FBC Seminole – August 14, 2022 | First Baptist Church Seminole

Because I Did So

Parents are given a unique opportunity to teach their faith to their children. It may seem like they have an unlimited amount of time, but there are just 18 summers before the child becomes an adult. The stories and instruction from Scripture teach us what not to do, what to do, and how to trust the Lord—not only in our own lives but with the lives of our children too.

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Psalms 128:1 NLT

1 How joyful are those who fear the Lord—all who follow his ways!

The greatest thing you can do for the world is to have a strong and healthy family. The greatest thing you can do for your family is to have a strong and healthy marriage, and the greatest single thing that you can do for your marriage is to have a strong and healthy soul. How?

A. Live God’s Story – Be Fully Alive

B. Flourish as a Family – Be Fully Present

C. Hone Grateful Humility – Be Continually Dependent

D. Leave an Authentic Legacy – Be Hopefully Persistent

1. Live God’s Story – Be Fully Alive

Psalms 128:1-2 NLT

1 How joyful are those who fear the Lord—all who follow his ways! 2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.How joyful and prosperous you will be!

2. Flourish as a Family – Be Fully Present

Your family begins before you have children. It begins when you say I do.

Proverbs 22:6 KJV

6 Train up a child in the way he should go:And when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Your job as a parent is to help your child know themselves, grow to like themselves, and find satisfaction in being themselves.

We look at each child and ask ourselves the question, what did God put in that I can coax out? Your child is to be unfolded, not molded.

3.. We Hone Grateful Humility – Be Continually Dependent

Psalms 128:4 NLT

4 That is the Lord’s blessing for those who fear him.

John 15:5 NLT

5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

Hebrews 12:22 NLT

22 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.

Zechariah 4:6 NLT

6 Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

4. Leave an Authentic Legacy – Be Hopefully Persistent

Psalms 128:5-6 NLT

5 May the Lord continually bless you from Zion.May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live. 6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.May Israel have peace!