Jul. 5, 2009 - Purposeful and Intentional Parenting - Part 3, Praising the Lord with songs

I recently wrote a guest post for Joy at Stay at Home Missionary and I wanted to elaborate more on that so here is the Part 3 of my series on Purposeful and Intentional Parenting.

"Teaching our children about God and their need for him is our most important role as parents. We can do this daily from the moment of their arrival by reading to them from the Bible, teaching them songs that bring praise to the Lord, helping them to see God in our everyday moments, praying diligently for them. Look for opportunities throughout the day to help your children delight in the Lord. Teach them about His creation and how they can glorify Him with their lives."

Teach your children songs that bring praise to the Lord.  I don't think that I have to tell you that most children love listening to music and singing, so put that to good use and teach them songs that will strengthen their faith and encourage them over a lifetime.  Look for songs that are not only biblically sound, but that also have a nice tune or arrangement.

One of many great options to choose from would be singing the psalms and other scripture that has been set to music.  You can easily buy a Psalter and an accompanying CD to learn to sing the Psalms if you are not familiar with them.  Crown and Covenant also has Psalm CD's specifically for children here.  Behemoth.com also has several great downloadable selections here, (be sure to scroll through the selections, there are several pages).

There is so much music out there to pick from, I want to encourage you to really read over the words of the songs and discern if they are songs that will bring glory to the Lord.  Even if you don't sing well your children will be blessed by your efforts, so I encourage you to take the time to enjoy singing and praising the Lord together.

I am not saying that those are the only songs that your children should learn or listen to, but to make them an important part of their growing up years. 

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Jul. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Today in church, Pastor Dennis shared out of Colossians 3, "speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord" Scripture set to music tends to stay in our minds/hearts, doesn't it? And I thought it was interesting that all three categories of music were covered....the scriptural psalms, the good traditional hymns, and newer spiritual songs~I love the variety in all of them.

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Jul. 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Hey! Your blog is in the top 100 homeschooling blogs! I saw Breezy's listed too! http://www.bible-college.net/index.php/100-best-blogs-for-christian-homeschoolers/

love, sarah mae :)

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Jul. 9, 2009 - Purposeful parenting

Posted by Anonymous

This series is great! I appreciate your taking the time and writing down what you have done that has really made a difference in your lives. Wonderful! Thank you!

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Jul. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Shutterbug

Robin,
I finally got around to reading this. Thank you for sharing. You have such a wealth of information in that mind of yours. Thanks for writing it down for the rest of us to look at. :)
I love you! I miss you!
Marie :)

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