Raising the Next Generation in Faith and Love

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One of the many powerful things about the Word of God is it reveals to us who God is in His true nature and character, which isn't always evident through the things that are happening in the world, but it's true, God is a good, good Father. It also tells us about who we are, both broken human beings that sin and need God's forgiveness, but also a people that are so loved by God that He sent His own Son to die for us, to free us from our sins, and to give us everlasting life. He's a Father that loves us, and we're loved by Him. That's our identity in Christ Jesus, a new creation who are loved by God. [00:31:43] (39 seconds)  #LovedByGodNewCreation

Did you know that the Father in heaven is raising you? You say, well, I'm mature. Yeah, you might want to think about that. We're all in process, aren't we? The Bible says in 1 John 3, 1, How great is the love the Father has for us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are. We are God's children. He loves you. And he's working in your life for your good. And everything he brings into your life, whether hard or pleasant, he's using that to grow us into the image of his son. That's what he wants us to do. [00:42:16] (48 seconds)  #GrowingInGodsImage

``Through the storms of life, this certain knowledge that our Heavenly Father's unchanging, unconditional love is with us is a rock. I mean, when we blow it, we know his love stands firm. We can come and ask for forgiveness and be cleansed and come back again. When you've sinned against God, our tendency is to hide in shame like Adam did. But the Lord is out there calling, where are you? I'm looking for you. And he wants you to come to him and receive his forgiveness and cleansing. When we stray, he calls us back. When we sin, he forgives. When we fail, he does not fail. He never gives up on us. [00:47:33] (43 seconds)  #UnchangingForgiveness

God has given us his word to show us how to live and his spirit to guide us. The bible says in 2 timothy 3 16 All scripture is god breathed and is useful for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of god may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. That word training in righteousness is that greek word we just learned padeon meaning the act of providing guidance for responsible living upbringing training instruction discipline and correction. Through god's word god guides us he equips us he gives us wisdom. [00:57:28] (50 seconds)  #EquippedByGodsWord

We need his hand of training in our lives because we can be really stupid because we need his insight his wisdom his truth and kids must have our hand of training in their lives. You know the belief that children are all blank slates and they're just fine and if you stay other way they'll grow up straight and true is baloney. If you've tried to raise kids that way you know that and so they need guidance. [00:58:18] (35 seconds)  #GuidedByTruth

Start with conviction of what you want your children to turn out to be as an adult, what you believe God's will is for them. You want them to be moral, godly, hard-working, wise, loving people, truthful people. We need the same vision for our kids that our heavenly father has for us. We need clear convictions of what is best for our children. We give guidance and we set and enforce boundaries. [01:04:01] (32 seconds)  #ConvictionsForKids

Our goal isn't keeping our child happy. Our goal isn't being liked or affirmed by our kids. You'll figure that out as parents if you're looking for your kid for information that's going to be very hard road but if we raise them with love and clarity of boundaries what will happen is our child will grow up happier and we will gain their respect but don't can't can't expect that in a moment when you're saying no. [01:06:31] (34 seconds)  #LoveWithClarity

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