Parenting Well

Through Discovering Your Biblical

Family ID
Discovering God’s Design for Your Child:

● Fasting
● Prayer
● Scriptures
● Communication
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD,
“plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
 FASTING
Why do we fast? “While they were
● To seek God /draw closer to God worshiping the Lord
● To break strongholds: life controlling and fasting, the Holy
habits, addictions, sin’s grip, demonic Spirit said, ‘Set apart
influence for me Barnabas and
● To gain wisdom and clarity/discernment Saul for the work to
● To align ourselves with God’s will which I have called
● To gain victory or breakthrough
them.’ “ Acts 13:2
 GOAL
PRAYER
Focused Prayer as a daily spiritual discipline and
then conversing throughout the day with the “Let us then approach
Lord, and crying out to God in the middle of the God’s throne of grace
night when necessary.
with confidence, so
“Arise, cry out in the night, that we may receive
as the watches of the night begin; mercy and find grace
pour out your heart like water to help us in our time
in the presence of the Lord. of need.”
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children..”
Lam 2:19
Annika’s Story SCRIPTURE
For the word of God is
alive and active,
sharper than any
double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to
dividing soul and spirit,
joints and marrow; it
judges the thoughts
and attitudes of the
heart.

Heb 4:16
Consider your culture and then make a
shift toward Kingdom culture over your
own experiences.
COMMUNICATION
God communicates:
● His great love to us “All Scripture is breathed out by
● His direction and wisdom God and profitable for teaching, for
● His warnings reproof, for correction, and for
● His peace
● His rules training in righteousness.”
● His correction 2 Timothy 3:16
● The kindness of the Lord leads us to
repentance.
● His mercies are new every morning to “Teenagers don’t rebel against authority, but
us. against a lack of relationship.” Family ID
● He disciplines those He loves.

Use God’s model in our parenting.

God’s has a plan for us, but He’s not the only one.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1
Thessalonians 5:18

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To
act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive
what he has promised.” Hebrews 10:36

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
Do you have a plan
for your family?
Your most important treasure on
this earth
 “Write it Down, Live it Out.”
Family ID

Where there is no vision “I will give you my message in the

(revelation), my people form of a vision. Write it clearly
enough to be read at a glance. At the
perish. time I have decided, my words will
Psalm 29:18 come true. You can trust what I say
about the future. It may take a long
time, but keep on waiting-it will
happen! "
Hab 2:2
 Your 100 Family Values
Sit down with a paper and pen and start to list some of your personal values that you want to
see in your family. Your children can help do this. Together, come up with 100 family values that
you either already live out or hope to see more of in your life and the lives of your kids.

Some examples might be: “… Impress them on your children. Talk

about them when you sit at home and
● Honesty
when you walk along the road, when
● Kindness
you lie down and when you get up. Tie
● Help the poor them as symbols on your hands and
● Reach the lost bind them on your foreheads. Write
● Courageous them on the doorframes of your houses
● Try our Best and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9
● Serve at church
Create Your Mission Statement
Tells your family where you are going and how to get there.

A mission informs you of your purpose. Anyone following the

same mission is on the same team.
Seeing your family as a team will begin a new dynamic in your
family as you mutually support one another, build each other up,
care for one another, and serve one another as well as working
together to fulfill your God ordained mission.
Wollner Mission Statement
Tells your family where you are going and how to get there.

“We the Wollner family, resolve to be Christ like,

developing a standard of Godly living through
family unity, service to others, and a pursuit of “Every family ends up
somewhere, but few
excellence.
Our home will be a safe haven in which to
cultivate Godly virtues through parent guided end up somewhere on
education, preparing generations to respect and purpose.” Family ID
pattern Godly authority, fulfilling our God
ordained roles as men and women.”
Create Your Vision Statement
This is a one line statement that says what you hope your family will be at the end of your life when
your mission statement has been lived out..

Examples:
Our lives honor Jesus.
Standing tall no matter what comes.
We are a family of integrity.
We honor God and love people.

This is something you can say quickly to your children when reminding them of who
you are as a family, as correction or as encouragement.
Nurturing your New Family ID

Launch!
Post your values, your mission and vision statements in your house so
your children see them.
Refer back to them in teaching moments
Reevaluate each year
Create your own ways or follow our list of ways to build family team
spirit. Cultivate the DNA of your family so you know who you are and
can pass down that DNA to future generations.