THE HOME OF A HEALTHY PARENT (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Psalm 78:1-7
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Sermon: The Home Of A Healthy Parent (4 of 4)
Sermon Series: The Healthy Family
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 78:1-7
One teenager was talking to his friend: "I'm worried to death about my parents. My dad slaves at his job, pays all the bills and sees to it that I never have need of anything. He is putting away money for my college education.
My mom just works day and night washing my clothes and preparing my meals and picking up after me and taking care of me while I'm sick."
And then his friend said, "So... what are you so worried about?"
The boy replied, "I'm afraid they might try to escape."
This morning we're going to talk about healthy parents. By definition, a healthy parent wants what is best for their child. They try to keep their kids fed, clothed and educated. They wash clothes, prepare meals, do "bus service", nurse them back to health. and encourage their children to reach their full potential.
They understand their children depend on them
But before we get into how that all plays out, we need to address a couple issues.
1st - a healthy parent isn't always a successful parent.
I know Proverbs says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6) But from experience... and from Scripture, we know that this doesn't always happen.
One commentator (John Gill) explained that many scholars believe this verse means that: A child will "not easily, nor ordinarily (depart from how he's been trained to go, but) there are exceptions to this observation. Generally, where there is a good education, the impressions of it do not easily wear off, nor do men ordinarily forsake a good way they have been brought up in."
In other words, Solomon's advice was generally true, but there are exceptions.
ILLUS: Ezekiel 18 (for example) proposes that very idea. "Suppose there is a righteous man who does what just and right... And suppose he has a violent s ...
Sermon Series: The Healthy Family
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 78:1-7
One teenager was talking to his friend: "I'm worried to death about my parents. My dad slaves at his job, pays all the bills and sees to it that I never have need of anything. He is putting away money for my college education.
My mom just works day and night washing my clothes and preparing my meals and picking up after me and taking care of me while I'm sick."
And then his friend said, "So... what are you so worried about?"
The boy replied, "I'm afraid they might try to escape."
This morning we're going to talk about healthy parents. By definition, a healthy parent wants what is best for their child. They try to keep their kids fed, clothed and educated. They wash clothes, prepare meals, do "bus service", nurse them back to health. and encourage their children to reach their full potential.
They understand their children depend on them
But before we get into how that all plays out, we need to address a couple issues.
1st - a healthy parent isn't always a successful parent.
I know Proverbs says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6) But from experience... and from Scripture, we know that this doesn't always happen.
One commentator (John Gill) explained that many scholars believe this verse means that: A child will "not easily, nor ordinarily (depart from how he's been trained to go, but) there are exceptions to this observation. Generally, where there is a good education, the impressions of it do not easily wear off, nor do men ordinarily forsake a good way they have been brought up in."
In other words, Solomon's advice was generally true, but there are exceptions.
ILLUS: Ezekiel 18 (for example) proposes that very idea. "Suppose there is a righteous man who does what just and right... And suppose he has a violent s ...
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