How can I to be more obedient to my parents?

Question

I remeber the verse in the bible about honors your parents and I want to be able to live a long life. My great-grandmother lived to be a 100 years old!!!!!! I see my young people dieng young and I just don't want to end up dead before my time. What should I do plz help???!!!!

Thank you linnea. That helpedand it was encouragable.

Wow. Thank you everyone who took the time to answer throughlly. This really helps me and one day it will help future children who wants to be more obedient to their parents

Answer 1

It's like this - obey them, plain and simple. Keep your cerfew, do your homework, do your chores.

It is not really about a matter of the number of days you live. But, a child that obeys loving, wise parents does avoid dangers which would tend to be life shortening. A child who listens about keeping virginity does not contract AIDS or other STD's. A child who stays away from alcohol will likely avoid drunk driving, alcohol poisoning, etc. A child who listens about good spending and saving habits will have fewer money troubles, avoiding stress - a life shortener. A child who eats properly according to the instruction of wise parents will not have certain health problems.

The long life is not so much a reward for honoring your parents as it is the result of doing so. Also, honoring your parents goes beyond simple obedience. It includes doing those things which bring them honor as opposed to shame. Everytime you earn a good grade, earn a commendation, show yourself a good citizen, serve well in your church, you bring honor to your parents who have raised you to do so. In so doing, you have taken what they have instilled in you and put it to practice.

Not all parents are wise and perfect and not every parent will always do wise things. But, we should endeavor to do our best to honor them.

Answer 2

Don't pay any attention to those jerks who have the smart-aleck answers. Your are right--that promise is in the Bible. As a matter of fact, it is in a famous passage we call "The Ten Commandments".
The first 4 of the 10 regard our relationship with God. The next 6 concern our relationship with other people, and the 1st of those 6 is the verse you referenced: Honor your father and your mother, that your days might be long upon the land.
So there is your answer: Honor your parents. This goes a bit beyond simply following commands. Respect them. Do what you see needs to be done without having to be told to do those things. Do not speak badly of them or to them. Demonstrate your pride that you have Christian parents, and do all you can to make them proud of you.
In Him, a parent/grandparent who has had both obedient and disobedient children. Heartbreak hurts. Please never subject your parents to such pain.

Answer 3

Babbakitty- yes it does, in Exodus 20, verse twelve i think.

God's property- The verse doesn't mean that you will die young if you don't obey your parents. The bible says God sends rain on the godly and ungodly which means God gives good things to everyone whether they follow him or not. I know a woman who is one hundred and thirteen and she isn't a Christian.
Also Honor and obey mean two different things- Honoring is more like respecting, meaning you are respectful in your dealings with them but you don't always have to agree with them or obey them if you believe what they are telling you to do is not the best thing.

Answer 4

honor thy father and thy mother is the third commandment. It means, not necessarily obey, but bring honor to them. this means that you should live your life in such a way that it brings honor and respect to your parents. make them proud...

ps. the rest of this commandment reads, "that thy days MAY be long on the land the Lord has given you..." it is not a promise of a long life. good kids die young, too...the best way to live a long life is to be healthy and stay out of cars driven by teen-agers. the most risky thing a teen-ager can do is to be a driver or passenger in a car with other teen-agers...

have a star for asking a fine question that shows that you are already a good kid

Answer 5

well,,i think you need to ask the question how can you live long than to how to be obedient to your parents,personally speaking,those good human die early than those bad,you can noticed that,as of now,i think no human will live until 100 years above,thru innovations and thru science improvement we had a lot of vitamins that we took and yet we dont even know the side effects to our body,since your grand mother was born in the past 100 years,did you ever ask her if she took vitamins?maybe you can be obedient to your parents by loving and give them the best you can in a good way,,,,,-

Answer 6

That is the key to have a long life. To obey your parent you have to be humble and listen them with respect and love. Do it carefully. The good things they tell you is because they love you so much and want the best for you. Kisses and take care. Live long and prosper

Answer 7

well im not going to preach to the chour but all you have to do is just try your best to listen to your parents take their advice so forth and so on just cuz u listen to them thuigh doesn't mean that gods plan is 4 u to live til 100 but it just that you need your family and the've been though what u have and take in what they say it makes u a better person as long as ur mom and dad have good hearts try not to argu with them n talk with em u kno nothing hard

Answer 8

Pay attention to your parents. Do not participate in risky things. Never do drugs, do not drink. Don't hang with gangs and trouble makers. Even if they, your parents, give you directions that you think are not fair, usually, almost always, there is a logical reason that they are doing it. They only set limits for your own safety and well being. Talk to your parents often, don't hide things from them. Also, maybe ask there advice on this question you have, who better than your parents to give you advice? They love you!

Answer 9

Thank you for the nice question.
You can simply remember that >They are your best resource.
They have more factual real world experience in all areas than you do. They want better for you than they had it. Your best interest and theirs is really one and the same =
Your future happiness.

Practice humility, and patience and communicate with them often. Keep reading your Bible. :)

Answer 10

Life is like a continuous, never-ending road, just keep on going and don't waste your time by thinking about when it'll end. Just live it and love it. That's all I have to say.