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21 " God knew that our calling would be so huge and our weakness so deep that the only thing that would help us was himself. So in an act of incredible grace, he has unbuttoned us and gotten inside of us. Now think about this as a parent. This God who has the ability to do things that are way beyond your ability to conceive, who has perfect wisdom and unlimited strength, right now lives inside of you. "
― Paul David Tripp , Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family
22 " God didn’t give you your children to build your reputation but to publicly proclaim his. "
23 " Change is about learning what is right, acknowledging that it is right, confessing that you have been wrong, committing to a new way of living, and seeking the help you need to do it. (66) "
24 " Good parenting lives at the intersection of a humble admission of personal powerlessness and a confident rest in the power and grace of God. "
25 " Parenting is about being God’s ambassadors in the lives of our children. "
26 " Parenting is about being used of God to bring your children to that wholesome and heart-changing place of personal hopelessness. This is not a process of condemnation, but of patient and loving rescue. "
27 " Our heavenly Father is never content with just controlling us. Control is no problem for him; he’s sovereign after all. But in grace he wanted more for us. So he devised a plan that would result in our forgiveness and complete transformation. In Jesus he made a way for us to see our sin, to confess it, to be granted complete forgiveness, and to be blessed with both the desire and the power to change. He is the Redeemer, and so he is unwilling to settle for anything less than radical personal heart and life change. "
28 " You could say that the advice here is to connect everything you require of your children in behavior and belief to the story of redemption. "
29 " Sadly, rather than growing in a sense of need for and submission to the authority that God has placed in their lives, many children become emotional weathermen. They have come to understand that the rules of the house tend to change with the emotion of the parent who is present. "
30 " Change is about learning what is right, acknowledging that it is right, confessing that you have been wrong, committing to a new way of living, and seeking the help you need to do "
31 " This means that every moment of discipline and correction must be accompanied with instruction. "
32 " You see, culture isn’t the problem, people are. "
33 " parenting is either a thing of the highest treasure to you, and that is demonstrated in your choices, words, and actions every day, or it’s not. "
34 " And they understand that if their children grow and mature in life and godliness, they become not so much their trophies, but trophies of the Savior that they have sought to serve. For them, it’s God who does the work and God who gets the glory; they are just gratified that they were able to be the tools that God used. "
35 " so much of what drives our responses to our kids is an unannounced set of laws that are more about what we want for ourselves and our lives than what God wants for and from our children. In our allegiance to our law, we end up breaking God’s law in our interactions with our children. In this way we are just like our children: people who need to be rescued from ourselves. You "
36 " Children begin to lose respect for the parent who is content with a “do what I say and not as I do” relationship to children. "
37 " Principio: Dios nunca te llama a una tarea sin darte lo que necesitas para hacerla. Nunca te envía sin ir contigo. "
38 " It is more natural for your children to deny God’s existence than it is for them to humbly recognize it and submit to his holy demands on their "
39 " There is nothing more important to consistent, faithful, patient, loving, and effective parenting than to understand what God has given you in the grace of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. "
40 " todos tendemos a ser mejores en hacer cumplir la ley que en extender la gracia. "