CHRIST-CENTERED GRANDPARENTING
Selected Passages
I. INTRODUCTION:
A. Biological grandparenting versus Christ-centered grandparenting: (Ps. `103:17-18)
B. The active role of generational grandparenting:
Two generational grandparenting: (Deut. 4:9)
Four generational grandparenting: (Ps. 78:5-7)
C. Dealing with potentially your most selfish season of life: (Pro. 17:6)
D. Fruitfulness, the “litmus test” of your grandparenting: (See back) (Ps. 128:6)
What “fruit” is all about: Fruit is designed for the enjoyment
of those around me. Fruit glorifies the Father because it makes
Jesus a reality to everyone around me. Fruit is my passion
to tell God’s love story, to anyone who has yet to experience it.
More fruit is to sacrificially serve with others (local church)
to be even more productive in telling God’s love story.
Much fruit is abandoning my life to individually build into others,
so that God’s love story will be shared for years to come.
(Compare Jn. 21:19,22; with Mk. 1:17)
II. BUILDING A LINGERING LEGACY WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDREN:
Grandparenting in the changing seasons:
The wonder years:
The middle years:
The teen years:
B. Grandparenting by shepherding the heart: (Pro. 4:23)
Correction strategies:
Unrealistic expectations:
Differing lifestyles:
Financial boundaries:
C. Grandparenting when grown children are in crisis:
Separation/divorce:
Family crisis:
Injuries and disabilities:
D. Grandparenting from a distance:
1. Getting to know them:Preparing for their visits:
Preparing to visit them:
III. PRINCIPLES TO PERSONALLY APPLY:
(Together becoming “people of the Word” in principle AND in practice)
Make the decision this morning to go beyond biological grandparenting to spiritually impact four generations.
(It begins by refusing to compromise Biblical standards that govern your home for your adult children and grandchildren visits)
(Daniel 1:8; 6:10)
B. Explore the legacy of grandparenting that goes beyond your immediate family, to your church family.
C. Effectively sharing your testimony one on one with each grandchild, is the greatest resource in implementing Christ-centered grandparenting. (three parts)
Sinners Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I was made by you and I was made for you, but I have been living for myself. I am sorry for that self-rule you call sin. I believe that Jesus Christ being my creator God, died, was buried, and rose again to pay the insurmountable debt that my sin has created since birth. So right now, I am turning from a life of going my own way, to by faith, place my trust in Jesus Christ, to pay the debt of all my sin, and to get me to heaven, when I breath my last breath. Lord Jesus, from today on, I am yours. Thanks for saving me, this very moment, in Jesus name, Amen.
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