Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
Disobedient children exist because disobedient parents exist. God's very first instruction to parents was to teach their children to love God. If parents obeyed God's instruction, they would find their children in full obedience of their rules and requests. As children, we need to remember that our freedoms have boundaries and rules. I'd once read a funny story about a father and son where the son was turning 18 in a state where the curfew for minors was 11:00pm. The son told his father how happy he was that he could now stay out as late as he wanted. His father responded, “You can stay out as late as you want, but that car is under 18 and it has to be in the garage by 11:00pm.” Parents, you need to understand that if you obey the Lord, your children will learn to be obedient to the Lord and to you, as well. If your children aren't obeying you, and you want to find out why, you should probably begin by looking at your own relationship with God.
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