2 Peter 1:5-7~Priorites

The following is a compilation of thoughts I have printed to remind me what my priorities are as I teach and train my children. 

"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity." 2 Peter 1:5-7

 

"We raise educated fools when we don't follow God's priorities in the teaching and training of our children. We need to first instill in our children the blessing of wisdom. The ear of the wise, then seeketh after knowledge! "

"We can work hard, so that our children know the wonders of academics; but if we do not teach them to have faith and to be faithful, to be self controlled, to be patient, to be compassionate, to be forgiving, to be humble, to be honest, to be obedient, to be benevolent and to be kind to his own brother...then we have taught him nothing." 

Puting First Things First:

(a list to live by!)

#1 Faith
#2 Virtue
#3 Knowledge
#4 Temperance
#5 Patience
#6 Godliness
#7 Brotherly Kindness
#8 Charity

"If you have to make the choice, choose:
*attentiveness over algebra
*compassion over chemistry
*generosity over geography
*humility over humanity
*obedience over optimology
*self control over sociology
*truthfulness over trigonometry"
 (The quotes are not my own words, but I do not know who they belong to. Feel free to let me know if you do!)