1. Raising Your Parents God’s Way Malachi 4:4-6 (NIV)

2. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. Big Idea: When you understand what grieve your parents’ hearts you can change their moods toward you.

3. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. They grieve when you don’t respect and honor them. Mal. 1:6-8

4. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. They grieve when you turn away from God’s Truth and even teach others to do wrong things. Mal. 2:8, 11; 3:7

5. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. They grieve when you ignore their needs, even when you are able to help. Mal. 3:8-10

6. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. They grieve when you ignore their needs, even when you are able to help. Mal. 3:8-10 Take care of your parents is God-given responsibility. 1 Tim. 5:4

7. Look Back – Know what grieve your parents’ hearts. They grieve when you ignore their needs, even when you are able to help. Mal. 3:8-10 Don’t say, “What do I get out of it.?”, or, say, “What different does it make, no matter what I do but still not good enough. Mal. 3:14-15

8. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Big Idea: Coach your parents to do the right things.

9. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. You can encourage them to say “I love you”. Mal. 1:2

10. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Tell your parents to pray and ask God to keep you pure. Mal 3:1-4

11. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Tell your parents to pray and ask God to keep you pure. Mal 3:1-4 It is important that your parents know how to tell you gently and specifically about what you have done wrong. Mal. 1-3

12. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Tell your parents to pray and ask God to keep you pure. Mal 3:1-4 Don’t forget to tell your parents that they need to guide you by their examples. Deut. 6:6-9; Mal. 4:4

13. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Tell your parents to pray and ask God to keep you pure. Mal 3:1-4 Tell your parents don’t wait until the fire is out of control then hose you with a fire engine. They need to be your smoke detector instead.

14. Move Forward – Know how to turn your parents hearts toward you. Remember to show your appreciation and tell your parents that you value your loving relationship with them. Mal. 3:10- 11; 16-17

15. Now is the time to harvest – Celebrating together with joy. When your parents and you begin to turn hearts toward one another?

16. Now is the time to harvest – Celebrating together with joy. When your parents and you begin to turn hearts toward one another? You will have fun together and have better understanding of each other; that is what God wants you and parents to have. Mal. 3:7; 4:3

17. Now is the time to harvest – Celebrating together with joy. When your parents and you begin to turn hearts toward one another? You will feel good and upbeat every day. Mal. 4:2

18. Now is the time to harvest – Celebrating together with joy. Let’s turn our hearts to one another today and say, I love you, I care for you, and I want to be with you.

19. Raising Your Parents God’s Way Malachi 4:4-6 (NIV)