ACCEPTANCE (3 OF 6)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Psalm 139:13-15, Luke 19:1-10
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Acceptance (3 of 6)
Series: Sound Bites for Parents
Joey Rodgers
Psalm 139:13-15 and Luke 19:1-10
Two boys were discussing their parents. The 1st said, ''I'm worried. My dad slaves at his job so that I'll have all that I need so I'll be able to go to college someday. Mom works hard washing, ironing, cleaning up after me, taking care of me, driving me everywhere I want to go. They spend every day of their lives working for me. I'm worried.'' His friend asked, ''What are you worried about?' The 1st kid replied, ''I'm afraid that someday soon they might try to escape!''
Hopefully none of us here have reached the point of trying to escape, but if you're just joining us and the thought has crossed your mind, I have a few sound bites I hope will be an encouragement to you. We're in a series of short lessons based on Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.
To train up was used to describe the palate or roof of the mouth. Soon after birth, a Hebrew mid-wife would dip her fingers in a paste made of honey/dates and rub it on the gums of the newborn baby to create thirst to initiate the baby's feeding instinct.
?Solomon was teaching us that in training up a child, our primary goal is to create a sense of thirst in our children for right things - more specifically - for the things of God.
As we've already discussed, many parents miss this vital truth. Our human ambition tends to be to raise our children to be respectful, self-sufficient children who can make a difference in the world and raise a family as we have - which absolutely is noble and appropriate; but the great priority of Scripture is not to raise kids who can be successful in the eyes of the world, but to raise our kids to know/experience the heart/will of God in their daily lives.
What does it profit a man to gain the world but miss God?
I want to be clear. From a biblical perspective, there's no ambiguity on this point. ...
Series: Sound Bites for Parents
Joey Rodgers
Psalm 139:13-15 and Luke 19:1-10
Two boys were discussing their parents. The 1st said, ''I'm worried. My dad slaves at his job so that I'll have all that I need so I'll be able to go to college someday. Mom works hard washing, ironing, cleaning up after me, taking care of me, driving me everywhere I want to go. They spend every day of their lives working for me. I'm worried.'' His friend asked, ''What are you worried about?' The 1st kid replied, ''I'm afraid that someday soon they might try to escape!''
Hopefully none of us here have reached the point of trying to escape, but if you're just joining us and the thought has crossed your mind, I have a few sound bites I hope will be an encouragement to you. We're in a series of short lessons based on Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.
To train up was used to describe the palate or roof of the mouth. Soon after birth, a Hebrew mid-wife would dip her fingers in a paste made of honey/dates and rub it on the gums of the newborn baby to create thirst to initiate the baby's feeding instinct.
?Solomon was teaching us that in training up a child, our primary goal is to create a sense of thirst in our children for right things - more specifically - for the things of God.
As we've already discussed, many parents miss this vital truth. Our human ambition tends to be to raise our children to be respectful, self-sufficient children who can make a difference in the world and raise a family as we have - which absolutely is noble and appropriate; but the great priority of Scripture is not to raise kids who can be successful in the eyes of the world, but to raise our kids to know/experience the heart/will of God in their daily lives.
What does it profit a man to gain the world but miss God?
I want to be clear. From a biblical perspective, there's no ambiguity on this point. ...
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