Tripp, Tedd,

Instructing a child's heart /Tedd and Margy Tripp. - Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania : Shepherd Press, (c)2008. - 188 pages ; 23 cm

"A shepherding the heart resource"--- cover. Part 1: The Call to Formative Instruction Part 2: Introduction to Formative Instruction Part 3: Application of Formative Instruction



Getting from behavior to the heart -- Corrective discipline -- applying the sowing and reaping principle of Scripture -- Communication -- Centrality of the Gospel. Life is a classroom -- Five goals for formative instruction -- Call to formative instruction Three principles for communicating formative instruction -- Getting to the heart of behavior -- Sowing and reaping principle of scripture -- Authority is God's plan -- Giving children a vision for the glory of God -- wisdom and foolishness -- Complete in Christ -- Importance of the church

'Instructing a Child's Heart' is essential to Shepherding a Child's Heart. The instruction that you provide for them not only informs their mind; it is directed to persuading their hearts of the wisdom and truthfulness of God's way. Impress truth on the hearts of your children, not to control or manage them, but to point them to the greatest joy and happiness that they can experience--delighting in God and the goodness of his ways.



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Parenting--Religious aspects.
Teaching--Religious aspects.

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