Successful Parenting

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Successful Parenting

• Family series Part 2 of 6

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
Feb 11, 2007
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We must reach our Generation

• Psalms 7118 Even when I am old and gray, do not
  forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to
  the next generation, your might to all who are to
  come.

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• Psalms 783-6 3 what we have heard and known,
  what our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide
  them from their children we will tell the next
  generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
  his power, and the wonders he has done. 5 He
  decreed statutes for Jacob and established the
  law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers
  to teach their children, 6 so the next generation
  would know them, even the children yet to be
  born, and they in turn would tell their children.

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Successful Parenting Principles
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1. Parenting Must Deal with the Childs Sinful
Nature.

• Romans 87-8 7 the sinful mind is hostile to God.
  It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do
  so. 8 Those controlled by the sinful nature
  cannot please God.
• 2 Timothy 315 and how from infancy you have
  known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make
  you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
  Jesus.

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Parents are the most vital influence in a childs
Life.

• Ephesians 64 Fathers, do not exasperate your
  children instead, bring them up in the training
  and instruction of the Lord.

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2. Parenting Must be Pro-active and Full-time.

• Deuteronomy 66-7 6 These commandments that I
  give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7
  Impress them on your children. Talk about them
  when you sit at home and when you walk along the
  road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• James 122 Do not merely listen to the word, and
  so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

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Parenting success is measured by what parents do.

• Deuteronomy 49 Only be careful, and watch
  yourselves closely so that you do not forget the
  things your eyes have seen or let them slip from
  your heart as long as you live. Teach them to
  your children and to their children after them.

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3. Parenting Must set the correct Priority
Agenda.

• Joshua 2415 But if serving the LORD seems
  undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves
  this day whom you will serve, whether the gods
  your forefathers served beyond the River, or the
  gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are
  living. But as for me and my household, we will
  serve the LORD."
• Matthew 633 But seek first his kingdom and his
  righteousness, and all these things will be given
  to you as well.

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Parenting is a joy not a burden.

• Proverbs 2917 Discipline your son, and he will
  give you peace he will bring delight to your
  soul.

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4. Parenting Must Instill Godly Character.

• Proverbs 226 Train a child in the way he should
  go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

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• Ecclesiastes 121,13-14 Remember your Creator
  in the days of your youth, before the days of
  trouble come and the years approach when you will
  say, "I find no pleasure in them" 13 Now all has
  been heard here is the conclusion of the matter
  Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is
  the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring
  every deed into judgment, including every hidden
  thing, whether it is good or evil.

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Parenting is a blessing not a hardship.

• Psalms 1273-5 3 Sons are a heritage from the
  LORD, children a reward from him. 4 Like arrows
  in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's
  youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full
  of them. They will not be put to shame when they
  contend with their enemies in the gate.

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• Adapted from following resources
• The Heritage Foundation - http//www.heritage.org
• Family Life - http//www.familylife.com
• Successful Christian Parenting, John MacArthur
  Word Publishing 1998
• The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
  Northfield publishing 2004
• Starting Your Marriage Right, Dennis Barbara
  Rainey Nelson Books 2000
• Battle Cry for a Generation, Ron Luce Cook
  Ministries NexGen 2005
• Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing them Down, Dr
  Kevin Leman Delacorte Press 1993

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