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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to this edition of PowerPoint with Jack Graham. A
little later in the program, we'll tell you how you
can get a copy of doctor Graham's book, The Jesus Book.
But first, here's the message training Ground.
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Proverbs twenty two and verse six says, therefore, train up
a child in the way that he should go, and
when he is old, he will not leave it. I
like the way it's stated in the message. Point your
kids in the right direction, and when they're old, they
won't be lost. In so many ways, this is a
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lost generation, and we pray that our children.
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Will not be lost but found in the hand of God.
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And so Mom, Dad, you have this great accountability and
responsibility but for God. And it's not behavior modification that
we seek first and foremost, but heart transformation. For out
of the heart, the scripture says flow the issues of life,
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all the issues of life. So I'm calling this message
training ground. And what is where is the training ground?
It's in the hearts of your children. That's where we
train our children in their hearts. We aim for their
hearts to see God deal work that they would grow up.
The goal is that our children would grow up to
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love God, serve God and honor him. God loves your children,
our children, and gave to them, gave us these gifts
that come only from Him Psalm one twenty seven. Children
are a heritage, a gift from the Lord. So we
have this great privilege of teaching our children God's word
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and growing them up in the faith. God has given
us all of his word and the most essential marriage
manual of all or part of me parenting management and
marriage manual.
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Of all, is the Word of God, God's Word.
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And there is a book known as Proverbs, which is
really a parenting manual. It was written under the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, from a father to a son,
to a child, and a parent to a child. The
Book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom, and this is
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what we need in this generation, as in every generation. Wisdom.
The word wisdom really describes skillful living. Skillful living. To
live life successfully is to live in the wisdom of God,
which comes from the Word of God. So I say
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that when it comes to parenting that it's not so
much about the rules. And there needs to be some
rules in every home, in every household, and God has
given us his commandments. But beyond the rules are the
tools that God gives us in order that we may
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train our children, as the New Testament says in the
Nurture and admonition, in the training, and in the commandments.
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Of the Lord. So I'm going to mention.
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Five tools for skillful living, for skillful parenting, so that
you can develop and dedicate your children to the Lord.
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And the first tool is reverence. Reverence.
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Proverbs one and verse seven says, the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. And so
it is at first and found dational to all of
our child bearing and rearing that we reverence God, that
it starts in our own hearts, as we're told in
the Old Testament, in the Shemah, in the Book of Deuteronomy.
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We're giving these this great scripture. You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul, and with all your might. And these words
that I command you today shall be on your heart,
and you shall teach them because they're in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children. How shall
we teach them? You shall talk of them when you
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sit in your house, and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down and when you rise, and
then you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be frontless between your eyes, always on
your heart, always on your head, in your mind.
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As you teach your children.
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And yes, we bring them the church for formal teaching
and take them to school for education. But the greatest
and most important training that our child can have is
with you, when they get up, when they lay down,
when they're walking in the way, when you sit down
for a meal.
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This is how we do it. It is in the normal.
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Natural experience of life that we look for those moments
when the child is teachable, when the child is relatable
to us in a need in their lives, and so
we're able to teach them and train them in the
Word of God. It's not just sit down and everybody listen,
we're going to talk about the Bible.
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Now.
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No, there's a place for teaching and training of that sort.
But to teach them, to train, to train them is
to do it in a way in which is just
a normal part of your life. It's not an add on,
it's real, and therefore it's in your home. So many
have a hand me down religion, churchanity rather than Christ
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in their lives, and therefore what is important, what is vital,
What is essential, is that our faith be real in
our own hearts, and therefore we are able to give
it and pass it along to the next generation. So
first and foremost, teach your children reverence of God, to
honor him, to love him, to serve him. Make it real.
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And if it's real, it will be relevant to your
children and when they grow up, they will believe and receive.
Now I need to just say that Proverbs twenty two
six is a general principle.
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It's a proverb.
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And I know some of you say, well, you know,
I raise my children to love the Lord, and we
did our best, and my children are far from God. Well,
number one, don't give up on them. You keep praying
for your children, You keep serving the Lord and God
in his way in his own time. Remember, a child
has their own will, and so you can't always correct
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the will of a child if that will is broken.
But in general practice, this scripture is saying, if you
train up your children in this way, then they won't
grow up.
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And get lost out there in the world. That they
will come to Jesus.
