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Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
FOR ALL THE PARENTS OF THE WORLD
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing He said was: "Don't".
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."
God said.
"Forbidden fruit?
We got forbidden fruit?
Hey, Eve...we got forbidden fruit!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
"Don't eat that fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants.
A few minutes later God saw his kids having an apple break and was angry.
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" the First Parent asked.
"Uh huh, " Adam replied.
"Then why did you?"
"I dunno" Eve answered.
"She started it!"
Adam said.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.
Thus, the pattern was set and it has never changed.
So take heart and do not be discouraged!
If God had trouble handling His kids, what makes you think it should be a piece of cake for you?
Tip for the day: If you find yourself trying to cope with a tension headache, do what the aspirin bottle tells you: Take two and keep away from children.
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* Make an Impression*
"/If you try to make an impression on someone, chances are that's the impression you'll make."/
If I am to make a lasting impression on my children, what are the key elements?
q Personally Internalized - "they must be on your hearts. . .
" When people develop an outward attachment to the “form” of religion but fail to internalize it, it is a repulsive thing.
Matt.
15:8 "`These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'" {Isaiah 29:13}
q Intrinsically Motivated - taught from the perspective of the greatest commandment.
Nothing makes sense when it is not motivated by love.
Nothing else in !the world call forth inner resource like the motivator of love.
Fear cannot.
The law cannot.
Monetary reward cannot.
q Consistently Demonstrated.
We might just as well quit talking about things that we are not prepared to incarnate.
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* Initiate** Discussion*
How do I talk to my children about spiritual matters?
q Discussion - all viewpoints are legitimate.
Sometimes kids will test the safety of the discussion by throwing out some emotionally charged statement just to see what reaction they get.
Discussion means "I talk-you talk."
not "I lecture-you listen."
It doesn’t mean, “I talk – you talk- we fight.”
Elements of Good Conversation
1.
Eliminate land mines.
If kids are worrying about your reaction to certain topics they will be guarded and unnatural in your conversation with them.
I find myself like that with people.
If I have to watch out for what I might say because of negative reactions then I cannot converse freely.
As a matter of fact I look forward to the conversation being over and rarely go out of my way to talk to that person.
2. Don’t interrupt – let people finish their thoughts and their sentences.
Don’t talk over top of them.
One person should speak at a time.
3. Don’t argue over points of disagreement.
Argument or debate ruins the kinds of conversation that reveals a person’s innermost thoughts.
God has not called us to correct everyone.
He has called us to love everyone, to live before them in such a way that the will seek out a relationship with Christ and then He can guide them faultlessly.
4. Ask questions about them.
Show genuine interest in the things that they are interested in.
The more interested you are in other people’s lives, the more interested they will be in yours.
It’s really no more than a corollary to the Golden Rule, /“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”/
5. Allow a person to represent themselves fully without judgment and you will have opportunity to dialogue freely with them over the deepest issues in their lives.
q We are least guarded at home.
Why?
Because home ought to be a safe place.
I remember a little fellow, frightened by lightning and thunder, who called out one dark night, "Daddy, come.
I'm scared."
"Son," the father said, "God loves you and he'll take care of you."
"I know God loves me," the boy replied.
"But right now I want somebody who has skin on."
If I were starting my family again, that is what I would want to be above all else -- God's love with skin on.
n John Drescher, If I Were Starting My Family Again
A person will only open up if they feel safe.
Otherwise they will remain guarded and their responses measured.
The people who know us best live in our homes.
We think that we know our kids. . . .
they know us as well.
Our parental constitutions should be sufficiently shockproof to withstand the questioning, the revelations, the emotional tirades and declarations of our children.
The home is the place where we have the greatest potential of influencing our children and consistently fail to take advantage of it.
! YOUR TEENS NEED YOU TO NOTICE THEM
Too often we barely focus on the person standing in front of us, much less on a teenager who hides in her~/his room or one whose busy schedule keeps him~/her out of the house.
How do teens get attention?
Hair and clothing choices may be one way.
Loud music says I'm here!
Angry words, slamming doors, even the dreaded silent treatment all scream for attention.
When teens' needs for notice are not met, they will - by behavior or attitude - get your attention - often negatively rather than positively.
What parents can - and should - do is to give them the positive attention they need in order to elicit positive behaviors and attitudes in their children.
What teenagers need:
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Focused attention.
If only he'd say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let's do it together, right now."
But it's always, "Wait a little.
Can't you see I'm busy?
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