Parenting Bible Study Guides Focused On Jesus

Are you looking for a Jesus-centered parenting Bible study? Do you want to share the joy and peace of faith as you raise your kids?

Then the Parenting in Christ Bible Studies are for you!

Jesus told us, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful” John 14:27.

Some parenting books just dole out rules & formulas. Not Parenting in Christ. We aren’t supposed to follow rules, we’re supposed to follow Jesus.

The Parenting In Christ bible study guides prioritize the words and life of Jesus over any other teaching or personal opinions about what makes a good parent.

If you want to know what God says about how you should live and lead as a parent, then go straight to the Word of God!

Parenting Bible Study Guides

While I wholeheartedly recommend reading the bible directly, sometimes it’s hard to figure out themes and applications. That’s where these bible study guides come in handy. Even better, they have challenging questions and discussion points to help you really chew on the scriptures and figure out how to live them in your parenting!

The following gospel-centered bible study discussion guides narrow in on the character, life, and teachings of Jesus. These studies do not give a long list of dos and don’ts. Instead, they challenge you to think deeper about how and why you parent the way you do. Does it align with Jesus?

Parenting Bible Verses

While these bible study guides do have a lot of bible verses and entire stories directly from scripture, there are some key verses that guide the course of all that’s in them. Here are the core parenting bible verses for the Parenting In Christ series.

“You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4, World English Bible).

“For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined” (Titus 1:7-8).

“For to us a child is born. To us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.” (John 1:18).

“If you knew me, you would know my Father also” (John 8:19).

“The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” (John 14:9, HCSB).

“All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him” (Colossians 2:3).

“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise” (Deuteronomy 11:18-19).

What You Gain From Studying Parenting

Sometimes we have this sense that parenting is “all-natural” and intuitive, that no education is required. But that’s rarely what’s best. You may come from a troubled childhood and don’t want to repeat the parenting you experienced. Or maybe it was good, but there are just a few things that weren’t quite right and you don’t know what that is.

For those who’ve gone through these particular parenting bible studies, many have found benefits beyond feeling more encouraged and equipped. You too may find that it helps you understand and process your past. You may find that what you learn challenges you in your Christian living. Some have even commented that these lessons have made a difference in their marriages.

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I know how busy mom life is, so each guide is divided into 10 short lessons to fit your busy schedule.

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What the Bible Says About Parenting

“I love how Christina uses Jesus’s own lessons to us to help us understand how to parent in a Christlike manner. It’s easy to read and perfect for small group study. It leads parents gently to understand Who Jesus truly is and how to do their best to imitate Him in their parenting.” – Author and Parent Coach Stephanie G. Cox, MSEd

Parables

Lessons from the Parables, the second book, focuses entirely on the Parables Jesus told. Scripture leads the way, in what is an easy-to-digest bible study guide. I tried to keep it especially simple and more geared to the new Christian. As the parables are rich with meaning, a seasoned Christian is sure to find treasures there as well. Growing in Christ is the companion guide for teens and each week’s lesson matches up with the lesson in the adult guide.

Discipline

The Best Parenting Book For You

Which one is right for you? Depends on where you are and what you are looking for. Any of the above books might be better for you at this moment. Or maybe you’d like one of those parenting books that tells you exactly what to do. Sometimes those are very handy. These books aren’t that.

“It’s so refreshing to see guidance to parenthood that starts with the heart of Jesus, versus a list of dos and don’ts. Our children are always watching us and how our heart changes affect them more than any successful parenting technique.

I love how the material here really reminds us as parents how we ought to present this world to our children; it gives us freedom rather than making us feel anxious that we’re doing a bad job. This study is full of scripture and is intended to point us all (parents and our children) to the heart of Jesus.” – Carol Lee Shin, Mother of 2

Grace Based Parenting

Grace-based parenting has been growing in response to the authoritarian parenting movement. It’s aligned with positive parenting, gentle parenting, and attachment parenting. You motivate growth in our little ones through relationship (like Jesus) rather than by brute force (like the world).

Unfortunately, some of the other books that are out there, like “Grace Based Parenting” can’t seem to fully let go of all the old ways. They try to pour new wine into old wineskins by putting limits on grace. I don’t believe true grace can have limits.

While parenting with grace, yes, we give and hold limits, boundaries, and allow natural or logical consequences. Permissiveness is not loving. But there are no limits to grace. There is no point at which we can say, “Well, grace and mercy – unless… except for… “

Grace has no limits.

Unbounded grace closes the door on judgment and punishment and opens up the way for parents to truly focus on helping their children grow into the people God made them to be. It changes your child’s motivation from fear to love – just as Christ did for us.

Parenting Bible Study Guides Are Not Formulas

Please don’t think I have it all together or have all the answers just because I put together these guides. I fail all the time. Thank God that I too receive his grace and mercy.

These studies were put together with a great deal of prayer, time in the bible, and lessons from sermons. Small groups of bible studies and church leaders reshaped these lessons for more clarity and accuracy.

These study guides don’t hand out rules and formulas for churning out a churchy child. They point out guideposts and lamp lights from scripture.

One of the best things to happen in the mom’s groups who’ve done these studies is that they report back feeling more peaceful and confident. That’s the power of grace and trust in Christ to do the work. He said, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful” John 14:27.