RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 23 March 2025 – Parenting Like God

RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 23 March 2025 – Lesson 30

TOPIC:  Parenting Like God (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 23 March 2025)

MEMORY VERSE:“And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”– 2 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV)

BIBLE PASSAGE: 2 Samuel 7:12-15 (KJV) (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 23 March 2025)

12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

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INTRODUCTION: The Bible constantly admonishes us to conform to the image of our Maker – God (2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 3:9-10). God wants to be involved in the lives of His children (2 Corinthians 6:17-18) hence, the need to consider the example of His parenting style.

LESSON OUTLINES:

1. GOD’S INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STYLE
2. GOD’S INSTRUCTIVE STYLE

1. GOD’S INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STYLE

God, our Father, loves us His children, and wants to be connected with us (Jeremiah 31:3). He is forgiving and merciful when we err (Hebrews 8:12). He is willing to receive all who come to Him for forgiveness of their sins (1 John 1:9). He is approachable (Isaiah 1:18). Therefore, as parents, we must be willing to love and associate freely with our children. We must be forgiving and merciful when our children go astray.

Also, God communicates clear boundaries for us to follow as His children (Exodus 20:12-17). Therefore, as parents, we must communicate to our children all the things that they need to know for a successful life (Proverbs 22:6; 4:20-22).

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CLASS ACTIVITY 1: How do you feel when you rebuke your children?

2. GOD’S INSTRUCTIVE STYLE

God is not manipulative because He gives us freedom over all non-moral issues in our lives. From the beginning, God gave Adam and Eve the freedom to eat from any of the trees of the Garden (Genesis 2:16-17). However, He did communicate a moral boundary so they would not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We must also have that balance in our parenting style. We must draw clear moral boundaries and grant freedom to our children over non-moral issues.

Our heavenly Father also disciplines us when we disobey and rebel against Him (Proverbs 3:12; Hebrews 12:7). He will not look the other way when we sin (2 Samuel 7:14). As parents, we must be willing to use all forms of correction at our disposal to secure moral boundaries within the family (Proverbs 19:18).

CLASS ACTIVITY 2: How often do you communicate with your children?

CONCLUSION: Just like Jesus, being an example to our children is one of the most powerful and authoritative teaching tools we possess as parents (John 13:15).

QUESTIONS:

1. In what three ways is God involved in parenting His children?
2. Mention three ways parents can be instructive like God.

ASSIGNMENT: Mention two parents who did instructive parenting in the Bible with references. (5×2=10 Marks).

RCCG Sunday School HYMN

1. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   O how I love Thee well,
   I am happy, it makes me glad
   To rejoice at Thy birth.
2. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Thy friendship suits me well,
   Both young and old will sing Thy song,
   We long for Sunday School.
3. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s  day,
   Christ was Thy first teacher,
   The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
   Does manifest in thee.
4. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   This testimony is sure,
   That God, the Father Almighty,
   Poured His blessing on Thee.
5. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Though the sun be so bright,
   Or if the clouds black with rain,
   I’ll be in Sunday School.
6. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   I rejoice to see Thee,
   Will thou pass over me today?
   Without my being blest?