BABY DEDICATION OF NOA AND JOURNEY
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It is the privilege of the church to encourage and assist parents in the proper training and development of their children.
The act of dedication is in keeping with the teaching of God’s Word. As Samuel was dedicated to the Lord by his mother, Hannah and the dedication of Jesus by his parents
In this service of dedication we are first to give thanks to God for the creation and birth of Noa and Journey. They are God’s weapons of light and righteousness in this dark world
In the second place, we are to make a solemn promise as parents and as a family that, relying on the grace of God and working together, we will endeavor to provide guidance for Noa and Journey in instruction, discipline, salvation experience, and growth in the Lord.
A special not to you, the parents: YOUR LIVES MUST BE DEDICATED TO Noa and Journey in such a way that you ENSURE THAT THEY not only HEAR the gospel of grace from you bit also that they SEE the gospel of grace IN YOU; that you be THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOD YOU ARE NOW DEDICATING THEM TO
In the third place, we are to pray for God’s blessings upon Noa and Journey, in the presence of his Spirit, remembering how the Lord Jesus Christ took little children and blessed them.
HEAR NOW, THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO NOA AND JOURNEY:
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
PRESENTATION
ME: We acknowledge Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON, who present their DAUGHTERS - NOA AND JOURNEY before God and BEFORE this, THEIR FAMILY, REPRESENTING THE BODY OF CHRIST TOGETHER
THE COMMITMENT
I WILL READ A STATEMENT TO YOU AND, IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT I SAY, YOU WILL ANSWER: “WE DO”
TO THE PARENTS: In presenting NOA and Journey to the Lord, do you promise in dependence upon God’s grace and upon the partnership of church and family, to teach them the truths of the Christian faith, to set a Christian example before them, to bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord, and to encourage them to accept Christ as his Saviour under the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
PARENTS: We do.
TO THE FAMILY (CHURCH): Do you, as Christian members of the Family, promise to join Geno and LaRen in the teaching and training of Noa and Journey that they may be led in due time to trust Christ as Saviour and to confess Him in baptism and church membership? If you accept this responsibility, will you indicate it by standing?
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
This is a prayer of thanksgiving for Noa and Journey, an enduring promise to God, from all of us present, to be responsible for them, and a constant petition to God for His blessings in the real, and ongoing transformation of the lives of this family: Geno, LaRen, Amor, McKai, August, Noa and Journey.
LORD, YOU ALONE ARE MAJESTIC, GLORIOUS, HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS. YOU ARE WORTHY OF EVERY MOMENT OF OUR DAY AND NO LESS THIS MOMENT IN DEDICATING THESE CHILDREN, NOA AND JOURNEY, TO YOUR SOVEREIGN CARE.
WE KNOW SOME OF THE COMMON CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE IN THIS LIFE, BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ONLY YOU KNOW. BUT IN WHAT WE KNOW AND IN WHAT WE DONT KNOW - YOU, LORD WILL BE PRESENT WITH THEM AND CAN DELIVER THEM FROM ALL.
IN AS MUCH, LORD, AS WE DEDICATE NOA AND JOURNEY TO YOU, WE DO THE SAME FOR THIS ENTIRE FAMILY
WE PRAY FOR THIS HOME. I PRAY THAT YOUR LIFE AND LIGHT, LORD, WOULD PERMEATE WITHIN THESE FOUR WALLS PRODUCING AN UNBREAKABLE AND UNSHAKEABLE RELATIONAL JOY - ROOTED IN YOU.
WE PRAY THAT THE DIVINE WATERS OF LOVE, MERCY, GRACE AND FORGIVENESS WOULD CONSTANTLY FLOW IN THIS HOME, FOR YOUR GLORY AND THEIR OWN JOY; THAT OTHERS MIGHT SEE YOU IN THEM AND SENSE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS HOME.
NOA AND JOURNEY ARE YOUR WEAPONS IN THIS WORLD FOR GOOD AND FOR YOUR GLORY. AS WITH ALL WEAPONS, THOSE WHO HAVE STEWARDSHIP OVER THEM MUST ENSURE THAT EACH WEAPON IS PROPERLY CARED FOR SO THAT IT CAN ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSE.
AND SO, WE PRAY FOR THE STEWARDSHIP OF GENO AND LAREN OVER NOA, JOURNEY AND NOW WE WILL INCLUDE AUGUST.
MAY THE GRACE, LOVE AND FORGIVENESS YOU OFFER TO GENO AND LAREN BE THE SAME THAT THEY OFFER TO ONE-ANOTHER AND TO THESE CHILDREN BE DISCIPLINED PATTERN OF THEIR LIFE AND HOME. WE ASK THIS BECAUSE, FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THE SCRIPTURE HOLDS OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL AND PRECIOUS PROMISE:
Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.