As the saying goes, “If you don’t have a target, you’re not going to hit anything.” One of the contributing factors to Christian children and teens eventually leaving the church and often the faith is that there wasn’t goal in parenting them. Typically, Christian parents have an assumed goal, but have never actually formulated that goal and articulated. By having just an assumption of goals it’s possible that parents don’t have the absolute best goal. They may be good goals but are they the best.
Stand Firm Parents host Jake McCandless isn’t pointing the finger at everyone but realize he and his wife have not articulated their parenting goals. As he challenges parents to find that goal and parent accordingly, he shares insight into the goalsetting conversation with his wife Amanda.
This conversation on parenting goals is essential at helping our children have a faith that lasts.
Stand Firm Parents is a resource from Stand Firm led by pastor and author Stand Firm Jake, Jake McCandless, who has been on a journey the past ten years to help believers around the globe hold on to their faith—to stand firm. Learn more at www.standfirmministries.com.
Jake and Amanda live in Northwest Arkansas with their two daughters, Andrea and Addison. Amanda has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education. She currently is the upper elementary alternative education teacher for one of the largest school districts in Arkansas. They have served together in ministry together since 2000.
Creating tools for their parenting goals, Jake authored the first traditionally published children’s book on the return of Jesus entitled Jesus and His White Horse.