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How to Disciple Children for Mission

Paul Tripp
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Paul Tripp discusses how to disciple children for mission.

He says, “It’s very, very important to family to think this. As you’re thinking about the family and mission, that the mission of the Kingdom of God is not just something to be done by adults, but it’s the the call of all of God’s children. It’s the call for children and so I want to day one as a parent be thinking,

How early in my child’s life do I disciple this child for ministry and mission and what does that look like?

CLICK TO TWEET: “Everything you have is a potential means of mission…The ideas are endless.” @PaulTripp

So, first that’s just a conversation, that all of this doesn’t belong to us, but it belongs to God and we want to be like a city on a hill that cannot be hidden. We want to be a light in the community that God has sent us into, so as you’re building friendships you want to build friendships with that in mind; how can this friendship be used not just for my happiness, but for God’s purpose?

How can this great game system that mom and dad bought us for Christmas be used as a means of ministry…? You just want to have that conversation with everything in the child’s life…Everything you have is a potential means of ministry…The ideas are endless.”

For a great resource on parenting, check out Tedd Tripp’s book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart.

Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child’s heart into the paths of life. Shepherding a Child’s Heart gives fresh biblical approaches to child rearing.

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Paul Tripp
President at Paul Tripp Ministries
Paul David Tripp is a pastor, author, and international conference speaker. He is the president of Paul Tripp Ministries and works to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. This vision has led Paul to write many books on Christian living and travel around the world preaching and teaching. Paul's driving passion is to help people understand how the gospel of Jesus Christ speaks with practical hope into all the things people face in this broken world.

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3 Responses

  1. Yes, spot on. Thanks for sharing on this.We need to realize our neighborhoods are filled with children who are part of family systems, which means our children’s interactions with other kids yields multiple opportunities for them and for us in relating to them and their families. Yet, although my intention and mindset from the beginning has been this very thing, from every toy purchased to b-day party invites etc., its sobering to see how our children learn our actions and attitudes that we were not aware we had, and so we need to be humble enough to see where we fall short when they are not doing what we want them to. A few other challenges in raising my son missionally, (tho he is doing pretty good himself) include, as you said, getting past the me/my, and somehow balancing it with the issue of teaching healthy boundaries while discouraging self-centeredness, among other things. A lot of thinking through issues is necessary as we change our paradigms, so let’s keep this topic going.

  2. My grandmother is the one who discipled me as a child. She loved people passionately. She taught me how to love passionately, how to give, how to be very thoughtful and mindful of personal situations, how to be meek and not expect glory for myself. She taught me by doing it herself, and instructing me to do it myself. What is so ironic is that she did not believe in doing missionary work, but she raised a missionary. I am bringing up my children the same way. Train up a child in the way he should go, and he will not depart from it.

  3. Missional living is just that…the Bible says we should teach our children the things of the Lord when we rise up, walk by the way, sit to eat and lay down…it is a life style. So with that in mind, our family of 11 takes our children with us and intentionally finds things to do that are missional. We do a monthly outreach with a local group, we do a weekly outreach in a mobile home park…reaching the children there…but my children are part of it. We stand for righteousness….Lifechain on the first Sunday in Oct around the country, national prayer day or other things of this sort. Someone needs help moving…we are there. If you look, there are so many opportunities around, you just have to open your eyes and be willing to get your hands dirty. Please do not just drop off your children, stay and work with them. The investment is so worth it.

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