Drawing Near with Your Kids Pastor Dave Jansen August 19, 2018 Series: Drawing Near to God

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. --Psalm 127:1 (NLT)

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. (cont’d) --Psalm 127 (NLT)

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. --Psalm 127 (NLT)

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home:

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home:

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 1. Prayerful Dependence

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. --Psalm 127:1 (NLT)

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 1. Prayerful Dependence

The two primary ways we get God’s help:

The two primary ways we get God’s help: A. Scripture

He was using a plumb line to see if it was I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I answered, “A plumb line.” And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.” --Amos 7:7-8 (NLT)

The two primary ways we get God’s help: A. Scripture

Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash. --Matthew 7:24-27 (NLT)

The two primary ways we get God’s help: A. Scripture

The two primary ways we get God’s help:

The two primary ways we get God’s help: B. Prayer

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children... --Lamentations 2:19 (NLT)

The two primary ways we get God’s help: B. Prayer

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 1. Prayerful Dependence

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home:

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 2. Prioritized Time

It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. --Psalm 127:2 (NLT)

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 2. Prioritized Time

Three tools for the construction of a healthy home:

3. Purposeful Preparation Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 3. Purposeful Preparation

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. --Psalm 127:3-4 (NLT)

3. Purposeful Preparation Three tools for the construction of a healthy home: 3. Purposeful Preparation

The result?

The result? Joy!

How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. --Psalm 127:5 (NLT)

The result? Joy!

Drawing Near with Your Kids Pastor Dave Jansen August 19, 2018 Series: Drawing Near to God