No Perfect Families - No Perfect Parents
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No Perfect Families
No Perfect Families
We have a picture/dream what the perfect family looks like
Old picture
This is what we deem success - everyone happy, well mannered
The reality is more times than not this
Chaos picture
There are no perfect families - thus No perfect parents
As parents - we want our kids physically, mentally, and socially to grow
We cannot forget the spiritual
A parent is to move your child from total dependence on you, to total dependence on God
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
No Perfect Parents
No Perfect Parents
Give you 5 steps to parenting
If no kids - I challenge to gauge if your life matches these steps - practice how we play
If you are a parent - no matter what age this can start to day
It starts with your faith - Your way or God’s way
Parents are number one influence
Kids accept Christ - 3.5% the rest of the family will
Mom - 17% - 20% the rest of the family will
Dad - 93% the rest of the family will
Your faith life matters
Romans 12
Five Steps to Parenting
Set a consistent example.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.
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Genuine faith - your faith should evident
No more - Do what I say not what I do
They will do what you do
Five Steps to Parenting
2. Put relationship ahead of rules.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
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100 yrs ago - kids spent 58% of their time with parents
Today - maybe 18% of their time
“Discipline without devotion leads to destruction”
“I know what you did and this not who you are”
“Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child’s life and it’s like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.” – Gary Smalley
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3. Live life with passion.
Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit; serve the Lord.
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What are you passionate about?
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
- Thomas Adams
Be passionate about things that matter and last
Five Steps to Parenting
4. Understand the power of prayer.
Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.
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What we care about we pray about
Pray for my kids spouses
Pray God will reveal Himself to them
Now they are grown - I may pray even more for them
Five Steps to Parenting
5. Do not let your current circumstances cause you to lose hope
Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
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Nothing is not redeemable
Nothing is impossible
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Where do I start?
a. Give your heart fully to God
These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Where do I start?
Start with your heart
Stop outsourcing your kid’s spiritual growth
Where do I start?
b. He will turn your heart toward home
And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
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Where do I start?
To train a child in the way they should go you must go that way yourself.
- Billy Sunday
No Perfect Parents
No Perfect Parents
We will mess up
My kids probably need counseling
But if I love Jesus the most I will be the father they deserve and need
Imperfect families desperately need a Perfect Jesus