A Household of Faith:

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A Household of Faith
Part 1

• FAITH BEGINS AT HOME

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-Dawson McAlister

• Ninety percent of kids active in high school
  youth groups do not go to church by the time they
  are sophomores in college. One third of them will
  never return.

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90
1/3
- do not go to church
-will not return to church
Sophomore kids active in high school youth groups
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FAITH? A Relationship.

• You come to church because your worship
  experience will allow you to be more intimate
  with the Lord and youre convinced that having an
  intimate relationship with Him will allow you to
  have a more meaningful journey.

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Psalms 781-8 (NIV)

• 1. O my people, hear my teaching listen to the
  words of my mouth.
• 2. I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter
  hidden things, things from of old
• 3. what we have heard and known, what our fathers
  have told us.

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Psalms 781-8 (NIV)

• 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,

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Psalms 781-8 (NIV)

• 6. so the next generation would know them, even
  the children yet to be born, and they in turn
  would tell their children.
• 7. Then they would put their trust in God and
  would not forget his deeds but would keep his
  commands.

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Psalms 781-8 (NIV)

• 8. They would not be like their forefathers-- a
  stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts
  were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not
  faithful to him.

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I.THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE (vs.1-3)
-parents are more effective teachers to their
kidsGod has given parents the gift of greatest
influence to their children .

• Psalms 781-8 (NIV) 1. O my people, hear my
  teaching listen to the words of my mouth. 2. I
  will open my mouth in parables, I will utter
  hidden things, things from of old-- 3. what we
  have heard and known, what our fathers have told
  us.

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I.THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE (vs.1-3)
-parents are more effective teachers to their
kidsGod has given parents the gift of greatest
influence to their children .

• Deuteronomy 66-9 (NIV) 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.
  8. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind
  them on your foreheads. 9. Write them on the
  doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

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I.THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE (vs.1-3)
-parents are more effective teachers to their
kidsGod has given parents the gift of greatest
influence to their children .

• Ephesians 61-4 (NIV) 1. Children, obey your
  parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2.
  "Honor your father and mother"--which is the
  first commandment with a promise-- 3. "that it
  may go well with you and that you may enjoy long
  life on the earth." 4. Fathers, do not
  exasperate your children instead, bring them up
  in the training and instruction of the Lord.

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I.THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE (vs.1-3)
-parents are more effective teachers to their
kidsGod has given parents the gift of greatest
influence to their children .

• Deuteronomy 66-9 (NIV) 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.
  8. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind
  them on your foreheads. 9. Write them on the
  doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

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I.THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE (vs.1-3)
-parents are more effective teachers to their
kidsGod has given parents the gift of greatest
influence to their children .

• Most certainly father and mother are apostles,
  bishops, and priests to their children, for it is
  they who make them acquainted with the Gospel.
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  -Martin Luther

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II. The GIST of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.4-5)
A. His Praiseworthy Deeds (v.4)
-the Bible consistently calls Gods people to
praise Him because of His attributes and
activities, or because of who He is and what He
has done.
1 John 419 (NIV) 19.We love because he first
loved us.

• Psalms 784 (NIV)
• 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.

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II. The GIST of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.4-5)
A. His Praiseworthy Deeds (v.4)
B. His Precepts (v.5)
-God has clearly revealed his will to His people
by giving them His commands.

• Psalms 785 (NIV)
• 5.He decreed statutes for Jacob and established
  the law in Israel, which he commanded our
  forefathers to teach their children,

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II. The GIST of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.4-5)
A. His Praiseworthy Deeds (v.4)
B. His Precepts (v.5)
-God has clearly revealed his will to His people
by giving them His commands.

• Psalms 11992-93 (NIV) 92. If your law had not
  been my delight, I would have perished in my
  affliction. 93. I will never forget your
  precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.

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II. The GIST of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.4-5)
A. His Praiseworthy Deeds (v.4)
B. His Precepts (v.5)
-God has clearly revealed his will to His people
by giving them His commands.

• Deuteronomy 624 (NIV) 24. The Lord commanded us
  to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord
  our God, so that we might always prosper and be
  kept alive, as is the case today.

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III. The GOAL of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.6-8)
-our highest blessing is to see our children put
their trust in the Lord and live a life of
obedience towards God.

• Psalms 786-8 (NIV)
• 6.so the next generation would know them, even
  the children yet to be born, and they in turn
  would tell their children.
• 7.Then they would put their trust in God and
  would not forget his deeds but would keep his
  commands.
• 8.They would not be like their forefathers-- a
  stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts
  were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not
  faithful to him.

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III. The GOAL of INSTRUCTIONS(vs.6-8)
-our highest blessing is to see our children put
their trust in the Lord and live a life of
obedience towards God.
You and I should do a better job in
teaching our children, its our children who will
teach our grandchildren.

• Judges 210 (NIV) 10. After that whole
  generation had been gathered to their fathers,
  another generation grew up, who knew neither the
  Lord nor what he had done for Israel.

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Are you leaving them a godly heritage?

• If they will listen to you and watch your life,
  will they fall in love with Jesus?

• Step up your game, and make a difference in the
  faith of your children!