How to Resist Peer Pressure: Proverbs 1:15-16
Dad, is your child equipped to walk away when bad influences come calling? In this episode Isaac breaks down Proverbs 1:15-16 and shows fathers how to teach their kids why God calls us to hold our foot back from the paths of those who entice us into sin.
Isaac explains how a strong identity in Christ gives our kids the strength to flee the wayward, even when it feels lonely to walk away, and why who they associate with shapes who they become since reputation is worth far more than riches. He walks through how sin gets normalized in small, everyday ways, filthy language, disobedience to parents, and what our kids consume through media, and gives fathers a framework for helping their children see why those enticements are ultimately in vain, because the natural human condition is bent toward evil, not away from it.
Isaac reminds dads that our family's mission is to glorify God with our lives, and that teaching our kids to live differently than the crowd means preparing them to upset people who want them to join in. Use this passage as a starting point for a conversation with your kids about the difference between what's normal and what's right, and about guarding their walk by guarding their friendships.
He also points back to Episode 7 on visioneering with your wife: assessing the current state of your marriage, family, and mission before dreaming ahead, initiating the conversation together rather than deciding alone, and building trust by following through on what you commit to.
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