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That is not an ironclad promise, but it is a
wonderful principle from God's word. So parents, Christ is not
optional in our lives. So Christ and worshiping Him and
serving Him is vital to the spiritual health of your family.
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That's number one. But the second thing is teach your child.
The second tool remember his tools, not rules. The second
tool is respect. Teach your children respect. The respect is
shown in trust and obedience. If Jesus six 's one says, children,
obey your parents, for this is right.
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To honor your.
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Father and your mother is at the heart of the
ten commandments, and to show respect.
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Teach your children to respect.
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Themselves. Teach them to respect others. Teach them to respect possessions,
the things that they have. Teach them to respect their
teachers and spiritual leaders.
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Teach them respect.
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Now, I know that disciplining our children, especially maybe when
they're teenagers, when they turn about thirteen or fourteen, I
know it can be challenging.
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I heard about one dad.
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He and his daughter they were watching a documentary of
all things that came on the television, and it was
about death and dying. So they both sat there and
watched it, and the father was so moved by the
whole thing about death and dying. He stood up and
he said to his fourteen year old daughter, said, sweetheart,
whatever you do, live every day like it's your last day,
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which the fourteen year old daughter said, I tried that
a little while ago, and I was grounded for two months.
To teach your children to respect themselves, their bodies, their families.
We had very few rules in our family and our home,
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but among the two primary ones, one was to always
tell the truth, because if you didn't tell the truth,
you were going to be in a lot more trouble
for lying. So tell the truth, be honest, and to respect,
and especially I would say to our children, respect your mother.
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They knew the fastest way to get in trouble with
dad was to disrespect their mom. Teach a child respect,
Teach them to respect their country. We've got a lot
of disrespect for young people today. Thirdly, teach your children responsibility.
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That's a skill. This is wisdom. Remember, wisdom is successful living.
Teach them responsibility. And Proverbs six and verse six go
to the ant o sluggard, consider her ways and be wise.
And then he says, in verses ten and eleven, a
little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
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hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like
a robber, and want like an armed man. In other words,
work hard, don't be lazy again. These are words from
a father to a son, from a parent to.
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A child via God's word.
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So teach our children not to live in title, but
to be responsible and give them responsibility, because the child
who's never given responsibility will never be responsible. Don't let
your children live with a sense of entitlement, but rather
to work hard for what they do. That children are
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to accept responsibility with duties, that is, responsibilities in the home.
Don't just give your children everything, give them an allowance
for doing those chores, but let them do the chores.
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Let them do.
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Something, don't They don't need just to be handed something.
And then decisions. Teach them responsibility and the decisions they
may make, and take responsibility for those decisions.
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And then dollars.
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Teach them how to handle money and how to manage money,
and how to give their money. This means discipline and
admonition to keep the commandments of God. Boundaries are needed
in a child's life, responsible boundaries that are clear and consistent.
What we need as parents in discipline is to be
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consistent in applying the discipline, not flying off the handle
and getting angry, but consistently leading our children, reward good
behavior and punish bad behavior. Train your children to be
obedient when they are young, when they are toddlers, and
your job will be a lot easier when they're older.
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Start when they're young. Begin early. Don't let that little
toddler rule the roost. Don't let that little child take
over the house. You are not your child's friend, you
are their parents. And let me just say, if you
don't discipline your child, somebody else will have to.
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The fourth tool is the tool of resilience. There was
a mother in the New Testament, the mother of Timothy,
which means the fear of the Lord. Her name was Eunus.
He had a grandmother by the name of Lois, and
Eunus and Lois, these godly women passed the faith along
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to Timothy. And as Paul is speaking to Timothy about
his family and their impact and influence on his life,
he went on to say at verse seven, but God
has not given us a spirit of fear, but love, power,
and a sound mind. That's on the context of parenting there,
and so I take that. You know, there's a lot
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children are afraid and anxious. We're hearing that more and
more if you're keeping up with what's going on with
young people today. There's so much anxiety and so much fear,
and we, as parents, believers and followers of Jesus, we
have the responsibility to teach our children to be morally
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and mentally and emotionally strong. Life is hard, and our
goal is not to just protect our children. Oh there's that,
to protect our children and do our best to shield them,
but really our goal is not to protect as much
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as it is to prepare our children for life, to
prepare them to stand alone if necessary, to prepare them
to be.
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Resistant of the undertow.
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Of the world, and to stand for God, to say
no to the crowd. Have you heard of lawn more parents?
