Introduction.
1.Raising kids is a job!
a. Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when
he is old, he will not depart from it.
b. God wants us to Train our Children. Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:6
c. If you don’t like work, don’t have kids.
d. Training includes,
Reading the Bible
Memorizing Scriptures
Doctrine
Evangelism
Fellowship
Service to Others
e. Training is done by word and example.
2. Raising kids is a job you must do for the right reason!
a. Training children is a job Deuteronomy 11.13-21
b. We train our children for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians. 10:31, 2 Corinthians 5:9, Matthew 22.37-39, John 14:21
c. If we have the wrong motive, we commit Idol worship.
3. Raising difficult kids is a job you can stick with!
a. You must raise them for the right reason!
b. God tells us to stick with it! 1 Corinthians 15:58
c. God tells us he will go with us! Psalm 23
d. There is always a purpose! Romans 8:28-29
e. There is joy and wisdom in every trial. James 1:2-5
f. God has a plan for our wisdom. Jeremiah 29:11
g. There is a great day and reward coming. 2 Corinthians 5:10 Matthew 25:21
4. Raising Kids is a job that takes time Matthew 22:37-39
a. If we love God we will submit to our role. Ephesians 5:21-23
b. Our role requires us to train our children in the same way Jesus provided for the church.
c. When we fail to do the discipline and instruction we raise angry children. Ephesians 6:4
Remember Absalom.
5. Raising kids is a job God will bless you for doing! Psalm 127:1-5
Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except
the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you
to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he
giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the
fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of
them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in
the gate.
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