Raise Them Up

Sunday, February 02, 2025
Raise Them Up

Raise Them Up

Raise Them Up! Raise your hand if you think parenting is hard? If you have kids or are even thinking about having them, you won’t want to miss this four-week series that explores what God’s Word has to say about all things parental. Whether they’re bawling, crawling, walking, talking, driving you crazy or asking to drive your car, kids are a gift from God - and He provides some very clear guidance and insight on how to raise them to be full of faith and focused on Him, rather than leaving you frustrated, frazzled and fatigued.

Locations & Times

First Baptist Church Seminole Tx

202 SW Ave B, Seminole, TX 79360, USA

Sunday 5:00 AM

Imperfect Parenting

Imperfect Parenting

Read Plan

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Two crises: digital underparenting and physical (real-world) overparenting

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The primary goal isn’t protection it’s preparation to be a resilient adult.

We gradually transfer dependence from us to trusting Jesus.

The family is the primary vehicle for godly transference of faith from one generation to another.

Four Things Missing in the Faith Transfer:

1. We Risk too Little

2. We Rescue too Quickly

3. We Model too Weakly

4. We Forget so Easily

1. We Risk too Little

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Be careful as a parent that your ultimate value isn't risk aversion and pain avoidance. You cannot bubble wrap your kids. The battle brings the blessing.
2. We Rescue too Quickly
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3. We Model too Weakly
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Sociologists use a measure called the law of exposure: the more I’m exposed to a culture, the more I replicate the environment.

Who and what you expose your children to will shape who they become and what they believe.

A. Expose your kids to knowing Jesus personally.
B. Expose your kids to experiencing God corporately.
C. Expose your kids to serving God consistently.

It's better to praise the process than to praise the person.
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Sunday morning church is a Saturday decision.

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4. We Forget Too Easily
1. Remember the slavery of sin.
2. Remember you've been delivered.
Discussion Questions (Read Deuteronomy 6:4-25 together. Respond to what stands out)

1) Tell us about someone who positively impacted your life as a kid. Why were they so influential?

2) Pastor Joe said: We can’t force our children to love God, but we can expose them to the people and experiences that increase the likelihood of spiritual growth. How have you seen this truth play out in your own life?

3) Pastor Joe said: We need to worry less about today’s happiness and more about tomorrow’s readiness. In what ways can this wisdom apply to parenting and more?

4) Which of the four ways that we miss passing the baton of faith is the most challenging for you personally? Risk too Little, Rescue too Quickly, Model too Weakly, Forget so Easily.

5) Where are you prone to forget what God has done for you?

6) Do you agree with the law of exposure that who and what you expose your kids to will influence what they believe and how they behave? Which of the 3 do you need to double down on?

A. Expose your kids to knowing Jesus personally.
B. Expose your kids to experiencing God corporately.
C.Expose your kids to serving God consistently.