The guidelines are persistence, alertness and thankfulness. If we put these into practice our spirit will be ublifted and connected to that of God. We will receive His answers and will not be distracted or deceived by the enemy of God.
An obedient child respects and honors his parents, what pleases God. Consequently a child learns to revere God. To avoid dis couraging their children fathers should build close relationship to the children in order to know them better and become realistic in their expectations.
Christian virtues are important to Christ because they manifest the character of Christ we should put on. Three characters that are important to the church, the family and non-chistians are forbearance, forgiveness and love.
We slip into sins of the tongue easily because we have emotions we can hardly control. Our sins of the tongue can injure people and poison our relationship with them. We must rid ourselves from this habit, ask for forgiveness and substitute a more appropriate expression.