The Home Makeover Faith Begins At Home Pastor’s Name Joshua 24 Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing. All rights reserved.

Today’s Reality 48% 23% 27% 29% Percentage of churched youth who view their mom as being “very religious”. Percentage of churched youth who view their dad as being “very religious”. Percentage of churched youth who have experienced EITHER family devotions, prayer or Bible reading in the home. Percentage of churched youth who have experienced a family service project.

A Makeover With Christ At The Center Faith Begins At Home A Makeover With Christ At The Center The Home Makeover The Parent Makeover The Child Makeover The Extended Family Makeover The Church Makeover

Home Makeover Key #1 Remember Joshua 24:1-5 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your forefathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and worshiped other gods.

Home Makeover Key #1 3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the River and led him throughout Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5 “‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.

Home Makeover Key #1 Remember Have we forgotten God?

Home Makeover Key #2 Choose Joshua 24:14-18 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Home Makeover Key #2 16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! 17It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our forefathers up out of Egypt, from the land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.”

Home Makeover Key #2 Choose Option # 1 – The “gods” of this world. Option #2 – The One True God. The Choice Begins With YOU!

Significant Religious Influences Survey Male Female Mother 81% 74% Father 61% 50% Pastor 57% 44% Grandparent 30% 29% Sunday School 26% 26% Youth Group 24% 25% Church Camp 20% 28% Retreats 11% 17%

Marjorie Thompson, Family, The Forming Center “For all their specialized training, church professionals realize that if a child is not receiving basic Christian nurture in the home, even the best teachers and curriculum will have minimal impact. Once-a-week exposure simply cannot compete with daily experience where personal formation is concerned.” Marjorie Thompson, Family, The Forming Center

Christian Smith, Soul Searching. “Most teenagers and their parents may not realize it, but a lot of research in the sociology of religion suggest that the most important social influence in shaping young people’s religious lives is the religious life modeled and taught to them by their parents.” Christian Smith, Soul Searching.

Dr. Roland Martinson, Luther Seminary “What we ought to do is let the kids drop their parents off at church, train the parents and send them back into their mission field, their home, to grow Christians!” Dr. Roland Martinson, Luther Seminary

Home Makeover Key #2 Choose Have you, and your family made the “As for me and my household we will serve the Lord” choice?

Home Makeover Key #3 Remain Joshua 24:25-27 25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws. 26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord. 27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

George Barna, Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions “The local church should be an intimate and valuable partner in the effort to raise the coming generation of Christ’s followers and church leaders, but it is the parents whom God will hold primarily accountable for the spiritual maturation of their children.” George Barna, Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions

The Home Makeover Faith Begins At Home Pastor’s Name Joshua 24 Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing. All rights reserved.