Teaching Proverbs 3:27–30 to Your Family | Loving the Person Next Door

Ever feel like your kids just don’t listen? Teaching them to listen and obey isn’t about control; it can be the very thing that keeps them safe when danger comes. In these verses, God gives our families practical wisdom for how to treat the people closest to us, from neighbors and friends to the siblings sharing a bedroom.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 3:27–30 to your children, so they become people others can trust: generous, faithful to their word, and quick to give grace instead of picking a fight.

In this episode:

✅ Why listening and obeying can protect your kids from real danger

✅ What “do not withhold good” means: giving others the money, honor, respect, and help they’re due

✅ Why we should pay people what they’re worth

✅ How to follow through in a timely manner, from chores to returning what you borrowed

✅ Beating procrastination and letting your word be as good as gold

✅ Simple tools like calendars and to-do lists that help kids keep their promises

✅ Why selfish gain destroys relationships

✅ Trust takes a long time to build and only seconds to ruin, and a vision for siblings who trust each other

✅ How to avoid being contentious: not expecting the worst or assuming you know what others are saying

✅ Becoming a “good finder” instead of a “bad finder”: giving each other a clean slate and looking for progress

Family discussion questions:

“What reputation have we built with each other as a family?”

“Is there a promise you made to someone that you still need to keep?”

Family challenge: Be good finders this week. At dinner each night, have every family member point out one good thing they noticed in a sibling or parent that day.

Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 25, Having a Strong Wife & Rising to the Challenge to Lead with Will Addison: knowing your calling comes through relationship with God, lead your family whatever your personality or your wife’s strengths, and a poor upbringing is no excuse to lead alone.

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