The Most Important Job for a Christian Stepparent

Stepparents can be the best thing for a child of divorce, or for a child who's parent has died. Whichever the case, the child, or children, have suffered a loss. They will never have the same family unit they once did. But children can gain the love of a stepparent.

To show their love, a stepparent can be a source of consistency and dependability a child needs. Even if they still have two stable parents, having a mom and dad figure in one home again can recreate the family example constituted by God. Also, by being a Christian example will in turn share the love of God.

Being a Christian example for the kids has is challenges for stepparents, but God's word helps remind us what's most important. In this article, we go over Bible versus that are perfect reminders for getting back to what is most important along with some examples for using God's word in our lives. Also, we will go over how, physiologically, a good stepparent can change the awful statistics that often follow children of divorce.

A Christian Stepparent Teaches Diligently

The Bible says to keep teaching children good Godly things on our hearts. We are to teach them every moment we get. We may not be engaged in a Bible study every second of everyday, but life will through out many opportunities for life lessons through challenges, achievements, and simply going through mundane tasks.

We are to handle these situations as a Christian should and when our stepchildren are facing temptations or challenges we are to advise them with God's Word. Most importantly, we are there for them when they need a Christian parent to come to for instruction and advice even when we don't offer it.

​Deuteronomy 6:6 - 7And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

A Christian Stepparent Creates a Nurturing Environment

As a Christian stepparent, you can help create a loving and nurturing environment by calming any malice by exemplifying the fruits of the spirits. If we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control, then how great can we be as a stepparent?

When we have the Word of God in our hearts, we will be more like Him and His son, Jesus the Christ. We create a home for our stepchild(ren) where they are taught, accepted, loved unconditionally, and have constant support in the good things they do or to get them through their failures.

​Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Christian Stepparents Help Reverse the Negative Psychological Affects of Divorce and Loss.

Statistics are not kind to children of divorce. They are less likely to succeed as well in academics and sports. They often have more trouble having healthy relationships, or develop a poor outlook on relationships. Even more heartbreaking than all that, is that children from divorce often loose the faith they had before the divorce.

The bad news is, you can't do anything about the past and what happened, but you can help reverse some of the damage. Stepparents can encourage their step-kids to keep doing the sports and activities they loved before. They can help the kids with their homework and support them in their studies. But most importantly, they can study God's word with them and lead by example in the Christian life.

Final Thoughts

We can offer so much for our step-kids, but we have to first get in the right mindset and keeping studying God's Word for ourselves. We have to fight our own spiritual battles and the temptations that come our way. We have to keep ourselves from hateful and selfish thoughts and keep the Word of God on our hearts.