How does the gospel figure in to training your child? Look carefully at the three Old Testament passages. Why does God want us to train our children in godliness? Explain the phrase “in the way he should go” (Proverbs 22:6). Examine the next five passages (Proverbs 22-Ephesians 6) together. What do these passages say about how we are to regard motherhood and our children? What should the attitude of our hearts be? In what sense are children a reward? How do we know that Psalm 127:3 does not mean that if you act in a way that pleases the Lord He will reward your good behavior with children? What does this verse mean? Is loving your children (Titus 2:4) simply a feeling of affection toward them? If so, why would young women need to be trained to love their children? When you finish today’s lesson, come back to Titus 2:4 and give a fully-orbed biblical definition of what it means to love your children.ģ. Examine the first three passages (Psalm 127-Titus 2) together. As you read over today’s passages, explain how childless women might apply some of these Scriptures.Ģ. younger women or children they disciple) and others.
We’ll examine how we’re to regard motherhood and our children, how we’re to train our children in godliness, how we’re to discipline our children out of ungodliness, and the example we’re to set for our children. Some of these instructions can also apply to childless women in their relationships with their spiritual children (i.e. What are some attributes or character traits of a godly mother from Proverbs 31 that we can emulate? In today’s lesson, rather than attributes to emulate, we’ll be focusing on God’s instructions to obey for mothers.
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