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Classic Teaching by Marilyn: Power Parenting
February 17, 2026 · 29 min
Explore the divine guidance in raising children according to God's will and wisdom.
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Building Blocks for Godly Parenting 0:00 Welcome0:14 to today with Marilyn and Sarah. We're gonna have such an amazing time together diving into the word and looking at 1 of my grandmother's classic vintage programs. This is a very important program today0:26 because it's gonna help you understand what it means to power parent. Did you know that God has a will for your children, for your grandchildren, for your family?0:38 It is critical that we understand that God has put parents in place to help train their children in the way they should go. Right? Right out of Proverbs. Parents, you are in the0:50 place and you are entrusted with your children to help bring them closer to God and closer into who God has called them to be. I know many of you watching have maybe difficult relationships with your children. We1:02 want to pray for you. The relationship between parents and children could be 1 of the biggest joys or 1 of the biggest pains. But through it all, we know that God is good and he has a plan for your family.1:14 So please call or go on the website. We want to pray for you today. Today's program will bless you, but we wanna make sure you're able to keep up. Make sure you scan the QR code and get your copy1:32 great resource to have in hand for you to pay attention. So, make sure you get your free copy of today's teaching notes. Get out your bible, maybe grab a cup of coffee. If you don't like coffee, grab a1:44 cup of tea because we are going back in time to watch 1 of my grandmother's classic programs. Maybe you're watching and you don't have kids yet, or maybe you don't want kids at all. You still need to watch because1:56 learning how God wants us to parent helps us to learn how God is a good parent to us. So, make sure you pay attention because God wants to talk to you through today's teaching. Are2:08 you listening? I know you are listening. Jump let's jump right into today's teaching.2:14 Now at the top of your page that you're taking notes on, put building blocks for your family. Building blocks for your family. And in Proverbs 22 6, you know,2:26 it says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he won't what? Depart from it. So we no, that's a real basic scripture and some of you are sitting there saying, yeah and I trained mine up and they've2:38 departed, but we don't give up till we win. Right? You know folks the only way you can fail is when you quit. And so we don't quit, we just keep2:50 believing and we keep praying and believing God and he brings them in. Now I looked at some other, translations of this and they were very interesting. It kinda helped me and unfolded it to me and I I believe it will to3:01 you too. It says, create a desire in your child in the way he should go, and when he is old he won't depart from it. So training is to create a desire in your3:13 child for right things. So that when they leave you, they don't say, thank God I'm away from home. I can do anything I please. But they're away from home and they have the desire to do what you taught them to3:25 do. That you've created desire in them. Dake's Annotated Reference Bible is really hot on it, and it says, train up or hedge in a child in the way that he should3:36 go, and when it is his responsibility to stay in it, he will stay in it. And so, what are we doing? We are in a way building hedges around3:48 our children, hedges around our loved ones. And I thought, when does it start? And of course, it starts as soon as they're born. It should start at that time. And,4:00 we have a relative that was telling us about an occasion they had with some member in their family, a couple in their family that have twin girls. And so they were telling us that they went out to,4:12 dinner and that these little girls, I guess they're about a year and a half old, were so wild and so rambunctious, 1 of them was pouring ketchup on our relative's sleeve and then rubbing it in.4:25 And then the other 1 was pouring salt and pepper on the table and knocking the water off the table. And the mother wasn't correcting them. And when the relative pushed the child back with the ketchup, the mother acted4:35 insulted. Now folks, what happens to children like this? What do we do? We turn away from them. Is that true? We reject disobedient children. Right?4:47 And so, these children, you know, they are being they're going to be rejected by adults. Don't you know that rejection usually begins with bad behavior?4:59 With children. If children behave badly, they are rejected. Don't you know that when those children left that restaurant, those waiters probably thought thank God, we hope they never come back. Because you know, the5:10 table was just a crisis. It was a turmoil. Now what's the problem here? Everybody say lack of training. But you say, well, doesn't the mother know better? Oh, the mother is very5:22 well educated, very well educated, you know, has a very top notch education way beyond what most of us have, but she's not educated in the Bible. And that's the difference.5:34 And so, the first thing we have to see about children is that we are training them God's way. And so number 1, I want you to put down God's way