TOP 10 WAYS TO BUILD YOUR CHILDREN UP:#10 TEACH THEM HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
# 9 TEACH THEM TO RESPECT THEMSELVES (AND THEIR BODIES) AND OTHERS
# 8 TEACH THEM GOOD STEWARDSHIP (OF TIME, OF TALENT AND OF TREASURE)
# 7 INVEST YOUR TIME IN THEM (THEY NEED MORE THAN QUALITY - THEY NEED BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY)
# 6 PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, MAKE EYE CONTACT AND SHOW THEM THAT THEY MATTER TO YOU DAD
# 5 SHOW THEM YOUR FAITH: MAKE THE BIBLE AN AUTHORITY IN YOUR LIFE, MAKE SERVING OTHERS A PRIORITY, MAKE YOUR FAITH REAL TO THEM
# 4 DATE THEM (TAKE THEM OUT ON ONE ON ONE DATES: IF THEY ARE YOUR DAUGHTERS THEN SHOW THEM HOW A LADY SHOULD BE TREATED. IF THEY ARE YOUR SONS THEN SHOW THEM HOW TO TREAT LADIES AND BE A GENTLEMEN.
# 3 TELL THEM ABOUT GOD - READ THE WORD WITH THEM. PRAY WITH THEM, OPEN UP TO THEM.
# 2 LOVE THEM, KISS THEM, HUG THEM - DO NOT WITHHOLD LOVE WITH THEM. EVEN WHEN THEY MESS UP - FORGIVE THEM AS GOD HAS FORGIVEN US. SHOW THEM HOW TO APOLOGIZE AND TO FORGIVE (AND THEN SHOW THEM HOW LOVE DOES NOT KEEP SCORE, DOES NOT KEEP RECORD OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
# 1 TELL THEM ABOUT GOD. ABOUT JESUS AND ABOUT HIS SPIRIT. SHARE WITH THEM WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US THROUGH HIS SON JESUS AND WHAT JESUS HAS GIVEN US AS HE SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD - HIS SPIRIT.