Lessons for Parents

I Cannot Lead…Where I Will Not Go

• Joshua 24:15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

• Acts 10:24• Acts 16:14-15• Acts 16:32-34

My Family Ought to be Part of My Priority

• Socrates said, “Could I climb to the highest places in Athens, I would lift up my voice and proclaim; Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth, and take so little care of the children to whom you must someday relinquish it all?”

• 1 Samuel 3:12-13

My Family Ought to be Part of My Priority

• Proverbs 31:27 "She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness."

• Ephesians 6:4 “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”

Make God a Part of the Team• Husband and wife need to work together.• Genesis 24:7 "The Lord God of heaven, who

took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there."

• Genesis 24:12 "O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham."

Seize the Teachable Moments

• 1 Peter 3:15 (View questions as opportunities.)

• Genesis 22:7-8 "But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, 'My father!' And he said, 'Here I am, my son.' And he said, 'Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?' And Abraham said, 'My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.' and the two of them went together."

Take Time Out

• Genesis 2:2 "And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done."

• Mark 1:35

• Mark 6:31

Work Toward Well-rounded Growth

• Luke 2:52 "And Jesus increased in wisdom...”—education

• "...and stature,...“—physical

• "...and in favor with God...“—spiritual

• "...and men.“—social