Have you heard of lawnmower parents? You know what a
lawnmower parent is. Maybe you've heard of the helicopter parents
who kind of hover over too close, But these are
lawnmower parents, and we have a generation of them. And
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a lonmower parent is a parent who's always knocking down,
trying to knock down every obstacle in front of their
kids in order to clear a pass so that the
kids could be successful a path of success. And this
often becomes micro managing moms and fix it dad's who
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run out in front of their kids in order to
tear down anything that they think might stop them. I
give you some illustrations. It's emailing teachers to argue about
a child's great is texting a coach texting a coach
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about playing time. That's lawnmore parenting is trying to set
your kids up for an interview for a job when
they need to hoof it themselves. Doesn't mean you can't
use your influence, but these lawnmower parents are constantly out
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in front trying to knock things down. And God help
you if you get in their way, lawnmowers, you are
actually setting your kids up for failure, not success, you
are You're setting them up for weakness and disappointment. It's
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unhealthy because our goal is to teach our children how
to handle struggles, how to take care of their own disappointments.
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Your children learn how.
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To deal with failure through their adversities and disappointments. This
is essential to growing up. So mom and Dad. Trust
God with your kids. Let God work in their lives.
Help them to understand what it means to be an overcomer.
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And whatever you do, don't let them quit. Every time
they want to quit something, Challenge them to stay with
it and to be strong. Let your children grow into
resilience what I like to call grit. Grace produces grit
in a person's life. You want your child to have
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both grace and grit, determination and perseverance. You want them
to grow strong in the Lord and the power of
His might.
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I read this and saw it online. I thought is
so good.
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It says, don't feel sorry for or fear for your kids,
your grandkids because the world they're going to grow up.
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In is not what it used to be.
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God created them and called them for this exact moment
in time that they are in their life.
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Wasn't a incidents or an accident. Right.
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Raise them up to know the power they walk in
as the children of God. Train them up in the
authority of the work. Teach them to walk in faith
knowing that God is in control. Empower them to know
they can change the world. Don't teach them to be
fearful and disheartened by the state of the world, but
hopeful that they can do something about it. Every person
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in all of history has been placed in this time
that they were in because of God's sovereign plan. He
knew Daniel could handle the lions. Then he knew David
could handle Goliath. He knew Esther could take care of Hayman.
He knew Peter could handle persecution. He knows that your
child can handle whatever challenge they face in life. He
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created them specifically for it.
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So don't fret. Don't fear for your children.
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Prepare them, yes, get them ready for life's challenges, but
don't clear the path for them. Let God clear their path.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not
lean into your understanding and all your ways. Acknowledge Him
and He will direct your path. Let God clear the pathway.
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For your children.
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Don't do it for them unless you want weak, woke kids.
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If you want.
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Strong, dynamic, world changing kids, you teach them to be resilient.
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In their faith.
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You see, when it comes to reading the Bible, I'm
glad that I had a family that taught me not
just to read about Daniel, but to be a Daniel,
not just to love the story of David, but to
go kill some giants myself, not just.
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To be a.
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Simon Peter lover, but to love Jesus so much that
I would stand for him no matter the cost.
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Amen.
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This is resilience. So I've said four things. I'm going
to finish with the invitation. With the last one. I've said,
here are the skills that you need to train your
children to train their hearts. Number one is reverence to
love God, and it starts in your own heart. Then respect, respect,
the duties, the responsibilities, their dollars, their money. You'll teach
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them how to give, be a giver and not a taker.
That's responsibility. Teach them how to manage their money and
so on, and then teach them respect, teach them responsibility,
teach them resilience, and finally teach them redemption. And by
that I mean salvation in Jesus Christ. Don't expect your kids,
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by luck or chance to come to Jesus or even
because you bring them to church. But as a parent,
you're great datest privilege is to talk to your children
about Jesus about what it means to be saved. The
best kind for a person to come to faith in
Christ is when they're young. God has given you those
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children that you would teach them redemption in Jesus Christ.
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I close with this.
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Sally Clarkson wrote it, it's called the mission of motherhood.
I don't just want my kids to be moral. I
don't just want them to know all of the biblical
rules for behavior. I don't just want them to go
through my home with good grades, no drug addictions, and
no premarital sex. I want them to leave my home
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with a hunger and passion to know God personally and
to be used by Him to accomplish great.
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Things in the kingdom.
