“Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: "O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born." Judges 13:8

Children grow up naturally, but only mature with intentionality.

1. You are so good.

Psalm 51:5, Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Proverbs 27:6, “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

PR 29:15 The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

2. I’ll make it good.

PR 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

3. What is good?

“We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Hebrews 6:12

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 cor 4:17-18

How To Invest Your Time

“Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: "O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born." Judges 13:8

Talk

“The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.” Proverbs 20:5

“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.” Proverbs 17:28

Intentional

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6

Memories

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12

Expand

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22

God
Remember
Accept
Communicate
Erase

COL 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
COL 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
COL 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
COL 3:21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Ephesians 5:21

You can serve self, or you can serve family, but you can’t serve both.

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45

I am better than you…not so with you.
My needs first….not so with you.
I deserve….not so with you.
My interest before yours….not so with you.
I am busy…..not so with you.
I have rights….not so with you.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4

Instead of being a Facebook family; be a GRACE filled family.

God

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32

Remember

“I thank my God every time I remember you.” Philippians 1:3

Accept

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8

Communicate

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6

Erase

“It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13:5-7


“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18

1. Happy is the person who has no guilt.

2. Guilt works from the inside out.

His Grace > My Past

a. Accept responsibility for your sin.

“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” Romans 6:1-2

b. Believe the Lord forgave you.

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.” John 3:18

c. Call out to God.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:19

Without God, we can't do anything but sin.

How can we change what we do now?
1. Put off the old self
2. Be made new in the attitude of your mind
3. Put on the new self
4. Be filled with the Spirit of God

3 Truths
To experience God’s power in our lives, we must…

1) Accept that there are things we cannot do

2) Believe that God can

3) Commit to live a Spirit-controlled life

3 Next Steps
To live a Spirit-controlled life, you must…

1) Set your mind on experiencing true freedom

2) Put to death anything that would steal your freedom

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again with a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1

3) Love fully & freely

“We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!" Matthew 20:18-19

I. The proof of the resurrection is indisputable.

II. The promise of the resurrection is for everyone.

“In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you.” 1 peter 1:3b-4

III. The power of the resurrection can do anything.

“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Philippians 3:10-11

“And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."  Matthew 19:26

“Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.” Hebrews 9:27