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

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

5. 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)

6. 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)

8. Three tools for
the construction of
a healthy home:

9. Three tools for the construction
of a healthy home:

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

11. 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)

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

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

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

15. 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)

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

17. 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)

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

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

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

21. 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)

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

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

24. Three tools for the construction
of a healthy home:

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

26. 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)

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

28. Three tools for the construction
of a healthy home:

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

30. 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)

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

32. The result?

33. The result?
Joy!

34. 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)

35. The result?
Joy!

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