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I said at the start of this message, the goal
of parenting is not behavior modification, but heart transfer. That
your children will know and love Jesus, follow Him all
the days of their lives. So give them redemption, story
give them Jesus.
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If you're a single parent, maybe you found yourself so
wrapped up and trying to make ends meet, making a
living and trying to be both mother and father to
your children. And it's so very tough, and maybe you're
even thinking today, I don't know if I'm going to
make this or not. I don't know if I'm going
to be able to get through this. Something's got to give.
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Now.
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I want you to grasp this truth. You can count
on the fact that Jesus is there for you. Now,
that's more than a religious cliche. It is a Bible truth.
It is the truth of the Word of God. Though
your spouse may have left you, though your marriage may
have broken, he said, I will never leave or forsake you.
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He wants to give you strength, and He will give
you strength. He will enable you to live the life
and to do everything in your day to get done
what needs to be accomplished for the glory of Christ
and as an example for your children. Maybe you're a
parent who's given too much of your time just trying
to be a provider, too much time on your job,
and you've sacrificed your relationship with Christ and your family.
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You've not been involved in your church. You're not allowing
your church to help make a difference in you and
your family. Let me assure you that there's nothing more
important for your children than your personal relationship with Christ
and setting a godly example for them. They can do
without a lot of things that you may be able
to provide, but what they can't do without is your
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faith and your testimony. Live before them today, commit yourself
and your children to Christ. Go before Him and just
lay your life down in His presence, present all of
those worries and concerns, in those needs, and just leave
it with him. Giving yourself first to Christ and living
by His word will make the difference in your heart
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and in your home. So let me pray for you
as we close this program today, and I want to
pray that God will strengthen you. So join me in
this prayer. Lord, how we thank you for your promises,
that you are faithful, always faithful to us. I pray
especially for single parents today, that they would know your love,
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that they would experience your grace, that they may live
the Christian life as you have commanded them, and Lord,
that their children would see Christ in them. I pray,
with all the needs that they have and all the
responsibilities that parents have, that these wonderful parents might fully
surrender to You and find in you the help they need.
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Every day to live a godly life and to live
a life.
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That pleases you.
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For we pray in Jesus.
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May amen.
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Say
Welcome to this edition of PowerPoint with Jack Graham. A
little later in the program, we'll tell you how you
can get a copy of doctor Graham's book, The Jesus Book.
But first, here's the message training Ground.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Proverbs twenty two and verse six says, therefore, train up
a child in the way that he should go, and
when he is old, he will not leave it. I
like the way it's stated in the message. Point your
kids in the right direction, and when they're old, they
won't be lost. In so many ways, this is a
(00:44):
lost generation, and we pray that our children.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Will not be lost but found in the hand of God.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
And so Mom, Dad, you have this great accountability and
responsibility but for God. And it's not behavior modification that
we seek first and foremost, but heart transformation. For out
of the heart, the scripture says flow the issues of life,
(01:15):
all the issues of life. So I'm calling this message
training ground. And what is where is the training ground?
It's in the hearts of your children. That's where we
train our children in their hearts. We aim for their
hearts to see God deal work that they would grow up.
The goal is that our children would grow up to
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love God, serve God and honor him. God loves your children,
our children, and gave to them, gave us these gifts
that come only from Him Psalm one twenty seven. Children
are a heritage, a gift from the Lord. So we
have this great privilege of teaching our children God's word
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and growing them up in the faith. God has given
us all of his word and the most essential marriage
manual of all or part of me parenting management and
marriage manual.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Of all, is the Word of God, God's Word.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
And there is a book known as Proverbs, which is
really a parenting manual. It was written under the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, from a father to a son,
to a child, and a parent to a child. The
Book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom, and this is
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what we need in this generation, as in every generation. Wisdom.
The word wisdom really describes skillful living. Skillful living. To
live life successfully is to live in the wisdom of God,
which comes from the Word of God. So I say
(03:01):
that when it comes to parenting that it's not so
much about the rules. And there needs to be some
rules in every home, in every household, and God has
given us his commandments. But beyond the rules are the
tools that God gives us in order that we may
(03:22):
train our children, as the New Testament says in the
Nurture and admonition, in the training, and in the commandments.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Of the Lord. So I'm going to mention.
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Five tools for skillful living, for skillful parenting, so that
you can develop and dedicate your children to the Lord.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
And the first tool is reverence. Reverence.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Proverbs one and verse seven says, the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. And so
it is at first and found dational to all of
our child bearing and rearing that we reverence God, that
it starts in our own hearts, as we're told in
the Old Testament, in the Shemah, in the Book of Deuteronomy.
