Between the child's relationship with God and with you theresignificant difference: your parents' role is limited in time, but God is always its parent. Your work must come to an end. If you successfully cope with the task, the time will come when your child becomes an adult and will treat you as an equal. One of your tasks in education - to transfer the child more and more adult rights and responsibilities.
Однако отношения детей с Богом строятся иначе. Ребенок обязан навеки оставаться чадом Божьим, он не должен «оставить» Бога и «прилепиться» к кому-то другому. Вечный завет между Отцом и детьми распространяется и на вашего ребенка: «Кто любит Меня, тот соблюдет слово Мое; и Отец Мой возлюбит его, и Мы придем к нему и обитель у него сотворим» (Иоанна 14:23).
That's why you have to build your relationshipChild with earthly parents differently than the relationship with the Heavenly Father. You are helping your child to stop you need, and at the same time you are helping him even more aware of his need for God. It incorporates the experience with you, developing abilities that enable him to cope with life without you; it incorporates the experience of a relationship with God, it is also developing capabilities that will enable it to cope with life, but always remaining in dependence upon God.
You must help the child move from immature depending on God the Father to mature. He is the son of God, but now he is responsible for his life and for the way in which he will come to the Source of life. God does not change, but your child's needs change with age.
In the table we have distributed and spiritual needsthe possibility of the child development stages, respectively. Use this data to make the structure of employment in which you teach a child faith and obedience.
| Stage | Faith child | Tasks parents | |
| Infancy | Condition to faith.
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Faith involves </span> </p> the ability to distinguish themselves from others, </span> </p> and infancy problems are reduced to generating this </span> </p> ability. </span> </p> � At this stage lays the foundation for the further perception of faith.</ Td> | Help your child
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accept God </span> </p> »Internally»: the baby can not </span> </p> have a clue about </span> </p> God, but he feels he </span> </p> It is in the unemployed </span> </p> опасности и на него изливается любовь. Ребенок воспринимает реальность своей зависимости, полученного блага и любви в отношениях с матерью.</ Td> | |
| The first years of life | Ребенок начинает осваивать Божьи предписания.
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� Imitating adult, he begins to pray and talk about God.</ Td> | Let the kid involved in family worship, read him the biblical stories in a simple retelling, show pictures, rehearsed songs. | |
| Pre-school and junior school years | Faith becomes certainty, childacquainted with the teaching about God. He still does not ask questions, and uncritically accepts the huge amounts of information. At this stage the baby is full of curiosity.
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� The image of God is more personal. </span> </p> � Ребенок хочет иметь отношения с Богом. </span></ Td> </p> | You are obliged to intensively teach him how to use the Bible stories, and suggesting certain concepts.
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� Ребенок должен участвовать в молитве и богослужении. </span> </p> � Give your child understand that he is a member of a spiritual family. </span> </p> � Connect the child to his work in the community.</ Td> | |
| boyhood | The teenager will ask questions, challenge, develop their own, individual faith.
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� He has problems with the separation of parents and God. </p> � He needs to explore, to seek, to experience spiritual struggles.</ Td> | Give your child the freedom to seek within certain limits.
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� Respect to the conflict between dependence and independence. </span> </p> � Let there be less instruction and </span> </p> greater dialogue. </span> </p> � His skepticism answer call </span> </p> to own </span> </p> surf. </span> </p> � Demand that he </span> </p> He attended church, </span> </p> but give </span> </p> him the right to </span> </p> pick up a </span> </p> group of peers.</ Td> | |
| Study in College | Young, but already an adult person aspires to a more profound and solid faith.
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� It includes their relationship with God in the general context of life, choosing a life's objectives and values, life partner, profession. </span> </p> � He finds ways to serve the people and benefit in accordance with their faith.</ Td> | Spiritually, you are not a parent, and sibling.
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� Share your experiences and spiritual struggle. </span> </p> � Keep your child in the pursuit of spiritual growth and greater depth.</ Td> | |
