directs their affections to God. But every parent knows - they cannot change the heart of their child.

God, in his wisdom, has designed the family unit as the best environment for a child to be born into. To be nurtured and to grow. And it’s within this relationship, between parent and child, that God speaks these words in Deuteronomy.

This a call to action. Parents to be proactive. They are to impress, talk, tie, bind, write - to be intentional about the daily discipling of their child.

Every parent is to make God visible within the family home. ‘Tie them as symbols… write them on the doorframes…’ God’s presence is not to be a once-a-week Sunday experience but a 24/7 experience in the life of a child. God-talk is to be part of the ‘waking up, lying down, sitting, walking’ aspect of daily family life.

But what does this look like? Ten Tips aims to equip parents in their God-given, privileged role of speaking the truth of the gospel into the life of their child. Ten Tips is not meant to be prescriptive, rather descriptive. It allows parents to choose what’s helpful for them and their family as they seek to bring their children up in the fear and love of the Lord, entrusting the changing of their child’s heart into the sovereign control of their gracious God.

by Sandy Galea