Empowering Parenting: Wisdom, Teamwork, and Faith
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Parenting is hard work. It takes dedication. It takes consistency. It takes a prioritization. Bottom line is this, it takes your best to give your kids the best. What is your best? Well, looked online, a lot of memes I found that try to define what good parenting is all about. I saw one recently that made me chuckle. It said, good parenting is a lot of getting up just as soon as you've sat down. And it is true. It is true. Parenting isn't every day, all day. Step to those moments. Celebrate with your kid in their triumphs. Encourage them in their challenges." [02:56]
2. "We all have different families, right? All have different kids. All in different seasons of life relative to the topic of parenting. Some of us have kids and we're actively raising them. Some of us want kids one day and we're praying for them. Some of us don't have kids and maybe don't see ourselves as ever having kids, but we are parental influences to other people's kids. Some people are praying for and thinking about or actually have adopted kids. Some are praying, thinking about or have fostered kids. Some families have kids who are just about or have recently left the home. You are empty nesters. Glory be to God." [01:13]
3. "It is so important for both members of the team to be on the same team, to be united, because a lot of parenting problems can exist when you are not. God gives favor. Typically gives to the mom favor to see what's happening in that moment in light of everything else that's got to get done that day, that week, that month. You know, how are we going to prioritize? How am I going to help channel and manage the emotions of the household based upon what's got to get done today? Kind of a micro version of favor. God tends to give the father a macro version. What's happening in this moment in light of where are we going down the road? You know, where's our family headed spiritually?" [06:52]
4. "When you're experiencing trouble, when you're experiencing challenges, when you have confusion in your life, who is it that you go to? It's so important. We need go-to people, right? Life is hard and it is not meant to be done alone. Maybe you're thinking of a spouse or a sibling, a parent, a grandparent, a best friend. When you go to that person, with that challenge, and listen, we need those. Mentors are important. The testimony of our lives matters. We need our go-to people. But what would happen if you go to that go-to person with that challenge, with that struggle, and instead of then jumping in to that moment and saying, well, you know what you need to do? You know, here's the answer to your question. Here's the solution to your problem. Instead, they would leverage that relationship, leverage that situation, leverage that. And ask you a question like this. What do you think God wants you to do in this moment?" [16:12]
5. "The weaker you are, the more you depend upon him. And the more you depend upon him, the stronger you get. I love that. I love Rick Warren quotes. Cause at first read, you're like, yeah, that's obvious. Duh. Right. Actually, you know, I ruminate on that, you know, meditate on that. That is so good. That is so deep." [35:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We know a thing or two. We've experienced a thing or two. We've learned a thing or two. A lot of problems exist in parenting when we will elevate our kids faster than their life experiences would support. We sometimes don't want to do the hard work of parenting. It's a day-in, day-out endeavor. It is not for the weak of heart. And sometimes we speed that process up by giving our kids freedoms that their maturity, will not support. Exposing them to topics and situations. We talked about last week, let kids be kids. Let children be children. Sometimes we elevate our kids faster than their life experiences and maturity and sophistication would support. Or we lower ourselves. We just want to be our kids' friends. We throw our hands up to those responsibility to be a trainer. Train up your child, right?" [08:08]
2. "We have to teach our kids a fear of the Lord or a reverence for God, putting God in his rightful place, the perspective that we train up and teach our kids to have towards God. Now, Suzanne and I grew up Catholic, and we heard that word reverence a lot. And we were both directly and indirectly taught that reverence meant one thing. It meant, shh. In the Catholic world, that's what reverence means. It just means shh. I mean, most Catholic churches are ornate and echoey. Everything echoes. Footsteps echo. A cough echoes. When you're in the pew with your sisters and you're trying to make them laugh and you're successful, then that giggle echoes too. And your mom whips her head around. You learn pretty quickly, directly, indirectly. Reverence means quiet. But obviously, reverence means so much more than that. Yes, it has to do. With obedience. But what reverence really means is seeing God the way he is, as creator and as sustainer of all." [13:21]
