SF120 - PRINCIPLES FOR PARENTS IN TIMES OF CRISES (Exodus 2 1-10)
@PAGE NUMBER = SF120
@TITLE = PRINCIPLES FOR PARENTS IN TIMES OF CRISES
@LEVEL ONE = EXO 2:1‑10
@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION
@LEVEL TWO = God Acts As Our Partners Especially During Crises Situations.
@LEVEL TWO = These Are Crises Times
@ILL TITLE = BOTH THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES
@ILL TEXT = Time Magazine cover story on children in 1989 recorded the following:
@LEVEL FOUR = Computers are commonplace
@LEVEL FOUR = Television and satellites have brought the world into their rooms
@LEVEL FOUR = The three R's are being crowded out by courses on AIDS, drug abuse, sex and suicide
@LEVEL FOUR = Parents, at the mercy of economic changes, have become absent, or been replaced by sitters and day care workers. That nine‑cent
@LEVEL FOUR = loaf of bread now costs 71 cents; that three‑bedroom house, $82,000.
@ILL TEXT = Here are a few examples:
@LEVEL FOUR = Every 31 seconds a teenager becomes pregnant
@LEVEL FOUR = Every 78 seconds an adolescent attempts suicide
@LEVEL FOUR = One in eight teens runs away from home at least once
@LEVEL FOUR = One in four drops out of high school
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@LEVEL FOUR = Poverty virtually eliminates hope for one‑fourth of our children
@LEVEL FOUR = Child abuse and neglect are so rampant that most state social workers are handling 2‑3 times the normal caseload
@LEVEL FOUR = 22 million children need day care; about six million are in day care programs
@LEVEL THREE = God Through The Life And Actions Of Amram and Jochebed Sets Forth Five Principles For Us
@LEVEL ONE = 1A. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVERY CHILD IS A GIFT FROM GOD (vv.1‑2)
@SCRIPTURE = Psa 127:3 (NIV)<R> Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
@LEVEL THREE = fine = can mean beautiful or best
@SCRIPTURE = Acts 7:20 (NIV)<R>"At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child...
@LEVEL ONE = 2A. WE MUST RETURN OUR CHILDREN TO GOD (vv.3‑4)
@SCRIPTURE = HEB 11:23 ...By faith ...
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Realize Your Limitations
@SCRIPTURE = "could hide him no longer..."
@LEVEL THREE = You cannot save your child
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Do Your Best
@SCRIPTURE = "...a papyrus basket..."
@LEVEL THREE = Provide the best physical and spiritual prepartion available
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Watch and Pray (v.4)
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@LEVEL ONE = 3A. WE MUST RELY ON GOD TO DO FOR OUR CHILDREN WHAT WE CANNOT DO (vv.5‑6)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Accept God's Provision
@LEVEL THREE = Often will come from an unlikely or unexpected source.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Accept God's Plan
@LEVEL THREE = Realize that God sees beyond today.
@LEVEL ONE = 4A. WE MUST REDEEM THE TIME WE HAVE WITH OUR CHILDREN (vv.7‑9)
@SCRIPTURE = Eph 5:16 (NIV)<R>making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Because Children Grow Up Too Fast
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Because Time Is The Most Precious Resource We Have
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Because Time Can Only Be Redeemed And Not Reclaimed
@LEVEL TWO = 4B. Because Time Invested In Our Children Will Reap Eternal Dividends
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@LEVEL ONE = 5A. WE MUST (ONE DAY) RELINQUISH CONTROL OF OUR CHILDREN (v.10)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Ultimate Control Will And Must Be Relinquished
@SCRIPTURE = Gen 2:24 (NIV)<R>For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. When Control Is Relinquish So Is Responsibility
@SCRIPTURE = Deu 24:16 (NIV)<R>Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. The Wise Parent Plans For This Day
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Biblical teaching
@SCRIPTURE = Deu 6:6‑7<R>These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Practical training
@SCRIPTURE = Prov 22:6 (NIV)<R>Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Unconditional loving
@SCRIPTURE = Eph 6:4 (NIV)<R>Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION
@LEVEL FOUR = WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVERY CHILD IS A GIFT FROM GOD
@LEVEL FOUR = WE MUST RETURN OUR CHILDREN TO GOD
@LEVEL FOUR = WE MUST RELY ON GOD TO DO FOR OUR CHILDREN WHAT WE CANNOT DO
@LEVEL FOUR = WE MUST REDEEM THE TIME WE HAVE WITH OUR CHILDREN
@LEVEL FOUR = WE MUST (ONE DAY) RELINQUISH CONTROL OF OUR CHILDREN