(04:12):
We're giving these this great scripture. You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul, and with all your might. And these words
that I command you today shall be on your heart,
and you shall teach them because they're in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children. How shall
we teach them? You shall talk of them when you
(04:36):
sit in your house, and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down and when you rise, and
then you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be frontless between your eyes, always on
your heart, always on your head, in your mind.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
As you teach your children.
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And yes, we bring them the church for formal teaching
and take them to school for education. But the greatest
and most important training that our child can have is
with you, when they get up, when they lay down,
when they're walking in the way, when you sit down
for a meal.
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This is how we do it. It is in the normal.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Natural experience of life that we look for those moments
when the child is teachable, when the child is relatable
to us in a need in their lives, and so
we're able to teach them and train them in the
Word of God. It's not just sit down and everybody listen,
we're going to talk about the Bible.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Now.
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No, there's a place for teaching and training of that sort.
But to teach them, to train, to train them is
to do it in a way in which is just
a normal part of your life. It's not an add on,
it's real, and therefore it's in your home. So many
have a hand me down religion, churchanity rather than Christ
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in their lives, and therefore what is important, what is vital,
What is essential, is that our faith be real in
our own hearts, and therefore we are able to give
it and pass it along to the next generation. So
first and foremost, teach your children reverence of God, to
honor him, to love him, to serve him. Make it real.
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And if it's real, it will be relevant to your
children and when they grow up, they will believe and receive.
Now I need to just say that Proverbs twenty two
six is a general principle.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
It's a proverb.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
And I know some of you say, well, you know,
I raise my children to love the Lord, and we
did our best, and my children are far from God. Well,
number one, don't give up on them. You keep praying
for your children, You keep serving the Lord and God
in his way in his own time. Remember, a child
has their own will, and so you can't always correct
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the will of a child if that will is broken.
But in general practice, this scripture is saying, if you
train up your children in this way, then they won't
grow up.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
And get lost out there in the world. That they
will come to Jesus.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
That is not an ironclad promise, but it is a
wonderful principle from God's word. So parents, Christ is not
optional in our lives. So Christ and worshiping Him and
serving Him is vital to the spiritual health of your family.
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That's number one. But the second thing is teach your child.
The second tool remember his tools, not rules. The second
tool is respect. Teach your children respect. The respect is
shown in trust and obedience. If Jesus six 's one says, children,
obey your parents, for this is right.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
To honor your.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Father and your mother is at the heart of the
ten commandments, and to show respect.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Teach your children to respect.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Themselves. Teach them to respect others. Teach them to respect possessions,
the things that they have. Teach them to respect their
teachers and spiritual leaders.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Teach them respect.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Now, I know that disciplining our children, especially maybe when
they're teenagers, when they turn about thirteen or fourteen, I
know it can be challenging.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
I heard about one dad.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
He and his daughter they were watching a documentary of
all things that came on the television, and it was
about death and dying. So they both sat there and
watched it, and the father was so moved by the
whole thing about death and dying. He stood up and
he said to his fourteen year old daughter, said, sweetheart,
whatever you do, live every day like it's your last day,
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which the fourteen year old daughter said, I tried that
a little while ago, and I was grounded for two months.
To teach your children to respect themselves, their bodies, their families.
We had very few rules in our family and our home,
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but among the two primary ones, one was to always
tell the truth, because if you didn't tell the truth,
you were going to be in a lot more trouble
for lying. So tell the truth, be honest, and to respect,
and especially I would say to our children, respect your mother.
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They knew the fastest way to get in trouble with
dad was to disrespect their mom. Teach a child respect,
Teach them to respect their country. We've got a lot
of disrespect for young people today. Thirdly, teach your children responsibility.
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That's a skill. This is wisdom. Remember, wisdom is successful living.
Teach them responsibility. And Proverbs six and verse six go
to the ant o sluggard, consider her ways and be wise.
And then he says, in verses ten and eleven, a
little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
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hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like
a robber, and want like an armed man. In other words,
work hard, don't be lazy again. These are words from
a father to a son, from a parent to.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
A child via God's word.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So teach our children not to live in title, but
to be responsible and give them responsibility, because the child
who's never given responsibility will never be responsible. Don't let
your children live with a sense of entitlement, but rather
to work hard for what they do. That children are
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to accept responsibility with duties, that is, responsibilities in the home.
