Guiding Children in Faith and Service
Discover valuable insights on raising children in faith and preparing them for service in God's kingdom. From teaching them to pray and trust in God to instilling determination, focus on God, and humility, this guide emphasizes the importance of spiritual upbringing. Prepare your children to face suffering with unwavering faith, serve others with humility, and enter God's kingdom through belief, repentance, and faithful service.
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I Must PRAY for Them (20:20) We Must Pray FOR Our Children Thank God for Them (Psa. 127:3; Gen. 33:5) Ask for Help (Judg. 13:8, 12) Develop Their Own Strong Faith (2 Tim. 1:5) Find a Strong Christian Mate (Gen. 27:46-28:2; 24:1-4) Be Actively Involved in the Church (1 Thess. 2:7-12) We Must Pray WITH Our Children Key Word to Instill: Reliance TRUST IN GOD!
I Must PREPARE Them (20:23) We Must Prepare Them to Suffer (20:22-23) There is a place of suffering prepared in the kingdom! Jesus was going to drink the cup of suffering and be immersed with suffering (20:22, 18-19) Faithfulness in the kingdom brings hardships, suffering & persecutions (20:23; 5:10-12; 1 Pet. 3:14; 4:14; 2 Tim. 3:12) We must prepare our children for those who will (Luke 6:22): Hate them because they live by Christian standards Exclude them because they hold to Christian values Insult them because they believe in & defend Biblical truth Scorn their Christian name as evil All suffering as a Christian is WORTH IT! (Matt. 5:10-12; 1 Pet. 3:14; 4:13-19) Key Word to Instill: Determination FOCUS ON GOD!
I Must PREPARE Them (20:23) We Must Prepare Them to Serve (20:25-28) There is a place of serving prepared in the kingdom! Jesus kingdom is about serving and ministering to OTHERS To be considered great in God s eyes, minister to others To be considered first in God s eyes, be a slave of all (Mk. 10:44) This starts w/ the right mind thinking like Christ (Phil. 2:1-8) Esteem others better than himself (Phil. 2:3) Even Christ did not please Himself (Rom. 15:3) In honor giving preference to one another (Rom. 12:10) This requires the right grind doing like Christ (John 13:15) He went about doing good (Acts 10:38) Go and do likewise (Luke 10:37) Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them (Mt. 7:12) Do good to all (Gal. 6:10) Key Word to Instill: Humility FOCUS ON OTHERS!
His Kingdom Is Prepared for Those Who: Believe Jesus is God s Son Romans 10:9 Repent of their sins and turn to God Acts 2:38 Confess their faith in Jesus Romans 10:10 Are immersed into Christ John 3:3-5 God will forgive all of their sins Romans 6:6-7 God will add them to His church 1 Corinthians 12:13 God will enroll them in heaven Hebrews 12:23 Are faithful servants until death Matthew 25:23
