Pastor Frankie Valencia
1 Children, if you want to be wise, listen to your parents and do what they tell you, and the Lord[a] will help you.2 For the commandment, “Honor your father and your mother,” was the first of the Ten Commandments with a promise attached: 3 “You will prosper[b] and live a long, full life if you honor your parents.” 4 Fathers, don’t exasperate your children,[c] but raise them up with loving discipline and counsel that brings the revelation of our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:5 (TPT)
5 as I think of your strong faith that was passed down through your family line. It began with your grandmother Lois, who passed it on to your dear mother, Eunice. And it’s clear that you too are following in the footsteps of their godly example.
2 Timothy 3:10 (TPT)
10 But you, Timothy, have closely followed my example and the truth that I’ve imparted to you. You have modeled your life after the love and endurance I’ve demonstrated in my ministry by not giving up. The faith I have, you now have. What I have hungered for in life has now become your longing as well. The patience I have with others, you now demonstrate.
Hebrews 12:5-11 (TPT)
5 And have you forgotten his encouraging words spoken to you as his children? He said,
“My child, don’t underestimate the value
of the discipline and training of the Lord God,
or get depressed when he has to correct you.[k]
6 For the Lord’s training of your life
is the evidence of his faithful love.[l]
And when he draws you to himself,
it proves you are his delightful child.”[m]
7 Fully embrace God’s correction as part of your training,[n] for he is doing what any loving father does for his children. For who has ever heard of a child who never had to be corrected?[o] 8 We all should welcome God’s discipline as the validation of authentic sonship. For if we have never once endured his correction it only proves we are strangers[p] and not sons.
9 And isn’t it true that we respect our earthly fathers even though they corrected and disciplined us? Then we should demonstrate an even greater respect for God, our spiritual Father, as we submit to his life-giving discipline.[q] 10 Our parents corrected us for the short time of our childhood as it seemed good to them. But God corrects us throughout our lives for our own good, giving us an invitation to share his holiness. 11 Now all discipline[r] seems to be more pain than pleasure at the time, yet later it will produce a transformation of character, bringing a harvest of righteousness and peace[s] to those who yield to it.[t]