“Parenting Kids to Have a Faith that Sticks”

Sermon Notes

Parenting Kids to Have a Faith that Sticks

 

The most important thing we can do as parents is lead our children to a _____________________________ through _______________________________…a faith that sticks.

 

Deuteronomy 6:4-6

                                                                     New International Version (NIV)

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

 

 Attitude #1: ____________________

When you nurture within yourself a _________________________ for __________________ you greatly influence your children toward a faith that sticks.

 

  • Our love for God and his word needs to be ______________ if we want to influence our children to have a real growing faith.  This can’t be________.

 

  • Loving God with all your heart, soul, and might is not a __________ we work hard to get to but rather an ______________we embrace.

 

Deuteronomy 6:7-9

New International Version (NIV)

7 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. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

 

Attitude #2: ___________________

An attitude of ________________ in teaching the truths about __________________ in the day to day life of your children has a huge influence on the likelihood that your children will have a faith that sticks.

  • Family Devotional Times:
  • Spontaneous ‘God’ Moments:
  • Spiritual habits and rituals:

Do not let the __________________ steal away things of _______________________.

 

Ephesians 6:1-4

New International Version (NIV)

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a]

4 Fathers,[b] do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

 

Attitude #3:  ________________

When you model an attitude of __________ in your home you influence in a huge way the development of a faith that sticks within your children.

 

  •                  We do this when we accept      our child _____________________, and always relate to them our _____________________      in, and __________________  as they      grow.
  • _______________ those not present and always _____________to speak ________________and __________________words about others.

 

Share