Every Bow Is Bent Differently

of Americans will take a life-changing step this year.

How you these youngsters will have a greater on society than the way you or almost anything else you do.

When kids come, there are many concerns:

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4. 10.
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The single most needed ingredient – .

Most of us are good at parenting, but could it be that we have an issue?

our child is paramount to us our child.

Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he grows older, he will not abandon it.
Proverbs 22:6

Is it true – all kids at some time will be a?

A passage to consider!

1^st

This means literally = “To a ”.

It also means: or consecrate.

2^nd Train up a “child”

The term “child” is in scope.

It refers to the years a child is under the of the parents – every age from to young .

Train up – create a in, build into the child the experience of (take to the ) – a child of all in the realm of the home – in the way he/she should go.

Principle – Don’t !

Let’s consider instead:

Train up a child in – the term “” means – in with – or – “according to the way”.

This is different than way.

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:
The way of the eagle in the sky, The way of a snake on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a virgin.
Proverbs 30:18-19

“Way” is a .

If one does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and taken aim.
Psalm 7:12

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They have set their arrow on the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalm 11:2

Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 AMP

Bent or the is the same word in verb form translated in Proverbs 22:6.

In every child God gives you, there is a , a set of characteristics already .

Your child has been by the Creator and to them correctly we must discover their .

Adam and Eve had sons starting out – and .

and were not only from the same family – they were .

Absalom and Soloman had the same , the same court life in David’s home, yet Absalom leaned toward the and Soloman was more and .

Two major mistakes!

1^st The approach!

2^nd !

Often times trouble arises when we we are not .

On top of that – we then add to the trouble.

“when he is old he will not depart from it.”

The word “old” means – “ the ”.

Two questions arise!

How can I the God-given design of my child?

Even children are known by the way they act, whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right. Ears to hear and eyes to see— both are gifts from the Lord.
Proverbs 20:11-12 NLT

God did not give us a ball but, He has given us our .

Remember: Scripture says our children themselves (make themselves ) by their  or .

In other words, “ of your .”

This assignment lasts for years.

Often, your child or a will not understand themself; they look to us to clear away the .

This long term assignment will take ingredients: and .