Marriage Problem #5: Putting Children First, Part 1 (TMF:948)

Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Peace to Live By: Marriage Problem #5: Putting Children First, Part 1 (TMF:948) - Daniel Litton
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       So, the final marriage problem, number five: Putting your children first. 1 Timothy 3:4, 5: “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?” (ESV). In writing to Timothy, Paul told him that leaders within the church needed to “manage their households well.” And that includes one keeping his children’s time in proper perspective. Really, this passage should be the aim of every believer with children in the body of Christ. For those who are not leaders, Paul said we are to imitate our leaders, so that would include doing what they do. One of the areas of managing children includes the time that is spent with the children’s extracurricular activities and things the children want to do. Children have to learn to be submissive to their fathers, just like the wife is to be submissive to her husband. Again, this is something that in American society today may be very foreign to many.