Welcome to the first official day of the 31 Days series. Happy October! There are some amazing series going on. Be sure to check them out!
I’m writing a parenting series about servant leadership. How do we raise our children to be godly leaders in this fallen world?
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When God spoke to me recently – about my family, blog, dreams, and direction…He gave me the idea for this series. I wasn’t sure how I was supposed to present it. Then someone mentioned this 31 Day Challenge. Voilà! Amazing how God can work out something so creatively over such a long period of time.
I didn’t realize, eight years ago, that my blog name would be so powerful to me. And, yes, it’s taken that long for me to culminate the vision I had as a teeny tiny seed then. So, be patient. I could never have written then like I can write now. I was in a very different place. And there’s still so much growth. So much forward.
So, what is servant leadership?
This is the verse I’m standing on. The verse God spoke to me about my children.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ~Philippians 4:8
God didn’t stop there. He also spoke to me at length – about royalty. chivalry. nobility. A theme arose in my heart and mind.
What is noble these days? Is chivalry and courtesy dead?
And so I went back and researched noble and chivalry and compared it to our ideas today. They’re interesting concepts. Not entirely un-Christian, but there’s a fine line with some of it.
Don’t we all walk a fine line? Do we want our children to ever waver to the other side of that line? By raising servant leaders in this world, we must be diligent. We cannot compromise. We must choose to be servants of Christ or followers of the world.
And we must disciple our children. If we don’t, the world will. {Tweet that!}
We must be diligent with training our children the way they should go. Pray for what your family’s goals are. What is your idea of success for your children? And I’m not talking about a corner office or a bunch of letters after his name. For the Kingdom of God. What does that success look like?
Like me, you may focus on what you don’t want for your kids. I know I don’t want them to be promiscuous, experiment with drugs, lack honor or integrity.
Work backwards from your ultimate goal of Kingdom success for your family. How do you get there? We’re going to discuss that this month.
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Join me this week as I discuss the Code of Chivalry and compare it to Philippians 4:8.
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