BLUEPRINT FOR A GODLY KID (4 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Psalm 78:1-8
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Blueprint for a Godly Kid (4 of 5)
Series: Model for Positive Parenting
Jeff Strite
Psalm 78:1-8
OPEN: A man once wrote about the fact that when he was a teenager, he had a drug problem.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Sunday Morning.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Sunday night.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Wednesday night.
I was ''drug'' to Sunday School every week.
I was ''drug'' to Vacation Bible School.
I was ''drug'' to the family altar to read the Bible and pray.
I was also ''drug'' to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect or spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher.
Those ''drugs'' are still in my veins, and they affect my behavior in every thing I do and say, and think.
APPLY: There is a lie going around.
Actually, there were people believing this lie way back when I was a boy… and perhaps for years before that. The lie? That dragging our kids to church turns them off to church. There are people who won't ''force'' their kids to go church with them because they fear that result …and so the kids never, or they rarely go. And most of the time they end up without a spiritual foundation for their lives.
These same parents will force their kids to go to school.
They'll force their kids to go the Doctor
They'll force their kids to do their Dentist
BUT they won't force their kids to go to church under the mistaken impression that this will somehow be better for their child.
Now let's be honest… that's just plain spiritual laziness.
God said: ''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.'' (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
Again God says: ''Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you ...
Series: Model for Positive Parenting
Jeff Strite
Psalm 78:1-8
OPEN: A man once wrote about the fact that when he was a teenager, he had a drug problem.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Sunday Morning.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Sunday night.
I was ''drug'' to Church on Wednesday night.
I was ''drug'' to Sunday School every week.
I was ''drug'' to Vacation Bible School.
I was ''drug'' to the family altar to read the Bible and pray.
I was also ''drug'' to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect or spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher.
Those ''drugs'' are still in my veins, and they affect my behavior in every thing I do and say, and think.
APPLY: There is a lie going around.
Actually, there were people believing this lie way back when I was a boy… and perhaps for years before that. The lie? That dragging our kids to church turns them off to church. There are people who won't ''force'' their kids to go church with them because they fear that result …and so the kids never, or they rarely go. And most of the time they end up without a spiritual foundation for their lives.
These same parents will force their kids to go to school.
They'll force their kids to go the Doctor
They'll force their kids to do their Dentist
BUT they won't force their kids to go to church under the mistaken impression that this will somehow be better for their child.
Now let's be honest… that's just plain spiritual laziness.
God said: ''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.'' (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
Again God says: ''Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you ...
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