Broken: Repairing the Family Pt 4 Parenting on Purpose Jeremy LeVan

“It’s easy for a little bit until they hit about 12 or 13 and then put them in a barrel, put a lid on the barrel and feed them through the knothole. At the age of 16 you just cover up the knothole.” -Mark Twain

1. Why am I in my Child’s Life?

2.What is the purpose of being a parent?

4 Purposes for being a Parent:

1. Being an image bearer of God to your child.

Genesis 1 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it

Matthew 18:6 Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

4 Purposes for being a Parent: 1. Being an image bearer of God to your child. 2. Be the Doorkeeper of the Home.

4 Purposes for being a Parent: 1. Being an image bearer of God to your child. 2. Be the Doorkeeper of the Home. 3. Be the Forerunner of the Child

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

4 Purposes for being a Parent: 1. Being an image bearer of God to your child. 2. Be the Doorkeeper of the Home. 3. Be the Forerunner of the Child 4. We are the reality equipper of the future of our children.

Preparing children in 4 areas of reality:

1. Responsibility

Preparing children in 4 areas of reality: 1.Responsibility 2.Consequences

Preparing children in 4 areas of reality: 1.Responsibility 2.Consequences 3.Authority

Preparing children in 4 areas of reality: 1.Responsibility 2.Consequences 3.Authority 4.Spiritual Realm

1 John 4:4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 1. What’s God saying to you today through this message?

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 1. What’s God saying to you today through this message? 2. (Re)Listen to the Message Series 12: Commitments every kid needs from caring adults. (Aug 2015).

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 1. What’s God saying to you today through this message? 2. (Re)Listen to the Message Series 12: Commitments every kid needs from caring adults. (Aug 2015) Help others join God’s Family

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 1. What’s God saying to you today through this message? 2. (Re)Listen to the Message Series 12: Commitments every kid needs from caring adults. (Aug 2015) Help others join God’s Family Commit to helping with the Prayer Walk Next Sunday after the Second Gathering.

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 3. Help others join God’s Family Commit to helping with the Prayer Walk Next Sunday after the Second Gathering. For the next 21 days, pray for 3-5 people who are far from God that are in your circle of influence (friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc.).

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 3. Help others join God’s Family Commit to helping with the Prayer Walk Next Sunday after the Second Gathering. For the next 21 days, pray for 3-5 people who are far from God that are in your circle of influence (friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc.). Plan to invite them on March 27 th – Resurrection Sunday.

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 3. Help others join God’s Family Commit to helping with the Prayer Walk Next Sunday after the Second Gathering. For the next 21 days, pray for 3-5 people who are far from God that are in your circle of influence (friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc.). Plan to invite them on March 27 th – Resurrection Sunday. Consider something you could give up for the next 21 days in order to help you remember to pray.

Next Steps: (Connection Card) 3. Help others join God’s Family Commit to helping with the Prayer Walk Next Sunday after the Second Gathering. For the next 21 days, pray for 3-5 people who are far from God that are in your circle of influence (friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc.). Plan to invite them on March 27 th – Resurrection Sunday. Consider something you could give up for the next 21 days in order to help you remember to pray. Look for opportunities to listen to their story, connect with their life and share your story.