Sermon Tone Analysis

GROWTH

right now is important time in the life of our children and their parents that here this morning.

This week marks the beginning of the school year.

This time of year is important and valuable to the over all well being of a child.

It’s important for a child to grow and learn and increase in knowledge.

After all it is one of the fundamental stages in child development.

you might be surprised to know that even our Lord Jesus grew.

He grew in 4 areas the bible tells us

kept increasing - (advancing) forward to cut. the wood cutters who cleared away wood and Forrest that impeded the armies progress.

it’s movement forward, advancing, progressing, growing, learning, increasing etc.

one of the the things that we need to help our children learn and understand and something that we need to learn and understand is that we must always keep increasing in all four of these areas mental, physical, social, spiritual development.

imperfect tense - sustained activity.

one of the greatest gifts we can teach our loved ones is a love of learning.

Jesus grew in wisdom (mental development)

Jesus and we ourselves as well as our children need to grow intellectually.

Christianity involves the whole of our being heart soul strength and mind.

it involves reading, reasoning, studying, learning, etc.

how will we ever be able to accurately handle the truth (2 tim.

2:15)

reasoning and persuading ;

belief involves studying and knowing about Jesus and reasoning and coming to Him

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Jesus grew in stature (physical development)

purity -

labor - laboring for the Lord

allow our bodies to be useful for the Lord (exercise)

Jesus Grew in favour with men (social development)

how to interact with other people

how to share, talk, and treat other people

Christianity involves people, we can’t lock ourselves away and not be in contact with people the 2nd is like it love your neighbor as yourself.

we must teach them to active in good works to love the helpless, the widow the oprhan

develop a desire to serve others, to have concern for others even over themselves

i think this does involve showing them how important it is to have friendships with those of high moral character.

we need to help our children see and understand how they treat people matters

Jesus grew in favour with God (spiritual development)

how God views them

awareness of God and who he is and what it means to be a follower of Jesus

what we need to realize is that we as parents have a profound effect on what our children think and view God.

if our lives our not modeled after our Savior in other if we do not exhibit the traits of our Savior how will our children ever grow spiritually if they don’t see Him regularly in our lives.

how will they ever make God a priority in their lives if he is not one in ours

how will they ever walk in the footsteps of the savior if we as parents don’t

how will they be obedient to God if we are not.

our children learn form us and from their own study in God’s Word

It’s our job to teach them

not to provoke to wrath - unreasonable commands; needless severity; manifestation of anger, lest by your continually finding fault with them, they should loose all courage, and despair of ever pleasing you.

train them

discipline it might be unpleasant

7 WAYS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN GROW mentally, physically, socially, & spiritually