is best. So that's a decision we5:46 have to make. And so that doesn't mean, well I read the word and then I read all these psychology books and I just kind of pick and choose what I want. No. We read the word and pick the word as number 1.5:58 If the psychology books agree with the word and the child training books agree with the word, then we accept it. But if they don't agree, we don't take the psychology books, we take the word. Right?6:10 Right. Okay. Now, everybody will agree with that until you get into the nitty gritty of it. So we're gonna get into the nitty gritty and you're gonna like it, I promise you are. And we're gonna believe God for big6:21 breakthroughs in our families tonight because we've come out tonight with special faith. I came expecting, how about you? Did you come expecting? Look at someone, say honey, You're expecting. Okay. Here it6:33 is. Our heavenly father knows best. So you can put the scriptures down. This is under number 1. Psalms 1 12 verses 1 and 2. Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that6:44 feareth the Lord, that delighted greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon the earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed. You wanna6:56 guarantee your children success? Then you praise the Lord and delight greatly in his commandments. It's his commandments that make your seed mighty upon the7:08 earth. It's teaching his commandments that will make your seed mighty upon the earth.7:14 See, it's important that we get kids into the word. I know for me personally, I listened to all these songs that had scripture in it. And then as an adult, when I started to read the bible for myself,7:26 I began to recognize scriptures that my parents had sung over me as a kid. So I want to encourage all of you parents out there and even all of you children of God out there to get in the word. Because when we're in the7:37 word, when we help sow kids into the word, then they begin to walk in righteousness. I want to pray for you who are watching that you would have a hunger for the word, that your family would have a hunger for the word.7:49 And if that's something that you wanna grow in, please call or go on the website. We wanna pray for a fresh new hunger for the word of God in your family today. So call or go on the website. We want to pray8:01 for you to have a renewed hunger for the word of God that will help lead you into that place of righteousness and walk in faith every day of your life. Let's jump right back into today's teaching.Hitting the Mark: Obedience and Divine Destiny 8:13 Now, this is the good thing about it. When you teach his commandments, you are having to put your confidence in God. And I remember 1 time God dealt with me because I was concerned about my children. They didn't do this,8:23 they didn't do that. And I tried to teach them and they didn't seem to be getting it. And we've all felt this way sometime. And God said to me, you be the mother and I'll be God. Folks, sometimes we need God to say to8:35 us, you know, I'll be God, you be the mother, you be the daddy, you do the best and I'll do what you can't do. Right? And so when we begin to teach the word, the word can't return void, and8:47 we're gonna see some principles of how we can teach it better and in a fashion that they can take and take hold of that. We absolutely create a desire in them to want God and to want to do godly things when8:59 they leave us. Deuteronomy 6 24 says, and the Lord commanded us to do all these statues to fear the Lord our God for our good always that he might preserve us alive as9:11 it is at this day. What does God say? His statutes and his commandments are to do good. They're to make you good. So if we decide the9:22 best way is God's way for my children. Now put your hand on your heart. Say, I won't forget. God's way is the best way for my children. So he tells us if9:34 we delight in his commandments, if we delight in his statutes, if we teach them to their our children they're gonna be mighty, it's gonna be good. But then he starts telling some particular things we need to do. Proverbs9:46 29 17, Correct your son and he shall give thee rest. Yea, he shall give delight under your soul. Let me give you a companion scripture with it and this is in Psalms, goes9:58 together. Psalms 25 12 and 13, what man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose? His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the10:09 earth. Now, let me tell you as a parent, in raising your children you look forward to the day when they leave and they can make it on their own. Is that right? When your children are10:21 27, 28, 38, do you want them coming home and saying, dad, I'm in debt? Which could you cosign for my debts? Dad, I just wrecked my car. Could I take the second car? Dad, I don't10:32 know what I'm gonna do. Could I move, my 5 children and my wife into the basement? I have had it. No. I can tell you what parents want. They want to be at ease. Is that right? Come10:44 on. They wanna raise their children and then they want their children to raise their children. Right? They wanna have ease and they wanna be at peace about it. He says, if you correct your son, he10:56 will give you what? Rest. Everybody say rest. So if we're gonna go God's way, are we gonna be able to have some rest later on? How many of you say I could really use some rest? No, don't raise your hand.11:08 Okay? And God says he wants to use our children. You know, we read where they are to be mighty. Isaiah says it so clearly, Isaiah 61 9. