Sunday, February 27, 2022

7 - Made for Worship

Whether we realize it or not, we are worshiping something! All of life is worship. We must offer ourselves, our whole selves, to God, for His perfect will, and our joy! And we get to forge this path together with the next generation, to help them in the path of a life of worship!
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Sunday, April 19, 2020

How to Be a Believer at Home

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Live like loving God matters MOST! <ol> <li>Train your children with these ...
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Sunday, February 06, 2022

5 - Sharing Lives

Sharing the gospel involves sharing our lives! So discipleship involves a parental-like engagement with one another that invests with love and boldness. This includes our investment in the children among us at church, engaging them with affection for their growth.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12
Sunday, May 10, 2020

What's the Meaning of This?

Deuteronomy 6:20-25 Cultivate faith in daily home life! <ol> <li>Obedience is valuable</li> ...
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:20-25
Sunday, January 30, 2022

4 - Loving Discipline

Discipline is not fun, but painful (both for children and for parents)! But we must see the greater purpose of discipline, and step up to fulfill our purpose of training in our children's lives, to help them grow in valuing what matters and learning patterns that will help them for a lifetime!
Scripture: Hebrews 12:3-11
Sunday, October 29, 2017

The Call

We must train as disciples of Jesus! 1. Beholding Jesus 2. Following Jesus 3. Abiding in Jesus 4...
Scripture: John 1:35-51
Sunday, January 23, 2022

3 - Along the Way

Life is the best object lesson! As parents, doing life together with our children and facing the day side-by-side gives us great opportunities to speak into their lives, helping them to see life through the Word of God without making everything a formal Bible study.
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Sunday, November 05, 2017

The Cost

We must be ready for every cost! 1. Jesus is more supreme than family 2. Jesus is more important t...
Scripture: Luke 14:25-35
Sunday, January 16, 2022

2 - A Solid Foundation

Without a solid foundation, we are on shaky ground! Many people are building their lives on sand, instead of the rock... We have the opportunity to help our children to establish their lives on a foundation that will hold them through the storms of this life and all eternity!
Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27
Sunday, November 12, 2017

The Commission

We must reproduce disciples of Jesus! 1. Going with Jesus' presence 2. Baptizing into Jesus' famil...
Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20
Sunday, January 09, 2022

1 - Let the Children Come

It may be tempting to treat children as inconveniences... even the disciples didn't want Jesus to be bothered by the children, so that He could focus on more important things! But Jesus insisted, "Let the children come!"
Scripture: Matthew 18:1-6, 19:13-15
Sunday, March 20, 2022

10 - Commissioning Our Kids

Our children are our disciples, our apprentices... Adults In Training (AITs). We have a limited amount of time before we commission them, sending them out on their own to navigate life as adults. With that sending mindset, we must intentionally prepare them, equipping them to own their faith for themselves!
Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20
Sunday, March 13, 2022

9 - Blind Leading the Blind

May it never be that we negatively influence children or others with our hypocritical behavior! We must live sincerely in order to best represent Christ to the next generation. Jesus' charge not to judge must be properly understood in its context, that we beware of hypocrisy but willingly and lovingly give and receive correction - a call to every Christian and to every parent!
Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5
Sunday, March 06, 2022

8 - The Forward Struggle

The battle against sin is overwhelming, exhausting, and heartbreaking - especially when we recognize the magnitude and prevalence of sin in our lives! But even as we struggle, we can struggle together, and struggle forward, with no condemnation in Christ, but hope and help in the gospel for us to keep growing, and guide our children in this truth as well!
Scripture: Romans 7:13-8:1
Sunday, February 20, 2022

6 - My Son, Receive My Words

The Book of Proverbs describes two paths - one of life and godliness, and one of sin and destruction. The world's way is attractive but destructive! We need God's Word to navigate life, and we must equip the next generation to find wisdom and direction from God's Word!
Scripture: Proverbs 2