• Heartprints

    Using God to Control your Child?

    Have you ever found yourself tempted to use your beliefs about God to control your child? If so, you are not alone. However, using guilt and shame to get our children to obey probably isn’t God’s best for them, or for us as parents. Here’s why. First, we want our children to trust God. We want them to know Him for who He is. Because when they know Him, they will desire a relationship with Him. Jesus tells children to come unto Him. Ask yourself if you would want to go to Jesus, if you thought He was sitting up there ready to “Zap” you all the time. It is…