Don't just give your children everything, give them an allowance
for doing those chores, but let them do the chores.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Let them do.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Something, don't They don't need just to be handed something.
And then decisions. Teach them responsibility and the decisions they
may make, and take responsibility for those decisions.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
And then dollars.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Teach them how to handle money and how to manage money,
and how to give their money. This means discipline and
admonition to keep the commandments of God. Boundaries are needed
in a child's life, responsible boundaries that are clear and consistent.
What we need as parents in discipline is to be
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consistent in applying the discipline, not flying off the handle
and getting angry, but consistently leading our children, reward good
behavior and punish bad behavior. Train your children to be
obedient when they are young, when they are toddlers, and
your job will be a lot easier when they're older.
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Start when they're young. Begin early. Don't let that little
toddler rule the roost. Don't let that little child take
over the house. You are not your child's friend, you
are their parents. And let me just say, if you
don't discipline your child, somebody else will have to.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
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The fourth tool is the tool of resilience. There was
a mother in the New Testament, the mother of Timothy,
which means the fear of the Lord. Her name was Eunus.
He had a grandmother by the name of Lois, and
Eunus and Lois, these godly women passed the faith along
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to Timothy. And as Paul is speaking to Timothy about
his family and their impact and influence on his life,
he went on to say at verse seven, but God
has not given us a spirit of fear, but love, power,
and a sound mind. That's on the context of parenting there,
and so I take that. You know, there's a lot
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children are afraid and anxious. We're hearing that more and
more if you're keeping up with what's going on with
young people today. There's so much anxiety and so much fear,
and we, as parents, believers and followers of Jesus, we
have the responsibility to teach our children to be morally
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and mentally and emotionally strong. Life is hard, and our
goal is not to just protect our children. Oh there's that,
to protect our children and do our best to shield them,
but really our goal is not to protect as much
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as it is to prepare our children for life, to
prepare them to stand alone if necessary, to prepare them
to be.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Resistant of the undertow.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Of the world, and to stand for God, to say
no to the crowd. Have you heard of lawn more parents?
Have you heard of lawnmower parents? You know what a
lawnmower parent is. Maybe you've heard of the helicopter parents
who kind of hover over too close, But these are
lawnmower parents, and we have a generation of them. And
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a lonmower parent is a parent who's always knocking down,
trying to knock down every obstacle in front of their
kids in order to clear a pass so that the
kids could be successful a path of success. And this
often becomes micro managing moms and fix it dad's who
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run out in front of their kids in order to
tear down anything that they think might stop them. I
give you some illustrations. It's emailing teachers to argue about
a child's great is texting a coach texting a coach
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about playing time. That's lawnmore parenting is trying to set
your kids up for an interview for a job when
they need to hoof it themselves. Doesn't mean you can't
use your influence, but these lawnmower parents are constantly out
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in front trying to knock things down. And God help
you if you get in their way, lawnmowers, you are
actually setting your kids up for failure, not success, you
are You're setting them up for weakness and disappointment. It's
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unhealthy because our goal is to teach our children how
to handle struggles, how to take care of their own disappointments.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Your children learn how.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
To deal with failure through their adversities and disappointments. This
is essential to growing up. So mom and Dad. Trust
God with your kids. Let God work in their lives.
Help them to understand what it means to be an overcomer.
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And whatever you do, don't let them quit. Every time
they want to quit something, Challenge them to stay with
it and to be strong. Let your children grow into
resilience what I like to call grit. Grace produces grit
in a person's life. You want your child to have
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both grace and grit, determination and perseverance. You want them
to grow strong in the Lord and the power of
His might.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
I read this and saw it online. I thought is
so good.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
It says, don't feel sorry for or fear for your kids,
your grandkids because the world they're going to grow up.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
In is not what it used to be.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
God created them and called them for this exact moment
in time that they are in their life.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Wasn't a incidents or an accident. Right.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Raise them up to know the power they walk in
as the children of God. Train them up in the
authority of the work. Teach them to walk in faith
knowing that God is in control. Empower them to know
they can change the world. Don't teach them to be
fearful and disheartened by the state of the world, but
hopeful that they can do something about it. Every person
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in all of history has been placed in this time
that they were in because of God's sovereign plan. He
knew Daniel could handle the lions. Then he knew David
could handle Goliath. He knew Esther could take care of Hayman.
