Inspirational Christian quotes about raising children are helpful and needed for all parents. The best source of these parenting quotes and direction comes from the Bible. God’s word is sharp and penetrating and us parents need it to guide us in raising a family. I have four kids at home and know the challenges of day to day life. Parenting is difficult and I often feel like I am failing but I know if I trust in God and call out to Him for help and guidance that He will show Himself strong. Parents need to pray. Christian parents need to get others also to be active in prayer for their children. My prayer is that these Bible verses and Christian quotes on raising kids will spark some thought and action in your life today!
Inspirational Christian Quotes on Raising Kids from The Bible
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
Matthew 7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Inspirational Parenting Christian Quotes for Raising Children
“The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.”
Billy Graham
“A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. If you’re always shoving your child away, they will cling to you for love. If you’re always holding them closer, they will cling to you for fear.”
Polly Berrien Berends
A wise person truly said, “It ought to be as impossible to forget that there is a Christian in the house as it is to forget that there is a ten-year-old boy in it.”
Roger J. Squire
I believe that if an angel were to wing his way from earth up to Heaven, and were to say that there was one poor, ragged boy, without father or mother, with no one to care for him and teach him the way of life; and if God were to ask who among them were willing to come down to this earth and live here for fifty years and lead that one to Jesus Christ, every angel in Heaven would volunteer to go. Even Gabriel, who stands in the presence of the Almighty, would say, “Let me leave my high and lofty position, and let me have the luxury of leading one soul to Jesus Christ.” There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God’s hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.
Dwight L. Moody
Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: “What do you want to give to others for Christmas?” Second: “What do you want for Christmas?” The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first.
Anonymous
We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching effective role models – most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day out.
Josh McDowell
You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here’s how – guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your spirituality. Train your children to do the same. Embrace a long list of do’s and don’ts publicly but hypocritically practice them privately… yet never own up to the fact that its hypocrisy. Act one way but live another. And you can count on it – emotional and spiritual damage will occur.
Charles (Chuck) Swindoll
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
Charles (Chuck) Swindoll
Parents, you will teach your children more by scheduling regular times to nurture the relationship between husband and wife than you would ever teach them through a lecture on committment. Although it is important for you pray to for your child, seeking the Lord for that perfect spouse for them, it is equally important that you teach them through your example how to cherish the future gift of a companion that the Lord has in store for them.
Katherine Walden
Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first and most natural condition of things is for Christian parents to train up their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I pray these Christian quotes and Bible Verses about raising children will inspire you to become a more biblical role model and parent to your child. I know I need to read through these often to be reminded of this!
Resources:
http://www.christian-parenting-source.com/family-quotes.html
http://dailychristianquote.com/dcqfamily.html
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Wow what a great selection. Do you have an account on http://www.quotista.com so I can follow your quotes?
When children are the worst, they are absolutely the most difficult ever, you feel like screaming or giving up and the hardest to ever love at that point…is exactly when children need the love the very most. The most effective way to respond to children who least deserve love is to give them exactly what they need the most. That is your unconditional love. Love and praying for them when you feel it is the most impossible to do so is the very time that they need it the most.
When they are at their worst and seem to give us the most grief is when they need love more so. It is like they are screaming out in their souls…”I am hurting, I am confused about life, and I can’t handle all of this that is called life so I will take it out on you”, the parent.
what a great post…love it!! just stopping in via UBP!!
We as parents ought to train up our kids in the manner in which he/she should go. Trust God and do your part without WORRYING about the future of your child. There’s a line in a beautiful song about a baby. “but greater still the calm assurance, this child can face uncertain days because HE lives”.
The kind of assurance this gives me as a father of 2 kids is tremendous & beyond description.
I’m very motivated by the quotes of inspiring Christian believers that I hear about on the radio and it’s really true. The world is getting more and more complicated and leading children and youths on this earth is very hard. Parents are truly trying there best to bring up there children the right way but it takes alot of fasting and praying for God to give strength to each and everyone. I, for one, has really struggled in my life and I thank God for giving me great parents who have uplifted me and have encouraged me even though I’ve done wrong. I always feel much closer to God whenever I’m with my physical parents and I know that He will always be there for me whenever I need Him. At times, we might be misled by things out there in the world, So I pray that the faith that I have will carry me through all the obstacles in life. Thankyou again for your wisdom in sharing with us about our children.
children are a heritage from the lord and the fruit of the womb is the reward
Thank you Mary for your comment. I agree with your comment. Josh has recorded many of my very favorites. We appreciate your comment and hope that you will return again soon.
This site has truly been a blessing! As a single mother raising a 14yr boy, it has been very difficult to raise him alone, and teach him the aspects of life. But today I was truly encouraged!
LaTonia, this is perhaps the greatest reward and greatest responsibility for one person to have. Oh, how your boy will respect you later in life. Truly single mothers have to be both mom & dad and I know you must have great difficulties but God truly says that pure religion (James 1:27) is visiting the orphans and widows in their affliction (like you are a spiritual widow). I am so glad this article could encourage you because you have the hardest job in the world. May God be with you in your walk with the Lord. May God be a Father to you and your son (Psalm 103). Thank you for visiting the website and please come back again soon.