The Order Of Priority

I felt uneasy using the phrase, "Jeshua, if you finish your food, you get to go to the toy shop."

"If you eat well, you get to watch the TV."

And so on and so forth...

Unknowingly, this can create a carrot-and-stick parenting, which I am against. It is not the way God fathers us. If this carries on, Jeshua will grow up thinking that he has to do something in order to be rewarded by God the Father.

Recently, a sudden thought came to my mind. I believe the Holy Spirit was teaching me how to use the right phrase to father Jeshua.

"Jeshua, finish your food first." In this way, I'm teaching him about the order of priority. Food first, then toy shop. Or food first, then TV.

Thank You Holy Spirit!