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles,11:21 and their offspring among the people. All that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. You know, isn't it wonderful when the world looks at our children and says,11:33 hey, how did they get that way? What happens if they're doing well? What happens if they're successful? What happens if they're not drug addicts and they're not alcoholics, and they're not living in11:45 prostitution, all these things? And then, we can say, well, it's the word of God. We made a decision that God's way was best. Now, if you look at people, there are mighty people in the Bible11:57 that are godly people. I think sometimes we think, well all the Christians you know they're to just be the failures. I don't believe that. I believe we're to be the mighty ones. I don't think all the judges should be12:08 sinners. I don't think all the governors and the mayors should be sinners. I don't think all the congressmen and the senators and the presidents and people like that should be sinners. Why can't our children have these12:18 high positions? And when you look at the bible, you see people in the bible that had high positions. Look at Daniel, you know, a mighty person and actually, he was excellent in 312:30 different governments. Somebody trained him well. And guess where training starts? At home. Everybody say at home. Look at Joseph, You know, maybe Joseph's father didn't do it all12:42 right, but honey, he didn't do it all wrong either. And Joseph really came out well and became a prime minister to the land of Egypt. And so we can look at people and say, our seed could be mighty, our12:54 seed could give us rest if we will take God's way. That God's way is the best way to go.13:01 There is no such thing as a perfect parent. And that's why God gave us so many parenting tips in the Bible. For your gift of any13:12 amount, we will send you Maryland's power parenting mini book, packed with biblical instruction to help you raise your children God's way. And for a gift of 27 dollars or more,13:24 we'll send you Maryland's blessing the next generation book, children who hit the mark booklet and our blessing children's scripture card. And to complete this great13:36 resource package, when you give 55 dollars or more, we will include the sweet promises children's comfort blanket, a luxuriously soft reminder of God's protective covering and the shield of favor13:48 surrounding your children. Raise your children in the wisdom and insight found in the word of God. Call or click for this offer.14:01 Are you tired? Are you broken? Do you feel far from God? I want you to know that God is a God of forgiveness. He says that if we confess our14:13 sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This forgiveness is available to anyone,14:26 anywhere, at any time. Does this sound too good to be true? Can you imagine a God who loves you, who sent his son to die for you and who14:37 wants to welcome you into his kingdom of love? This is God's15:01 Welcome back to Today with Marilyn and Sarah. We are diving into what it looks like to power parent, and I wanna make sure you get your copy of today's resource. This is my grandmother's book, Power Parenting.15:13 And these are secrets to helping build a family that thrives. I know everybody wants a family that thrives. I want a thriving family. You want a thriving family. And this book is full of helpful insights that will help15:25 you to power parent and to really help your family to thrive in the Lord. So make sure you get your copy today. This is also a great resource for anybody that's expecting a child, for small groups at15:37 church. So when you go on the website or when you call, make sure you get multiple copies of today's resource because it will enormously help you to grow in your walk with God. Today's teaching is15:48 all about how to power parent. And as we begin to see the aspects of parenting that help us to grow and strengthen wisdom, we need to recognize those in the Lord as well. Let's jump into today's16:00 teaching.16:02 Then I thought, you know, children are like arrows. Everybody's familiar with this Psalm. And in Psalms 1 27 4, it says, as arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of the16:14 youth. Now, if you look at an arrow, if you're making an arrow, you know that you have to take a little limb off a tree or something. You find a stick, the straightest stick that you can get. But all sticks have some16:25 little lumps and bumps in them. And you have to peel, certain pieces of bark off and you have to smooth that down and then you put an arrow on it, but that's still not it. The arrow isn't the ultimate. It's sending that16:37 arrow to where it meets its mark. And so, if God's ways are best, God has a mark for every 1 of our children. He has a plan. He has a divine destiny for our children. And if we go by his16:48 word, they're more likely to reach that mark. Every parent has a desire for their children to hit the mark. Right? But if we don't do it God's way, they're not gonna hit the mark. So17:00 we say, oh, I want them to hit it, I want them to hit it. But you know, promises are not fulfilled unless conditions are met. Put your hand on your heart, say I will not forget.17:12 Promises are not fulfilled unless conditions are met. Alright? So what does the bible tell us? What are some of these conditions with our children?17:24 Well, 1 of the things it begins to tell us is that children are to obey their parents. Ephesians 6 1 through 3. Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is17:36 right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth. What is our role to teach our children God's way17:48 so that they have a long life on the earth and it goes well with them while they are here? That's the desire of every child. But if they don't obey parents and honor parents, let me tell you, it's not18:00 gonna go well and they're not gonna live a long time. Now, I'm just going by. You you said with me that you thought that promises wouldn't be fulfilled until conditions are met. Is that true?18:11 So disobedient children, children who don't honor their parents, is it gonna go well with them? Is it? Are they gonna live a long time? Not according to the Bible. So it's very important that we18:23 absolutely go after our children's obedience. Now, let's see what they did in the Old Testament. If you had rebellious children in the Old Testament, they kill them. Oh, wow. You say, isn't that kind of18:35 tough? Yeah. Deuteronomy 21 says, if a man have a stubborn and rebellious son which will not obey the voice of his father, the voice of his mother and that when they have chastened him will not hearken unto them, then18:47 shall his father and his mother lay hold on him bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place and they shall stone him. Who? Now you say, sometimes I feel like helping them. But,19:00 you know folks, we don't stone children for rebellion, but let me tell you the world stones them because the world rejects rebellious people. Now they do. And19:11 if you want your children to be rejected, just have them rebellious. You know, bring your little children over to someone's home who has a lot of beautiful things and they haven't been taught how to behave wisely and19:21 they're slamming everything to the floor, they're breaking things, don't tell me they're gonna invite you back with your children. Could you come but leave your children? And you say, I feel rejected. If you reject me,19:32 you're rejecting my children. But because you don't train them, you're making them to be rejected. And maybe they won't be stoned by the elders in the gate, but folks, circumstances will stone them. And so God's way is19:44 best. Say it again. God's way is best.19:49 There is no such thing as a perfect parent. And that's why God gave us so many parenting tips in the Bible. For your gift of anyObey Quickly and Quietly Like Samuel 20:01 amount, we will send you Maryland's power parenting mini book, packed with biblical instruction to help you raise your children God's way. And for a gift of 27 dollars or more,20:13 we'll send you Maryland's blessing the next generation book, children who hit the mark booklet and our blessing children's scripture card. And to complete this great20:25 resource package, when you give 55 dollars or more, we will include the sweet promises children's comfort blanket, a luxuriously soft reminder of God's protective covering and the shield of favor20:37 surrounding your children. Raise your children in the wisdom and insight found in the word of God. Call or click for this offer.20:49 Hey. I want you to come with us on Marilyn Hickey Ministries Footsteps of Paul tour this fall. We will be traveling to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, looking at many of the churches that Paul went to and where he wrote most21:01 of the epistles. We will be traveling by land, air, and sea on this once in a lifetime tour. Our journey will take us to the lands of ancient treasures and early Christianity. From Thessaloniki in21:13 Greece to the catacombs of Rome and even to the early church in Ephesus in Turkey. We're also visiting many of the ancient synagogues where Paul preached the gospel for the first time and founded21:25 some of the earliest church members. Watch the Bible come to life on this once in a lifetime trip, and it's perfect for you and your family. You will experience the power of God like21:36 you've never seen before, and you will begin to walk in fresh new identity in Christ. So come join me. I cannot wait to see you.21:49 When I was a little girl, 1 of the very first things my parents taught me was how to obey quickly Because they wanted me to know not to touch a hot stove. It's 1 thing when you tell a kid, learn to obey so22:01 you don't touch a hot stove and get burned. But, of course, I had a really difficult time with that. And I remember reaching for a tray of cookies and burning my fingerprints on the tray. My mom said, that's why you have22:12 to learn to obey quickly because it will help you to not get hurt. My grandma's gonna talk about the importance of teaching kids to obey quickly and quietly, just like Samuel did when22:24 he heard God's still small voice. When we learn how to obey our parents or or other places very quickly, then it helps us to learn to obey the Lord quickly. God is always talking to you. He has a plan22:36 for your life. So let's learn about the importance of learning how to obey immediately. When God says go, I wanna go. When he says stay, I wanna stay. Let's jump back into today's teaching.22:49 Now, number 2. Yeah. And I'm gonna get very very practical tonight. 