He knew Peter could handle persecution. He knows that your
child can handle whatever challenge they face in life. He
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created them specifically for it.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
So don't fret. Don't fear for your children.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Prepare them, yes, get them ready for life's challenges, but
don't clear the path for them. Let God clear their path.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not
lean into your understanding and all your ways. Acknowledge Him
and He will direct your path. Let God clear the pathway.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
For your children.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Don't do it for them unless you want weak, woke kids.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
If you want.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Strong, dynamic, world changing kids, you teach them to be resilient.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
In their faith.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
You see, when it comes to reading the Bible, I'm
glad that I had a family that taught me not
just to read about Daniel, but to be a Daniel,
not just to love the story of David, but to
go kill some giants myself, not just.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
To be a.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Simon Peter lover, but to love Jesus so much that
I would stand for him no matter the cost.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
Amen.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
This is resilience. So I've said four things. I'm going
to finish with the invitation. With the last one. I've said,
here are the skills that you need to train your
children to train their hearts. Number one is reverence to
love God, and it starts in your own heart. Then respect, respect,
the duties, the responsibilities, their dollars, their money. You'll teach
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them how to give, be a giver and not a taker.
That's responsibility. Teach them how to manage their money and
so on, and then teach them respect, teach them responsibility,
teach them resilience, and finally teach them redemption. And by
that I mean salvation in Jesus Christ. Don't expect your kids,
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by luck or chance to come to Jesus or even
because you bring them to church. But as a parent,
you're great datest privilege is to talk to your children
about Jesus about what it means to be saved. The
best kind for a person to come to faith in
Christ is when they're young. God has given you those
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children that you would teach them redemption in Jesus Christ.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
I close with this.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Sally Clarkson wrote it, it's called the mission of motherhood.
I don't just want my kids to be moral. I
don't just want them to know all of the biblical
rules for behavior. I don't just want them to go
through my home with good grades, no drug addictions, and
no premarital sex. I want them to leave my home
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with a hunger and passion to know God personally and
to be used by Him to accomplish great.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
Things in the kingdom.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
I said at the start of this message, the goal
of parenting is not behavior modification, but heart transfer. That
your children will know and love Jesus, follow Him all
the days of their lives. So give them redemption, story
give them Jesus.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
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Speaker 4 (24:33):
If you're a single parent, maybe you found yourself so
wrapped up and trying to make ends meet, making a
living and trying to be both mother and father to
your children. And it's so very tough, and maybe you're
even thinking today, I don't know if I'm going to
make this or not. I don't know if I'm going
to be able to get through this. Something's got to give.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Now.
Speaker 4 (24:51):
I want you to grasp this truth. You can count
on the fact that Jesus is there for you. Now,
that's more than a religious cliche. It is a Bible truth.
It is the truth of the Word of God. Though
your spouse may have left you, though your marriage may
have broken, he said, I will never leave or forsake you.
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He wants to give you strength, and He will give
you strength. He will enable you to live the life
and to do everything in your day to get done
what needs to be accomplished for the glory of Christ
and as an example for your children. Maybe you're a
parent who's given too much of your time just trying
to be a provider, too much time on your job,
and you've sacrificed your relationship with Christ and your family.
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You've not been involved in your church. You're not allowing
your church to help make a difference in you and
your family. Let me assure you that there's nothing more
important for your children than your personal relationship with Christ
and setting a godly example for them. They can do
without a lot of things that you may be able
to provide, but what they can't do without is your
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faith and your testimony. Live before them today, commit yourself
and your children to Christ. Go before Him and just
lay your life down in His presence, present all of
those worries and concerns, in those needs, and just leave
it with him. Giving yourself first to Christ and living
by His word will make the difference in your heart
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and in your home. So let me pray for you
as we close this program today, and I want to
pray that God will strengthen you. So join me in
this prayer. Lord, how we thank you for your promises,
that you are faithful, always faithful to us. I pray
especially for single parents today, that they would know your love,
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that they would experience your grace, that they may live
the Christian life as you have commanded them, and Lord,
that their children would see Christ in them. I pray,
with all the needs that they have and all the
responsibilities that parents have, that these wonderful parents might fully
surrender to You and find in you the help they need.
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Every day to live a godly life and to live
a life.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
That pleases you.
Speaker 4 (27:12):
For we pray in Jesus.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
May amen.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
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