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Chapter Four Coaching 101                   

Correlating Scriptures

For those of you who might be interested…

As I went through coaching school I began to notice many of the principles of coaching paralleled the scriptures. The 10 fundamentals of coaching your child described in chapter four of the book Coach Your Kids For Life were actually based on some of the ways that Jesus led his disciples as read in the Bible. These are a very few examples- there are many more. I encourage you to look for more and let me know where you find them. Also, the scriptures quoted here are usually from the amplified version.

1. Teach Your Child: Mark 8:31 “And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must of necessity suffer many things and be tested and disapproved and rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again from death.”

2. Encourage Your Child: John 14:1-4“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes.) If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. And when I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. And to the place where I am going, you know the way.” Many times we must paint a picture of a hopeful future for our children so they do not lose heart in the midst of the battle.

3. Believe In Your Child: John 1:42 “Andrew then led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas- which translated is Peter. Note: Simon means “reed” and Peter means “rock.” Jesus was telling Peter “Hey, you are not that reed that is tossed by the wind anymore, dude. You are a rock. You are solid, immovable, unshakeable,” –something like that.

4. Evaluate Your Child: Luke 9:54-56 “And when His disciples, James and John, observed this they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them even as Elijah did? But He turned and rebuked and severely censured them. He said, “You do not know of what sort of spirit you are. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they journeyed on to another village.” Sometimes our children need to hear that they are not exactly where they thought they were in term of maturity, skill, or a number of other areas. I know that sometimes I think I have something all figured out and then find out that I didn’t really know what I thought I knew. It is the same with them.

5. Mentor Your Child: Mark 9:25-29 “But when Jesus noticed that a crowd of people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you to come out of him and never go into him again. And after giving a shriek of anguish and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and the boy lay like a corpse, so that many of them said, he is dead. But Jesus took his hand and began lifting him up, and he stood. And when He had gone indoors, His disciples asked Him privately, Why could not we drive it out? And He replied to them, this kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.” Remember that a mentor, for the most part, guides, teaches and influences by their example. Don’t be afraid to let your children watch you take on difficult situations from beginning to end. You will be surprised what they learn simply by observation. Then, be open to discuss what happened and how you dealt with it.

6. Champion Your Child: Matthew 14:28-29 “And Peter answered Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water. He said, Come! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus.” My take on this scripture is as follows: Peter said, “Do you think I can do it? If you think I can do it, then tell me to come to you.” And Jesus said, “Come! Of course you can do it. I know you can do it. Give it a try. And by the way, if you can’t, I’ll be there to help you.” It may be a stretch, but that’s what it means to me.

7. Challenge Your Child: Matthew 16:15 “He said to them, but who do you yourselves say that I am?” I am talking about challenging their thinking more than anything. It doesn’t take much effort to challenge a child physically, but to intelligently challenge their mind Is quite a task.

8. Comfort Your Child: Matthew 8:23-26 “And after He (Jesus) got into the boat, the disciples followed Him. And suddenly, there arose a violent storm on the sea so that the boat was being covered up by the sea, but He was sleeping. And they went and awakened Him saying, Lord rescue and preserve us! We are perishing! And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, o you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the sea and there was a great and wonderful calm.” Their distress was definitely relieved. That, my friend, is comfort!

9. Focus Your Child: Luke 8:25 “And He said to them, Why are you so fearful? Where is your faith, your trust, your confidence in Me-in My veracity and My integrity? And they were seized with alarm and profound and reverent dread, and they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this, that He commands even the wind and sea and they obey Him?” Jesus quickly focused them onto the solution (faith in Him) and off the circumstance at hand.

10. Keep Your Child On The Path: Matthew 28:19-20 “Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you all the days to the very consummation of the age.” He clearly told them what the path was to be.

-Londa