2, we teach them to obey. We teach them. Have you ever seen a child who23:01 was just born and spontaneously obeyed? Don't cry. They'll cry anyway. Don't throw your ball out of the crib. They'll throw it out anyway. Don't kick the crib. You23:13 know, are children born to just obey? No, because they have a carnal nature. So we have to teach them. Now, how do how do you teach them to obey? Quickly and quietly.23:24 Everybody say it, quickly and quietly. If we teach our children to obey the first time we speak, our children will probably obey God the first time he speaks.23:36 And you know if we say I have to get my voice up into this high register to get my children to obey, That's probably the way God is gonna have to do. I gotta put them through all this to even get their attention.23:48 But if we can teach them what I say, I mean. And that we don't have to go into a high register, this is just the way we do it. And so we teach them to do it quickly, and we teach24:00 them quietly. And listen, we don't do a lot of bribing to get them to do it. Now if you behave when I take you out, then I'm gonna give you a candy bar. That is not the key to getting children24:12 to obey. We begin to teach them, when you obey it is a blessing to you. And it begins to make people like you and will give you acceptance and will give you success. And24:24 so, all of this high level thing we get into doesn't do anything except sometimes get our children into making thinking God has to treat them the same way. I thought about Samuel. You know, his mother must24:36 have taught him to obey quickly and quietly. Because when he began hearing that voice, Samuel, Samuel. He jumped right up. He didn't say, yell again. Maybe I don't wanna come, I'm sleeping.24:49 He jumped right up and went to Eli. Eli said to him, I didn't call you. And he went back and if you remember the voice said, Samuel, Samuel. And he jumped up again. He didn't say, I'm tired of hearing25:01 voices calling my name. I've worked hard all day. He jumped up again. And and Eli said, maybe it's God speaking to you. And then when he went back he did what Eli told him to do. And Eli25:13 didn't raise his voice and say, now, Samuel told you 100 times when God calls your name say, here am I. He just said, just say, here am I. So Samuel went back and God said, Samuel, Samuel. And25:25 he said, I'm your servant Lord, just talk to me. And you know all through Samuel's life, you see him obeying quickly and quietly. Everybody say it, quickly and quietly. God spoke to25:37 him in a still small voice. I've noticed most of the time God doesn't yell at me. He doesn't say, Marilyn. He goes real soft, Marilyn. Because sometimes you can miss that25:48 quiet voice. Am I right? Everybody say quickly, quietly. Probably I should put quietly first and then quickly because that's kind of the way it goes. And so we began to see, let's26:00 make our children sensitive that we're not yelling, yelling, yelling, yelling because we don't want them to listen to God that way, that God is gonna have to yell at you to get your attention, that we learn the still26:11 small voice of the Lord.26:14 What a powerful teaching. I love learning about obedience because that's 1 of my biggest things, is God has been teaching me to obey him quickly and immediately. So I get in the practice of doing that, so it26:26 becomes a habit. And I wanna encourage all you parents out there, You are not alone. We want to be a part of your village. We wanna join with you in prayer, believing for your family, believing for your26:38 children, your grandchildren, that God would meet them where they are. So please call or go on the website. We wanna pray with you. We wanna be a part of the village that helps raise you up and bring you into the kind of26:49 parent that God wants you to be. While you're on the phone or on the website, make sure you get your copy of Power Parenting. This is a resource that can also be a part of your village because it will help you to build a27:00 family that knows how to thrive. A family that is rooted in the word of God. That seeks after holiness and righteousness every day. And that really prioritizes and values the27:12 word of God. 1 of the most important things that my mom and my grandmother taught me was the importance of getting in the word of God. And I know that every single person watching you want a family that is rooted in the27:24 word of God. So please call or go on the website. We wanna pray with you that your family would be rooted in the word and of course, make sure you get your copy of Power Parenting. In today's teaching, we learned the27:36 importance of raising up children in the way that they should go. Children are always gifts from God and it's important that we treat those gifts preciously because they are precious gifts from27:47 God. We looked into scripture at different places where God helped parent kids and how God partnered with people to parent their children. And we also learned that it's important to power parent,27:59 making families that thrive and learning all the steps. Thank you so much for joining us on today with Marilyn and Sarah. I had amazing time diving into this classic teaching and I know that you did too. God bless.In this video 0:00 Building Blocks for Godly Parenting8:12 Hitting the Mark: Obedience and Divine Destiny19:56 Obey Quickly and Quietly Like Samuel
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