- Do your kids already act just like you?
- What things are your kids already mimicking
Paul says to the Corinthians in 2 Corinthians 7:1 - "Dear friends let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness our of reverence for God"
Why does parenting necessitate purifying ourselves?
Just as the Father is Holy… you be holy
So our kids mimic us – more stories
How about the Manning’s in Football – are they really the most athletic and gifted– or do they just believe in themselves because Dad could do it?
Why does it matter how we act??
If we have faith don’t we get to go to heaven – what's wrong with a few habits? Everybody has them?
2 Peter 1:5-7
"For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love."What does Every effort look like???
For each one of these??
Let’s break them down – What is it ----How does it matter that we do as an example for kids others
Faith is _____ conviction of the unseen, strong assurance in God/Christ/Spirit – how could our kids seeing this help them
Virtue or goodness _____moral excellence – goodness – why for kids
Knowledge ____correct insight --- why for kids
Self control _____ Self discipline, steady – not up and down – why for kids
Perseverance _____ bearing up under trial – sticking to the path, plan task, faith -- why for kids’’’’
Godliness ____godly character out of devotion to God – Holy because you love Him and he is Holy
Brotherly kindness - love toward brethren, doing it beczsue you care - why for kids
Love___ active goodwill toward those in need – out of self sacrifice not – possible reward or payback --- why kids
Now sacrifice – what do we sacrifice for kids
Mothers you start what have you sacrificed for you kids???
- Time
- Sleep
- Prayer
- Friends
- Physical problems
Paul was obsessesed with the way Christ sacrificed for us
He mentions it constantly
He who did not spare his own son but gave Him up for us all….Rom 8:32
The Lord Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins Gal: 1: 3-4
Gal 2:20 "I have been Crucified with Christ and I know longer live but Christ lives in me, the life I live in the body. I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me."
Philippians 2: 5-11
"Being very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be grasped….but made Himself nothing, taking on the very nature of a servant,….suffered, even death on a cross…"
Any time you start to feel sorry for yourself go to these verses to see what the King of Kings did for you
This is the model for our marriages Paul mentions that in Ephesians 5:25
Husbands love you wives as Christ loved the Church ….and gave himself up for her…
But this the model for our kids, our friends, the poor, the world….
We pull it all together by saying…..
…. it is not all about our kids but that we start with being examples in the home to our children so we can be examples to the entire world
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