For Better Or For Worse — Week Six

SEPTEMBER 10 / 11, 2022
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Raising G-Rated Kids in an X-Rated World
BUILDING LASTING VALUES INTO TODAY’S KIDS! 

DEUTERONOMY 6

1These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2so thatyou, your childrenand their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life …

4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when … you sit at home (MEAL TIME) and when you walk along the road, (DRIVE TIME) when you lie down (BED TIME) and when you get up. (GET-READY TIME). 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates …

20In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?” 21tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the LORD sent miraculous signs and wonders – great and terrible – upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.”

 7 KEYS TO INFLUENCING YOUR KID’S SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

“A child is a person who is going to carry on what you’ve started. They are going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, they’re going to attend to those things that you think are really important. You may adopt all the policies you please but how they are carried out depends on your kids. They will assume control of your cities, states, and nations. Your kids are going to move in and take over your churches and your schools and your businesses. The fate of the entire world is in the hands of your kids.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN

   1.   Start with  

“So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all His decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.”  DEUTERONOMY 6:2

3 DEVELOPMENTAL PHASES

   2.   Cultivate close

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”  Romans 12:10

THE MYTH OF ““
Rules without lead to  

   3.   Provide a environment

 “Behold, children are a gift of the LORD … Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.”  PSALM 127:3-4

BARRIERS – DO NOT…

1)   Lose your
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4

2)   Delay
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ROMANS 15:13

3)   Let them you!  
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7

4)    them from consequences 
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”  Galatians 6:7 

5)   Withhold
“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”  Romans 12:15

   4.   Give heavy doses of

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” Romans 12:15

   5.   Parent with

   6.   Expose them to significant

‘“Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.”  Mark 1:17 NASB

   7.   Point them to the  

“… Son, your sins are forgiven.”  MARK 2:5            

‘“Neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin.”’  JOHN 8:11

focused vs. focused

Fill-In Answers

Stability

Discovery

Testing

Conclusions

Connection

Quality Time

Relationship

Rebellion

Motivation

Cool

Living

Intimidate

Rescue

Emotional Support

Encouragement

Dreams and a Plan

Examples & Experiences

Future

Failure

Faith