IDENTIFYING AND RAISING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR MOTIVATIONAL GIFT: The Prophet: From a very early age you will see the child’s interest in the behavior of other children. As you correct, direct, or discipline the child you will find the child examines the behavior of other children and either tattles or tries to correct others behavior. I am reminded of a YOUTUBE video some months ago where the child is arguing incessantly with the mother over failures of the mother to properly correct others behavior.

10-2-2015 – A Word to the Wise: Prayer is not a system, it is a principle inherent in being Christ-like.

10-1-2015 – A Word to the Wise: Prayer must be based on fixed attitudes toward God and man.

IDENTIFYING AND RAISING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR MOTIVATIONAL GIFT: Now lets change our focus to the older child for here from age one upwards we find more and more of the traits becoming evident. It is also here that the parent must take caution in direction, and discipline of the child. Most certainly one type of correction will work for some groups of gifts and will not work at all for others.

9-30-2015 – A Word to the Wise: Greater than the words uttered in prayer, are the experiences of prayer to the inner man.

IDENTIFYING AND RAISING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR MOTIVATIONAL GIFT: The Teacher is the main representative of the intellectual group. Again the traits observed will be substantially different from the other two groups. Activity level will be lower, moodiness will be very weak. One will observe a regularity about the child. The tendency to repeat behaviors, persistence in the face of obstacles. The Teacher will avoid or be nonreactive to emotional experiences. The child will tend to change activities or focus frequently. This may appear as distractibility when it is a great desire more mental stimulation.

9-29-2015 – A Word to the Wise: Prayer is more than asking—it is communing with God.

IDENTIFYING AND RAISING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR MOTIVATIONAL GIFT: Moodiness will be an active trait but is controlled by the emotions of those around the child. The child will attempt to mollify the emotions of others. Pacification of others is a key response of the child to the negative feeling of others because from the very beginning the child wants to heal others. Activity levels are going to be lower and intensity to situations higher.

9-26-2015 – A Word to the Wise: In prayer, not only does my Redeemer live but I indeed live with him.

IDENTIFYING AND RAISING CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR MOTIVATIONAL GIFT: The emotional gifts with Mercy being the strongest will display different traits altogether from the physical or intellectual. The child will be very sensitive to the emotional situations.