SF634 - HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER (Deuteronomy 6 1-15)
SF534
HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER
Deuteronomy 6:1-15
INTRODUCTION
Where are we Headed?
Every day in America...
1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers.
1,106 teenage girls get abortions.
4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases.
500 adolescents begin using drugs.
1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol.
135,000 kids bring guns or other weapons to school.
3, 610 teens are assaulted; 80 are raped.
2,200 teens drop out of high school.
6 teens commit suicide (J. McDowell)
Every day in America....
1 in 2 marriages in the divorce
Over 4,000 babies are aborted
Children are abandoned - homes are broken - lives are shattered!
1A. WE MUST LEAD OUR FAMILIES TO GOD (4-5)
1B. We must Recognize the Reality of God (4)
There is a God ("the Lord our God")
There is only one God ("the Lord is One")
John 14:6
That God is Lord ("the Lord our God")
That God is to be our Lord ("the Lord our God")
2B. We must Respond Appropriately to God (5)
(1 John 4:19) "We love because he first loved us."
(Romans 5:8) "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Love God sincerely
“With all your heart...”
Love God selflessly
“With all your soul...’
Love God strongly
“With all your strength...”
2A. WE MUST TEACH OUR FAMILIES ABOUT GOD (6-9)
1B. We Must Know God’s Word (6)
63% of Americans have no idea what “John 3:16" refer to...
25% of adults knew it is a verse from the Bible (Barna)
(Psalms 119:11‑16) "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. {12} Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. {13} With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. {14} I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. {15} I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. {16} I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word."
2B. We Must Share God’s Word (7)
Convincingly - “impress” = to pierce
Consistently
Conversationally
3B. We Must Live God’s Word (8-9)
The greatest sermon your family will ever hear is the one you live before them each day!
(James 2:18) "But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do."
3A. WE MUST KEEP OUR FAMILIES NEAR TO GOD (10-15)
1B. Two Dangers...
Forgetting God (10-12) - Who is God?
Forsaking God (13-15) - Who needs God?
2B. Four Steps in Backsliding
Independence
Indulgence
Indifference
Irreverence
3B. One Solution
(2 Chronicles 7:14) "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
APPLICATION
You can beat the odds - You can keep your Family Together!
How? - By...
Leading them to God
Teaching them about God
Keeping them near God