1. Calling
Principle: Nothing is more important in your life than being one of Gods tools to form a human soul.
2. Grace
Principle: God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you.
3. Law
Principle: Your children need GO'd slaw but you cannot ask to law to do what only grace can accomplish
4. Inability
Principle: Recognizing what you are unable to do is essential to good parenting.
5. Identity
Principle: If you are not resting as a parent in your identity of Christ, you will look for identity in your children.
6. Process
Principle: You must be committed as a parent to long view parenting because change is a process and not an event
7. Lost
Principle: As a parent you're not dealing just with bad behaviour but a condition that causes bad behaviour
8. Authority
Principle: One of the foundational heart issues in teh life of every child is authority. Teaching and modeling the protective beauty of authority is one of the foundations of good parenting
9. Foolishness
Principle: The foolishness inside your children is more dangerous to them than the temptation outside of them. Only God's grace has teh power to rescue fools.
10. Character
Principle: Not all thhe wrong your children do is a direct rebellion to authority; much of the wrong is the result of a lack of character.
11. False Gods
Principle: You are parenting a worshiper, so its important to remember that what rules your child's heart will control his behaviour.
12. Control
Principle: The goal of parenting is not control of behaviour, but rather heart and life change
13. Rest
Principle: It is only rest in Gods presence and grace that will make you a joyful and patient parent
14. Mercy
Principle: No parent gives mercy better than one who is convinced that he is desperately needs it himself.
