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- Hymns “All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; Psalm 66:4 “All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name” Hymns Invitation Red Songbook - Supplemental

Building Better Families: Parenting

Family: First Unit of God Deuteronomy 4:9 "Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

Family: First Unit of God Deuteronomy 6:7 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.

Family: First Unit of God Genesis 18:19 "For I have chosen (Abraham), so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."

Family: First Unit of God Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord

Family: First Unit of God 1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Family: First Unit of God The Family is the first place for: Evangelism Edification Benevolence The family is not a unit of the church The family is not a substitute for the church

Family: First Unit of God What is the family? Husband and Wife Parents and household children Adult children and parents

Family: First Unit of God What is the family? Why is the family so important to God? First place for divine relationships Immediate effect on the church

Being Parents God expects parents to: 1. Represent HIS interests to them 2. Discipline them 3. Protect them from the world

God’s Interest in Your Children He “gifted” them to you with expectations Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

God’s Interest in Your Children He “gifted” them to you with expectations He desires Godly offspring Malachi 2:15 But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

Being Disciplinarians Perhaps the greatest mistake made Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Being Disciplinarians Perhaps the greatest mistake made Proverbs 13:24 He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Being Disciplinarians Perhaps the greatest mistake made Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.

Being Disciplinarians Perhaps the greatest mistake made By Eli the High Priest I Samuel 3:11-14 By David the King II Samuel 13-15

Being Disciplinarians Is discipline alone the answer? Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Being a Protector Lot’s failure as a father By making a bad decision Genesis 13:10-13 By making worse decisions Genesis 19:8 Lot failed to protect his family

Being Parents The Bible reveals good men as bad fathers They failed to consider their lives They lost their children