CHRISTIAN PARENTING SERIES
Good Parenting Skills
HOLDING YOUR CHILD’S HEARTI Love You, My Child ~ He Loves Me, His Child
Developing good parenting skills begins with relationship. Your personal relationship with the Lord of your life fills you with His love, which overflows to the lives of your children. 
The simple fact that a mom desires to hold her children's hearts is evidence that God is working in mom's heart. Praise Him! When I was parenting my young children and learning how to hold their hearts, I discovered that my desire to hold my children's hearts was God's call to me, asking me to let Him hold my heart. Do you know that God loves you? As you learn to hold your children’s hearts, you will tap into the heart of God’s love for you and develop good parenting skills. What an exciting journey! The first step to holding your children's hearts is learning
how God holds yours. He laid down his life for you to gain your heart of love for Him. As you lay down your life for your children, you will gain their hearts. Then you can parent your children in the same manner that God parents you: with lovingkindess, grace, patience, and unconditional love. DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP 
Capturing and then holding your children's hearts includes developing deep relationship with them: - not pushing but
leading by the Spirit;
- not giving them guilt trips but
encouraging their strengths first;
- not speaking in anger but
speaking vision and purpose into their lives;
- not focusing on academics but
using desktime/chore time/free time as a platform for
developing their character.
Develop good parenting skills while capturing your children's hearts: love them unconditionally,
listen to their hearts, and
repent humbly before them. Learning from the Lord how to hold your child’s heart opens a door for God to perfect/mature your heart in love. Let Him use all the fumbling around that you feel you do, all the mistakes you feel you make, to perfect/mature your own heart in love so you can learn how to
Hold Your Children’s Hearts
Because Your Father Hold Yours!!
Just as the Father has loved Me,
I have also loved you.
~John 15:9
Four-Part Series
Mom’s Growth While Raising Children
Links and Navigation Help
- Parenting Young Children
My Child ~ His Child - Discipling Reasoning Children
Follow the Crowd! ~ Follow the Lord! - Releasing Steadfast Children
Enjoy the Process ~ Experience Real Life - Celebrating Established People of God
My Child Established ~ His Child Established
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