Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with promise. That it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth. Ephesians 6:1-4
I enjoy using the advice out of Tedd Tripp's Shepherding a Child's Heart. We recently saw a fruit of our labors when Adeline drew a self-initiated drawing of the Circle of Blessings. This is the idea:
In Ephesians 6:1-3, God has drawn a circle of great blessings. Children are to live within the circle of submission to parental authority. Submission to parents means honoring and obeying. Within that circle things will go well and they will enjoy long lives (p131).
Although Scott and I poked fun about trying to use it in our training/shepherding (i.e. "you want to be in the circle don't you"), it has proven to be a great image for the kids' minds when we are conveying why they need to obey mommy and daddy.
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