A Lagacy Of 6 "D's To Our Children

Sun May 2/93 Ps. 78:1-8

A Lagacy of 6 "D’s To Our Children

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IT HAPPENS IN A DAY TO OUR CHILDREN

2,556 - kids are born out of wedlock

2,989 - kids see their parents divorce

3,288 - kids run away from home

7,742 - teens become sexually active

623 - teens get syphilis or gonorrhea

2,795 - teenagers get pregnant

1,106 - teenagers have abortions

472 - teenagerss miscarry

689 - babies have inadequate care

67 - babies die before 1 month of life

105 - babiea die before their 1st birthday

1,849 - kids are abused or neglected

27 - children die from poverty

10 - children die from guns

30 - children are wounded from guns

135,000 - kids bring a gun to school

1,512 - teens drop out of school

437 - kids get arrested for drinking

211 - kids get arrested for drug abuse

1,629 - teens are in adult jail

6 - teens commit suicde

- Do a survey of when we became a christian

- In groups of 10 to 60 & over

- It should show that most came to Christ when

children

- Read Ps. 78 In the 1st person with my

childrens names in place

1. DEDICATE MY KIDS TO THE LORD

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- Hannah dedicated Sam. to the Lord - I Sam 1:28

- Parents brought their kids to Jesus Mat.19:13

- When I started infuuencing Courtney - before

she was born.

2. DISCIPLE MY KIDS

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- v.4

- Don’t say I will let my kids make their own

decisions about sp. things

- They don’t decide for them selves to go to

school, take a bath, or go to bed

3. DISCIPLINE MY KIDS

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- Discipline is related to the word disciple

which means learner.

- Discipline refers to control, educate

- Involving the both of you.

- Involving a consistnatcy

- Firm but not harsh

4. DEVELOPE MY KIDS

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- Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he

should go: and when he is old, he will not

depart from it.

- Here is a Bibical promise that givs hope for

our wandering kids.

- My responsibality is to give them every

oportunity MENTALLY

PHYSICALLY

SOCIALLY

SPIRITUALLY

- Lk. 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and

stature, and infavor with God and men.

5. DEVOTE LOVE TO MY KIDS

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- It’s more than providing physcial nessities

- Affection is just as important nessisity as

food clothing and a roof over their heads

- There was a tv show awhile back about a 12

year boy who sued his parents because he was

not loved

6. DEFEND MY KIDS

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- The world, the flesh, and the devil will

devour and destroy our kids unless there

are some built-in defenses that will make

this impossible. We can build these

defenses.

- 1st we nedd to be somebody for Christ

- 2nd we need to do something for Christ

- We must be somebody if we want to do

something significant.

- The best defense that we can provide for our

children is inward rather than external.

ABC Action Plan For Parents

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A - Alertness - to your kids needs

B - Building - sound, loving relationships

C - Cultivating - good manners & attitudes

D - Delegating - responsibilities as they grow

F - Family Fun - that they will remember

G - Good Example - from Mom & Dad

H - Honesty - with your kids in your own life

I - Influence - your kids with what will benefit

J - Justice - in your decisions that are fair

K - Kindness - is esential for growth

L - Love - unconditionally

M - Motivate - with example and enthusiasm

N - Never Neglect - your responsibilities

O - Observe - them by being part of teir lives

P - Prayer - lots of it

Q - Quite Times - in the Word with them

R - Respect - them in their own right

S - Share - of yourself. This is their memories

T - Trust - must be earned start slowly

U - Understanding - They are kids not adults

V - Vacation Times - an area for memories

W - Wisdom - Comes from above for decisions

X - X-actnes - in your words say what you mean

Y - You - Kids need you, not sitters, tv, toys

Z - Zero In - on their Spiritual life