Excerpts from Ch. 2-Triumph and Tragedy

*Please read my former posts beginning with, Insights from a novice, before reading this post. All quotes are taken from the book, Launching Your Kids For Life, by Reccord.*

"When our children leave us and "fly" on their own, we want them to experience triumph not tragedy. We've come up with a list of eight principals to apply to your parenting. We believe that if you teach these to your children in those first eighteen years they are at home in your care, they will have a foundation on which to follow their lives' mission.

Our principals...
1. God prepared a unique plan and calling for your life even before you were born.
2. God calls you to a life-changing relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
3. God calls you to partner with Him in a mission that is bigger than you are.
4. God calls you to be on mission with Him right where you are-starting now.
5. God reveals His mission through His Word, His Spirit, wise counsel, and His work in circumstances around you.
6. God will repeatedly bring you to crossroads of choice as He forges you for His mission.
7. God guides you and provides for your mission one step at a time.
8. When you answer God's call, you will experience His pleasure and change your world."