3. "We share that with our kids, obviously at key times, at age appropriate ways. When, when Suzanne and I think they're presenting something to us that isn't quite the whole story, they're presenting something as this is the issue, but there's probably some levels deeper that we really should go. It's easy not to, it's easy just to cover that up and insulate it. But you know what? We didn't sign up for easy. I don't think you guys did either, right? To share with your kids who God is to you, how big your God is, how powerful and mighty. And the fact that he's in for the whole Magilla, it's not a little dabble do you kind of God, right? It's the whole thing. It's making what is not into what is. It's, it's changing a heart and changing a life and being truly born again. Share that with your kids." [34:09]
4. "If you're a single parent, ask God, pray to him for direction and peace about who you can step to that would help step into your family. Ask God for direction and peace about who you can step to moments, offer perspective, offer encouragement. This church is full of people who will do that, be honored to do that. But we encourage couples with the theme of team because when the two are not united, real parental problems can happen." [08:08]
5. "We need to evaluate our lives. Are we living the same in private as we are in public? Is our walk better than our talk? Are we falling into the temptation to segment our life and run the risk of losing integrity? As we talked about last week, more is caught than taught. Kids will pick up on consistency and they need the consistency of the character of those around them." [35:34]
6. "We are to train up our children in the way that they should go so that when they are older, they will not depart from him. It takes your best to give your kids the best. And the best is obviously Jesus. So we need to look to Jesus, right? If God humbled himself to step out of heaven, take the form of a man, we need to look to him to see how was he grown? How does his growth look, right? There's not, at first blush, there doesn't seem like there's a whole heck of a lot in the Bible, right? We know Jesus was born. We know he was dedicated. There's a quick little story about him getting separated from Mary and Joseph at the Passover feast. And they're all crazed looking for him. And they go back a day and he's not crazed at all. He's in his father's house. Didn't you know I'd be here, right? And that happened about the age of 12. And then it seemingly jumps to Jesus, the man in the start of his earthly ministry around the age of 30. But there's this short little verse that a lot of us have read and many of us know and have kind of viewed as just a transitional verse from Jesus, the child, to Jesus, the man. It is exactly in that short little verse that we want to spend our time this morning. Because that short little transitional verse is actually chock full of gold." [10:46]
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1. "Parenting is hard work. It takes dedication. It takes consistency. It takes a prioritization. Bottom line is this, it takes your best to give your kids the best. What is your best? Well, looked online, a lot of memes I found that try to define what good parenting is all about. I saw one recently that made me chuckle. It said, good parenting is a lot of getting up just as soon as you've sat down. And it is true. It is true. Parenting isn't every day, all day. Step to those moments. Celebrate with your kid in their triumphs. Encourage them in their challenges." [02:56]
2. "We all have different families, right? All have different kids. All in different seasons of life relative to the topic of parenting. Some of us have kids and we're actively raising them. Some of us want kids one day and we're praying for them. Some of us don't have kids and maybe don't see ourselves as ever having kids, but we are parental influences to other people's kids. Some people are praying for and thinking about or actually have adopted kids. Some are praying, thinking about or have fostered kids. Some families have kids who are just about or have recently left the home. You are empty nesters. Glory be to God." [01:13]
3. "It is so important for both members of the team to be on the same team, to be united, because a lot of parenting problems can exist when you are not. God gives favor. Typically gives to the mom favor to see what's happening in that moment in light of everything else that's got to get done that day, that week, that month. You know, how are we going to prioritize? How am I going to help channel and manage the emotions of the household based upon what's got to get done today? Kind of a micro version of favor. God tends to give the father a macro version. What's happening in this moment in light of where are we going down the road? You know, where's our family headed spiritually?" [06:52]
4. "When you're experiencing trouble, when you're experiencing challenges, when you have confusion in your life, who is it that you go to? It's so important. We need go-to people, right? Life is hard and it is not meant to be done alone. Maybe you're thinking of a spouse or a sibling, a parent, a grandparent, a best friend. When you go to that person, with that challenge, and listen, we need those. Mentors are important. The testimony of our lives matters. We need our go-to people. But what would happen if you go to that go-to person with that challenge, with that struggle, and instead of then jumping in to that moment and saying, well, you know what you need to do? You know, here's the answer to your question. Here's the solution to your problem. Instead, they would leverage that relationship, leverage that situation, leverage that. And ask you a question like this. What do you think God wants you to do in this moment?" [16:12]
