Three Gifts to Give Your Children | The Love Boat Week 3 | Pastors Andrew & Kerry Cromwell
March 2, 2025 / Andrew & Kerry Cromwell / Koinonia ChurchMatthew 7:11 NLT: So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
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We need to worry less about today’s happiness and more about tomorrow’s readiness.(MULTILINE)
Giving Hurts When
Ephesians 6:4 NLT: Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
1. We give them things they didn’t .(MULTILINE)
One of the best things we can do is give our children the blessing of earning the blessings.(MULTILINE)
2. We give them praise they don’t .(MULTILINE)
It’s better to praise the process than to praise the person.(MULTILINE)
3. We give them freedoms they can’t .(MULTILINE)
We want to help them love God!(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
The Shema
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NLT: “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Gifts to Give Your Children
1. A community worth .(MULTILINE)
Deuteronomy 6:4 NLT: Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
Proverbs 13:20 NLT: Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
2. A standard worth .(MULTILINE)
Deuteronomy 6:5 NLT: And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
3. A faith worth .(MULTILINE)
Deuteronomy 6:7 NLT: Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)