Honoring Your Parents Part 3

Today let’s look at a few more of the little things we can do to train ourselves in the heart and art of submission.

-Your cooperation: Have you ever been in a play, danced in a dance recital, or played on a sports team? As you well know, everyone had to cooperate to make the show the best performance it could be. You all had to be a team, right?

Well, it’s the same way in a family. There are a couple things that God has asked of family’s—to live together in unity (Psalm 133:1) and to glorify God in all things (1 Corinthians 10:31). So here’s how it goes—everything your parents ask you to do, you do with no hesitation. There should never be any room for arguing, and you know what? God rewards a cheerful and obedient heart!

-Your help: Everyone on the face of this earth loves to hear the four little words—“how can I help?” So I encourage you at home and with your parents and family members to constantly be asking, “How can I help?” Because after all “two are always better than one” (Ecclesiastes 4:9)

-Pray, pray, pray: I cannot emphasize too much on the importance of prayer. It is something that we should be doing all day long—every spare moment we can. If you see your parents struggling with something, pray for them. If they haven’t been getting along with each other, pray for them. If they are stressed, pray for them. We can never pray too much for our parents!

We need to be praying for ourselves too. If you think you don’t like your parents, pray for yourself. If you think what they are asking of you is unfair, pray for yourself. If you think your parents are too strict, pray for yourself.

What should we be asking God? You should pray that He will soften your heart and help you change your attitude, give you help by His grace, ask Him to give you a greater appreciation for your parents, to help you to submit, honor and respect them. Ask God to work not only in your parent’s hearts, but in yours as well.