WHAT EVERY PARENT WANTS
Ephesians 6.1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
Ephesians 6.1-3

Secret #4:  Honor your parents

Definition: to set a value, determine a price

RAISING THE HONOR BAR

Obedience
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  Ephesians 6.1

Common Courtesy

Respectful restraint
 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.  Proverbs 15.18

Caring for them

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
I Timothy 5.4

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.  I Timothy 5.8

HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME A HOME OF HONOR

• Start it early
• Teach it consistently
• Model it effectively
• Maintain it fiercely
• Reward it regularly