John Fuller: 我相信为孩子的约会生活祈祷非常重要,这是父母应该关注的事情之一。
Danny Huerta: 我为我的孩子祈祷,希望他们成为贡献者而非消费者,并拥有自律、辨别力和智慧,在约会中做出明智的选择。我还为他们拥有谦逊的心祈祷,这有助于他们成为贡献者而非交易者,并为他们未来的伴侣及其家庭祈祷,祈求上帝的引导。最重要的是,我祈祷我和我的孩子、我的孩子和他们的伴侣及其家庭、以及我的孩子和耶稣之间都能保持信任。
Jodi Berndt: 圣经没有提供明确的规则指导青少年约会,但我们可以从圣经原则中找到指引,并通过祈祷圣经来获得养育孩子的力量和希望。我们不应将孩子视为偶像,不要让焦虑和担忧占据我们的思想,而应将孩子托付给上帝。
Jim Daly: 父母应该避免将孩子的成功作为衡量自身价值的标准,孩子的才能应该用于服务他人,而不是为了获得自身的认可。父母不应过度将孩子的成功或失败与自身联系起来,而应信任上帝,并支持孩子度过困境。父母应该专注于爱孩子并向他们展现上帝的恩典,而不是过度关注他们的成功或失败。
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Danny Huerta: 'shaping our kids to be contributors. And we talk about that here, right? Contributors instead of consumers....And on the other side, I've also been praying for self-control, for discernment and wisdom. Yeah. Humility is a key ingredient....That humble heart makes a difference. We see it in scripture. We see it play out in relationships and especially in dating....And the key component that you're trying to build as you're praying for your children is this word trust, that trust will be maintained between me and my children, that trust will be maintained between my children and that other family and between my child and Jesus.'
Jodi Berndt: 'Parents often wish the Bible had some specific rules about teens and dating....There's not a need we're going to face that he hasn't already anticipated and provided for in the pages of scripture....Kids can become idols when they make us so proud and And they can become idols when they make us so worried. So I would just encourage people to trust their kids to the Lord.'
Jim Daly: 'Our kids, I think, pick up on it, whether we're trying to or not....And really where we can fall prey to is this pridefulness that, hey, look at us, look at me. We're doing so well....My job is to just love them well and to demonstrate God's grace to them as much as I can right now.'
This chapter explores the importance of praying for teenagers' dating lives, focusing on shaping them to be contributors rather than consumers. It emphasizes the significance of praying for self-control, discernment, humility, and trust in relationships.
Pray for teenagers to be contributors, not consumers, in relationships.
Pray for self-control, discernment, wisdom, and humility.
Pray for the preparation of the other person in the relationship and their family.
Emphasize trust in the relationship with the teenager, their partner's family, and with Jesus.
Dating and your teen's well-being are two of the greatest areas of potential concern most parents have for their kids. Jodie Berndt shares some helpful perspectives with Jim Daly about how to pray for your teenager in those areas.