Proverbs 22:6 - Raising Powerful Children (notes)

Proverbs 22:6 - Raising Powerful Children

Train Means:

1. Point in the right direction.
2. Direct your children onto the right path.
3. Teach your children right from wrong.
4. Train your children to live the right way.
5. Instruct a youth about his way.

(The Message Bible, New Living Translation, Contemporary English Version, New Century Version, Young’s Literal Translation)

Wisdom Is Calling Mothers:

1. Where major decisions are made.
2. If you are simple, gain prudence, if you are foolish, gain understanding.
3. Listen to Jesus, He is speaking.
4. To the discerning all the words of Jesus are right.
5. Choose Jesus instead of silver or gold, wisdom is more precious than rubies and nothing compares with wisdom. (Proverbs 8)

A Great Opportunity

• A mother’s job is to prepare her children for their life. Family, career, ministry, finances, etc. How a mother lives her life at home she is training her child.
• Some child experts say that 90% of a child’s personality if formed by three months.
• The time a mother spends with her children is never lost time, it is investing in their future.

The Nature of Wisdom

• Divine wisdom springs from integrity, and becomes manifest through creative expression with excellence as its standard.
• This is how you can raise your children.

Jesus (& Wisdom)

• Love those who love Him and those who seek Him will find Him.
• With Jesus (wisdom) are riches, honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
• The fruit of wisdom (Jesus) is better than fine gold and its yield surpasses choice silver. (17-19)

Jesus

• Understood the amazing value of children when He rebukes His followers for not realizing the great worth of a child.
• Understands when we spend time with those precious little ones, playing with them, praying for them, sharing, loving them, teaching them Godly wisdom.
• Was in eternity past.
• Was the Craftsman at the side of the Father filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in God’s presence. (22-30)

Mom every moment you spend with your children; nurturing them, feeding them, praying for the, reading to them, talking with them all contribute to them fulfilling their destiny in God.

Mothers Have

• Have an awesome opportunity to change the world by how you raise, train and equip your children.
• A greater capacity to nurture children when they’re young.
• To continue to impact your children even after they grow into adulthood by prayer.

The Influence Of Mom does not stop after children grow up, she just does it in a less authoritative manner. In every season love them, pray for them. As they grow pray more, instruct less.

When They Are Grown They will not graduate from God or from fellowship with God’s people when moms (dads) do the job we are called to do.

There are Areas A mom has great influence in her child’s life.

1. A life as a Christian.
2. Career, job, life’s purpose, ministry.
3. Having a standard of excellence not perfectionism.

Example of Mary

• The child grew up healthy and strong, He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on Him.
• Mary contributed to all these great qualities in Jesus the anointed one of God.

Favor & Wisdom

• Favor is the result of wisdom.
• Wisdom produces favor.
• Wise people demonstrate the favor of God by how they are treated by others.
• People with favor have amazing wisdom in dealing with adversity & success.
• Mary taught Jesus the Word and Jesus grew in wisdom and favor.