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Jesus grew

• In wisdom (knowledge of God world)
• In Stature
• In favour with God and man
• (Luke 252)

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When a baby is born what do people ask?

• ? Boy/Girl
• ? How much do they weigh
• ? What is their name
• ? How is the mum
• etc

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The babys growth is all important

• Frequent weight checks
• Periodic developmental checks including growth
  and height checks
• Also home height checks
• Encouragement to eat healthy foods
• Use incentives to get our children to eat
  more/right kinds of foods

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Food and water are basic human needs

• For Physical Growth
• For providing the body with energy to continue
• As parents we make every effort to provide our
  children with good wholesome nutritious food of
  the right kind for their age

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Jesus grew in stature How else did he grow?

• in wisdom (knowledge of God and world)
  
• in favour with God and man

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Learning of Jesus Love and Growing like Jesus

• Physically children need regular meals of
  nutritious food to grow well
• Is the same true for their growth to become more
  like Jesus?
• Who are their main teachers in becoming disciples
  for Jesus?

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Sabbath School and Church can only supplement
what you are doing at home
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Modern Living means Lots of time Pressures

• We want our children to grow well and learn
  their lessons at school so
• Mealtimes are a routine which we cannot skimp on
  for our children
• (even if we sometimes
• miss them ourselves!)

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Do Time Pressures Squeeze out Time for Jesus in
our family lives?

• Can we afford for this to happen?
• Abraham looked for a city with foundations,
  whose builder and maker is God Hebrews 1110
• We want our children to grow
• spiritually

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For Spiritual Growth we need to seek spiritual
food, and Exercise and stay Close to Jesus each
Day

• Children learn by example
• Having our own devotional prayer time
• Talking about Jesus through the day as we would
  about another family member Deut 64-7
• Praying to God, with children,
• through day

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Helping our Children to Grow Up with Jesus as
their friend

• Love the LORD your God with all your heart and
  with all your soul and with all your strength.
• These commandments that I give you today are to
  be upon your hearts.
• 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.

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Providing Spiritual Food in our Homes

• Regular Family Worship times (maybe
  incorporating Sabbath School lesson or following
  other topics)
• Encourage children to study their Sabbath School
  Lessons daily, by spending time going over it
  with them and discussing how to apply the
  principles learnt

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Studying the Sabbath School Lesson together
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Points to consider when preparing to teach
children

• Developmental age of children
• Involving your children
• Making it fun and enjoyable
• Knowing your children and their learning styles
• Making Jesus the focus of the worship
• Practical ways to apply the lessons learnt

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Your child can Grow, by Gods grace faith
comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
Romans 1017

• GROW
• In wisdom
• In Stature
• In favour with God and man