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- _____ _____ Do you feel that the lines of communication are fully open between you and each one in your family? (1 Thess. 2:8-12)
- _____ _____ Is each member of your family as grateful to you as you feel they should be? (Col 3:19,21)
- _____ _____ Do you find it difficult to control your temper during family conflicts? (Prov. 15:1; James 4:1; Prov. 13:10)
- _____ _____ Do you make it a practice to verbally acknowledge to your family when you have been wrong? (James 5:16; Matthew 5:24)
- _____ _____ Do you have clearly-defined goals for yourself and your family? (1 Cor. 3:9-10)
- _____ _____ Does each member of your family know what your specific personal and family goals are? (James 1:22)
- _____ _____ Have you helped each member of your family set up clearly defined goals? (Eph. 6:4 (Goals to develop inward qualities and outward achievement)
- _____ _____ Are you able to trace conflicts within your family to basic causes? (1 Cor. 2:15-16)
- _____ _____ Has anyone ever clearly defined for you the principles Christ taught in solving family conflicts? (2 Timothy 2:14-17)
- _____ _____ Do you feel that you know how to apply basic Scriptural principles in achieving lasting solutions for family conflicts? (Matthew 5:1-12)
- _____ _____ Are you satisfied with your family’s response to your authority? (1 Timothy 1:16)
- _____ _____ Are you respected by your family to the same degree that Jesus Christ is to be respected by the Church? (Eph. 5:23-33)
(a) _____ _____ Have you clearly defined your role in the home? (Eph. 5:25)
(b) _____ _____ Do you notice and compliment your wife for things done around the house, as well as personal compliments? (Eph. 5:28; Prov.16:24)
(c) _____ _____ Do you plan regular outings for the children and create an interest in them for the really important things in life? (Eph. 5:25)
(d) _____ _____ Do you correct your wife in front of the children? (Prov. 17:27, 28; 29:20)
(e) _____ _____ Do you initiate discussions with your children regarding their activities in church, school, interests, etc.? (Prov. 20:5; 27:19)
(f) _____ _____ Do you discuss family problems and seek Scriptural solutions together? (Prov. 27:23)
(g) _____ _____ Do you pray with the children as well as your wife? (Eph. 6:4)
(h) _____ _____ Do you compliment other women in front of your wife? Are you overly conscious of other women? (Prov. 22:3; Matthew 5:28)
(i) _____ _____ Do you seem to spend your time at home giving orders? (Eph. 6:4; Proverbs 9:9; 13:10; 13:22-24)
(j) _____ _____ Do you feel comfortable alone with your children? (Prov. 8:20-21)
(k) _____ _____ Is your testimony in your home one that you would be willing to share with anyone? (Prov. 22:17-22)
- Two of the most common complaints lodged against Fathers are that they cannot control their temper and that, out of pride, they rarely admit that they have been wrong.
- Their attitude toward your authority tends to become their attitude toward God’s authority