1. Listen to the Message
Today’s Scriptures
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
- Parenting is hard because it takes GREAT discipline on our part.
- Parenting is not so much about disciplining our children as it is about us disciplining ourselves because we can only pour into our little ones what is inside of us.
- The word disciple that Jesus used to call his followers, is the root to our word discipline and our children will become our little disciples.
What are the guardrails you can Implement in your child’s life?
1) Invest in their
There are few outlets in today’s culture that will help feed your child’s spirit other than the local church.
Here is what our children are missing out on when we don’t invest in their spirit:
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2) Teach them at
The the most profoundly impactful university your children will ever attend is located at your home address. —TH
“Silence is anything but passive waiting…its proactive listening…silence [is] an act of war against the competing voices within us.” —Mark Batterson
3) Don’t
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. —Genesis 50:20
- The story of the bamboo tree - Tony Evans
My Additional Notes:
2. Discuss in a Life Group
READ TOGETHER:
4 “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons 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 up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals (reminders or symbols) on your forehead. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. —Dueteronomy 6:4-9
DISCUSS:
Parenting is HARD, but also funny. What is a story you can share where you had to laugh about raising your kids.
How do your parental goals as a believer differ from a non believer?
How do we fortify the value, significance and purpose of our children?
What does Tim mean when he says “The most profoundly impactful university your children will ever attend is located at your home address.”
Share a story of how God brought a son or daughter back home.
3. Pray Together
Pray for each other and record any prayer requests here.