Matthew 7:24-27 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Storm #1:
Storm #2: Premature and Extended .
Stages of Development: Steven Glenn
Storm #3: When Children DETATCH From Their Faith and Community of Faith.
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Storm #5:
WHAT IN THE WORLD DO WE DO?
Zechariah 4:6 6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
Deuteronomy 6:1-2 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
Deuteronomy 6:4-6 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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.
1. Being a better parent starts with with God. (vs. 5-6)
Deuteronomy 6:7-9 7 Impress them on your children. (HOW?) Talk about them when you sit at home (meal time or any other time you have their attention) and when you walk along the road (drive time), when you lie down and (bed time) when you get up (get ready time). 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands (represent action) and bind them on your foreheads (represent thoughts). 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
2. Make God the of your . (vs. 7-8)
Deuteronomy 6:20-21 20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?”21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
3. TELL about what God has