1. ICEL Dedication of 2 children

2. ICEL Families, are they the best place to pass on our beliefs?

3. ICEL David Bathsheba Adultery Connivance Murder

4. ICEL Absalom Solomon

5. ICEL 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honour your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6, 1-4 NIV

6. ICEL Give the right example Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22, 6 NIV

7. ICEL 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. Matthew 10, 11-14 NIV

8. ICEL Not easy! Jesus not popular at home Those who know us best, listen to us least....

9. ICEL Conclusion Full responsibility Limited liability Patience; allow God to move!

10. ICEL Conclusion Maximise our involvement in the church with our children

11. ICEL 13 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there. Matthew 19, 13-15 NIV Remember the text we heard before