5. "The weaker you are, the more you depend upon him. And the more you depend upon him, the stronger you get. I love that. I love Rick Warren quotes. Cause at first read, you're like, yeah, that's obvious. Duh. Right. Actually, you know, I ruminate on that, you know, meditate on that. That is so good. That is so deep." [35:34]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We know a thing or two. We've experienced a thing or two. We've learned a thing or two. A lot of problems exist in parenting when we will elevate our kids faster than their life experiences would support. We sometimes don't want to do the hard work of parenting. It's a day-in, day-out endeavor. It is not for the weak of heart. And sometimes we speed that process up by giving our kids freedoms that their maturity, will not support. Exposing them to topics and situations. We talked about last week, let kids be kids. Let children be children. Sometimes we elevate our kids faster than their life experiences and maturity and sophistication would support. Or we lower ourselves. We just want to be our kids' friends. We throw our hands up to those responsibility to be a trainer. Train up your child, right?" [08:08]
2. "We have to teach our kids a fear of the Lord or a reverence for God, putting God in his rightful place, the perspective that we train up and teach our kids to have towards God. Now, Suzanne and I grew up Catholic, and we heard that word reverence a lot. And we were both directly and indirectly taught that reverence meant one thing. It meant, shh. In the Catholic world, that's what reverence means. It just means shh. I mean, most Catholic churches are ornate and echoey. Everything echoes. Footsteps echo. A cough echoes. When you're in the pew with your sisters and you're trying to make them laugh and you're successful, then that giggle echoes too. And your mom whips her head around. You learn pretty quickly, directly, indirectly. Reverence means quiet. But obviously, reverence means so much more than that. Yes, it has to do. With obedience. But what reverence really means is seeing God the way he is, as creator and as sustainer of all." [13:21]
3. "We share that with our kids, obviously at key times, at age appropriate ways. When, when Suzanne and I think they're presenting something to us that isn't quite the whole story, they're presenting something as this is the issue, but there's probably some levels deeper that we really should go. It's easy not to, it's easy just to cover that up and insulate it. But you know what? We didn't sign up for easy. I don't think you guys did either, right? To share with your kids who God is to you, how big your God is, how powerful and mighty. And the fact that he's in for the whole Magilla, it's not a little dabble do you kind of God, right? It's the whole thing. It's making what is not into what is. It's, it's changing a heart and changing a life and being truly born again. Share that with your kids." [34:09]
4. "If you're a single parent, ask God, pray to him for direction and peace about who you can step to that would help step into your family. Ask God for direction and peace about who you can step to moments, offer perspective, offer encouragement. This church is full of people who will do that, be honored to do that. But we encourage couples with the theme of team because when the two are not united, real parental problems can happen." [08:08]
5. "We need to evaluate our lives. Are we living the same in private as we are in public? Is our walk better than our talk? Are we falling into the temptation to segment our life and run the risk of losing integrity? As we talked about last week, more is caught than taught. Kids will pick up on consistency and they need the consistency of the character of those around them." [35:34]
6. "We are to train up our children in the way that they should go so that when they are older, they will not depart from him. It takes your best to give your kids the best. And the best is obviously Jesus. So we need to look to Jesus, right? If God humbled himself to step out of heaven, take the form of a man, we need to look to him to see how was he grown? How does his growth look, right? There's not, at first blush, there doesn't seem like there's a whole heck of a lot in the Bible, right? We know Jesus was born. We know he was dedicated. There's a quick little story about him getting separated from Mary and Joseph at the Passover feast. And they're all crazed looking for him. And they go back a day and he's not crazed at all. He's in his father's house. Didn't you know I'd be here, right? And that happened about the age of 12. And then it seemingly jumps to Jesus, the man in the start of his earthly ministry around the age of 30. But there's this short little verse that a lot of us have read and many of us know and have kind of viewed as just a transitional verse from Jesus, the child, to Jesus, the man. It is exactly in that short little verse that we want to spend our time this morning. Because that short little transitional verse is actually chock full of gold." [10:46]
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