Parent Equipping Day Thomas Kawazoe Elder / Administrative Pastor

Training our Children to Love God and Love People Opening Questions: How have you been helped in Pursuing Christ with Increasing Passion? What practical things have people done? Parent Equipping Day 2017

Biblical Foundation to our time Matthew 22: 34 – 40 Love God with all your heart, soul and mind Philippians 2: 1 -11 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus… Ephesians 6: 4 Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord Parent Equipping Day 2017

3 Areas of Training Time / Schedule Relationships Difficulties / Challenges 3 Areas of Training Parent Equipping Day 2017

What’s really happening? A quick exercise Starting with what’s real Ignorance is a deadly enemy Parent Equipping Day 2017

An issue of the Heart Not about our rules and requirements What do we love? What do we spend our most precious resource on? Parent Equipping Day 2017

Time with God in private Mark 1: 35. In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there Matthew 6: 6. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Parent Equipping Day 2017

Time with God and His People Hebrews 10: 23 – 25. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Parent Equipping Day 2017

Time Loving and Serving Romans 12: 13….practicing hospitality 1 Timothy 5: 10. One expectation was that ‘she has shown hospitality to strangers’ Hebrews 13: 2. Do not neglect to show hospitality Parent Equipping Day 2017

Time Loving and Serving Galatians 5: 13. …but through love serve one another Ephesians 4: 12. For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ Colossians 3: 24. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve Parent Equipping Day 2017

Time Loving and Serving Saying Yes and No Shepherd and Train Parent Equipping Day 2017

Relationships Humility vs Pride Regard for others Parent Equipping Day 2017

Philippians 2: 5 – 8. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross. Humility vs Pride Parent Equipping Day 2017

Humility vs Pride Forgive. Don’t always seek to explain yourself. Obey quickly and cheerfully Thankfulness and appreciation Not only about what you say, but how you say it, and how you look when saying it Humility vs Pride Parent Equipping Day 2017

Philippians 2: 3 -4. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Romans 12: 10. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; Regard for Others Parent Equipping Day 2017

Regard for Others How you might help foster this: Parent Equipping Day 2017

Difficulties & Challenges I Peter 1: 6 – 7 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable,… Difficulties & Challenges Parent Equipping Day 2017

Difficulties & Challenges I Cor 10: 5 – 6 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. Parent Equipping Day 2017

Difficulties & Challenges Parent Equipping Day 2017

Difficulties & Challenges Shepherd them to joyfully know and trust God Shepherd them to respond to people in love Difficulties & Challenges Parent Equipping Day 2017

Begins with us… Let us be faithful to what God has entrusted to us To love, shepherd, lead and train Begins with us… Parent Equipping Day 2017

To Christ be all the glory ! I Cor 10: 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. To Christ be all the glory ! Parent Equipping Day 2017