Do I have to DAD???
Famous words of a child who has to clean their room. Then I try to entice her with: "I'm cleaning my room and will be done in a few minutes." Be the example, right? It's a struggle each week in our house. I have to step up the parenting then by saying, "When you disobey your parents, you disobey God." after the 'I don't want to' or the 'do I have to' replies. It's a responsibility that we are trying to get our children to understand. It's a task that has to be completed and at a young age once this is accomplished, we can move on to bigger responsibilities. It's a tough lesson for a child to learn at times. Paul writes to the church in Thessalonica these very words towards the end of his letter: "Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. For yo...