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If I Had A Teenager, I Would...

Shawn Bain
12/19/10 - Articles From Our Bulletin

  1. Understand the teenage years are not the same with each child (Proverbs 22:6; 1 Corinthians 12:15-18).
  2. Start when they are born teaching them to be a godly teenager (2 Timothy 3:15).
  3. Let them learn the importance of God and the church and their responsibility to the Father (Deuteronomy 6:1-9; 2 Chronicles 34:3; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Matthew 22:37).
  4. Establish and maintain clear boundaries (Deuteronomy 5:32,33; 6:24,25; Joshua 1:7,8; Proverbs 4:23; 22:15; Hebrews 12:7-11).
  5. Realize peer pressure gets intense (1 Corinthians 15:33).
  6. Get to know my children's friends (Psalms 119:63; Proverbs 13:20; Hebrews 13:2).
  7. Take them places to meet others who are righteous (Romans 1:8-12).
  8. Give my child responsibility, so they will learn accountability (Proverbs 9:8,9; Romans 14:12; Galatians 6:4,5,7,8; 1 Timothy 4:12,16).
  9. Let them experience compassion for others (Matthew 9:36; 20:26-28; 1 John 3:16).
  10. Teach them about decency and the value of purity - the value of waiting for sex in marriage (Genesis 39:9; 1 Corinthians 6:15-18; Hebrews 13:4).
  11. Drug proof my child from illegal drugs, alcohol, smoking, and abuse of legal medicine (Proverbs 1:10-19; 1 Corinthians 6:19,20; 10:31).
  12. Help them learn to seek God by faith, trust Him, and commit their life to Him (Psalm 37:5; Hebrews 11:6).

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