Instructing a Child's Heart Quotes

“We cannot impress our children with the fame of God’s name if we are not impressed with him ourselves. If”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Biblical laws and standards sound oppressive and restrictive in our lawless, arrogant twenty-first century culture. But the psalmists rhapsodize about the law of God as sweet, precious, life-giving, wise, pure, enlightening, liberating and good. In our homes, we follow the absolutes and principles of Scripture and apply them to the “stuff” of family life. The church supports our love of the law of God as satisfying and necessary for an edifying and productive life.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“If you want your children to have a reason to sing on Sunday, give them a glorious God. If you want your children to have a reason not to sin on Monday, give them a glorious God.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Point your children to God as the fountain of deepest pleasure. In his presence are eternal pleasures—the greatest beauty, the highest value, the deepest satisfaction, the longest lasting joy, the most satisfying delights, the most wonderful friendship—eternal pleasures are found in God.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Don’t talk to your children about that which you have spoken little with God.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Parenting is not just child-care. We can have a vision for formative instruction that will transform our homes and communities.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Moms and dads are looking for tips and ideas that have immediate application to their children. Parents have a “top ten” list of problems they would like to know how to solve. Parents want practical help, “Just tell me what to do when. . . , or tell me what to say when . . .” You need more than tips and ideas; you need solid biblical truth. Even if we could script conversations and put well-chosen words into your mouth, it would not meet your needs. You would quickly get beyond our script and run out of words. Each interaction within a family has its own unique set of circumstances and personalities. Because God has made human beings and their world complex, there aren’t simple formulas that can be applied to our parenting. If all you have are tips and strategies, you will get beyond your fund of knowledge. Your greatest need is to understand deep truths from the Bible. Solid parenting skills are built on solid truth.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Teach your children that ungodly behavior begins with ungodly attitudes of heart, but godly behavior begins with godly attitudes of heart. Below”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Fights and quarrels don’t come from lack of skill in conflict resolution. They don’t come from people who are irritating. They come from desires that battle within. My desires are occupying the place of command and control inside my heart. Behavior Begins with the Heart”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“our goal is not to maintain control at any cost; it is rather to persuade. Influence and persuasion are always more important than discipline.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Your greatest need is to understand deep truths from the Bible. Solid parenting skills are built on solid truth.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Instructing a child’s heart is not simply transferring data from parent to child. It is impressing the heart with truth. Solomon”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“The Bible ascribes reasoning and thinking to the heart because the heart is the center of one’s being. The heart is where we think, grieve, rejoice, love, hate, desire, fear, pray, and so forth. “The heart is the wellspring of life” (Prov. 4:23).”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“We often think of the mind as the reasoning aspect and the heart as the emotional part of a person. The Bible does not support that idea. The Bible links thought to the heart. When God sent the Great Flood it was because “every inclination of the thoughts of [man’s] heart was only evil all the time” (Gen. 6:5). Mary, the mother of Jesus, finding herself overwhelmed with all she had heard concerning her son, “treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart” (Lk. 2:19). The power of the word of God is seen in the way “it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Heb. 4:12).”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“The man in the action-adventure movie who does whatever he wants and breaks all the rules is not a hero. He is a fool. Regardless of the apparent good that results in the end, he is a fool and the world he represents is a lie. It wouldn’t be wise to make an evening’s entertainment of watching powerful dramas that teach our children to think about life in ways that are not true.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Shaping ideas requires long-term interaction with long-range goals and 100 percent saturation.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Our central objective in instruction, discipline and correction is heart change, not behavior change. This profoundly shapes how we view consequences.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“Many parents feel like they are victims of hostile and alien forces that have invaded their homes through MTV, VH1, video game hardware and software. Their children have interests, a vocabulary, and values—an entire culture that they, the parents, know nothing about. I have asked concerned parents, “How did your child afford a video game, a TV, and computer for their bedroom?” “Oh, he didn’t buy it; I bought it for him.” “You bought it for him and now you are upset with him because he uses it?” We must be discerning about the entertainment we provide. We may be inviting unwelcome guests who become difficult to evict.”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart

“How do you think of the Bible? Is it law, condemnation, warning, guilt, threats and judgment? Or is it God’s merciful and gracious revelation for fallen, broken humanity?”
― Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child's Heart