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Great Lessons And Grand Blessings
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 5, 2016 (message contributor)
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1. Introduction Biblical Grandparents
Contributed on Apr 25, 2017
Four things grandparents should do
A. INTRODUCTION 1. The 4/14 window. Most receive Christ between the ages of 4 and 14. 2. There are 50 percent more grandparents today than in 1950. 3. Most become a grandparent at age 47. The youngest grandparent-generation ever. 4. Today’s children are a lost generation, who are the ...read more
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2. Grandparents: Introduction
Contributed on Nov 5, 2016
Grandparents communicate a standard of moral living in an immoral world to their grandchildren and should be their spiritual GPS.
A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 48:1-22 1. What can a “poor” grandfather give to a son who has everything? 2. What can an absentee grandfather give to children he seldom sees? 3. What can a physically weak grandfather give to his grandchildren? 4. What can a grandfather give, who has ...read more
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3. Jacob The Spiritual Giver Lesson 1
Contributed on Nov 5, 2016
Jacob told them his testimony: what you were like before salvation, what you did to receive Christ and how you were changed.
A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 48:1-22 1. What can a “poor” grandfather give to a son who has everything? 2. What can an absentee grandfather give to children he seldom sees? 3. What can a physically weak grandfather give to his grandchildren? 4. What can a grandfather give, who has nothing ...read more
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4. Naomi Lesson 2
Contributed on Mar 12, 2019
A compromising mother becomes a godly grandmother.
A COMPROMISING MOTHER BECOMES A GODLY GRANDMOTHER A. HOW NAOMI COMPROMISED 1. She compromised her spiritual priorities. a. Did not continue in difficulties. “A famine in the land” (Ruth 1:1). b. Enticed by the well-watered plains of Moab (1:1). c. Left the Promised Land. “Ephrathites of ...read more
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5. Asa Lesson 3
Contributed on Mar 12, 2019
A revival grandson came from an ungodly grandmother.
A REVIVAL GRANDSON CAME FROM AN UNGODLY GRANDMOTHER “In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom. Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as ...read more
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6. Samuel Lesson 8
Contributed on Mar 12, 2019
When grandchildren are pushed into ministry.
A. WHEN GRANDCHILDREN ARE PUSHED INTO MINISTRY “Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after ...read more
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7. Lois Lesson 4
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
A Grandmother Overcoming Obstacles
A GRANDMOTHER OVERCOMING OBSTACLES A. LOIS: LIVING BEYOND HER CIRCUMSTANCES 1. Married a Gentile just as her daughter Eunice. “Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman (Eunice) who believed, but his father was a Greek” (Acts 16:1). 2. What was her life in Lystra? a. Not enough Jewish families ...read more
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8. Unknown Grandsons Lesson 5
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
From rags to riches to rags in three generations.
A. THREE GENERATIONS DOWN 1. From rags to riches to rags in three generations. Grandfather: poor but worked hard for money. Son: enjoyed riches, but didn’t earn them. Grandson: lazy and lost all. 2. From sin to salvation to sin in three generations. ...read more
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9. Joash Lesson 6
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
A good grandson comes from an evil grandmother.
A GOOD GRANDSON COMES FROM AN EVIL GRANDMOTHER A. INTRODUCTION 1. Generational sins. “Visiting the iniquity of the fathers (or mothers) upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me” (Ex. 20:5). North ...read more
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10. Mephibosheth Lesson 7
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
Living below your inheritance.
A. REASONS SOME LIVE BELOW THEIR INHERITANCE 1. Physical problems. The grandson was not strong as his father and grandfather. “Jonathan . . . had a son that was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came (of grandfather and father’s death) and his nurse took him up and fled: ...read more
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11. Grandpa Mordecai Lesson 9
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
Greatest adopted child in history.
Grandpa Mordecai – Influential through adoption Esther – influential through strategy Grandson Artaxerxes – influential for Israel “There was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of . . . Kish, a Benjamite. And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s ...read more
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12. Moses Lesson 10
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
The accomplishments of Moses.
A. THE GRANDFATHER MOSES Grandfather – Moses – Lawgiver. Father – Gershom – Undistinguished. Good son – Jonathan – Prodigal priest. “Then the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan ...read more
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13. Noah Lesson 11
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
What we know about Noah.
A. WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE Grandfather – Noah –Sinned Father – Ham – Gossiped Grandson – Canaan – laughed “And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his ...read more
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14. Paul Lesson 12
Contributed on Mar 28, 2019
A disciple-making grandparent.
“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (II Tim. 2:2). Spiritual Grandfather – Paul – Disciple-maker Son in ministry – Timothy – Learner Third Generation – Faithful men – Passed lessons on Fourth ...read more