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Sally PhoonChildrens Ministries DirectorNorthern Asia-Pacific Division

12/10/2012 1Fostering Kids' Time Alone with God

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More than half of our teensleave the church after high

school.

Christian young people

today dont know the Bibleas they used to.

Are not transferring their

Biblical knowledge into abiblical worldview.

Josh

McDowell

says that only15% have abiblical

worldviewBarna thinks

its less than10%.(Larry Fowler,Raising a Modern-Day Joseph,( pp. 27, 28)

Christian Churches


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Attended church faithfully for years , Know the Bible facts and information

But they do not know the Lord

of the Bible.


Do a lot of memory work every week in

churchBut information stays as data

in their minds.


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Not integrated into real living Christianity; Lacks the power of influencing the life

because they have not connected them to

Jesus. Worse yet, we see a declining interest in

reading the Bible among adults themselves, Todays children dont know their Bibles as

well as they used to a generation ago.


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No surprise as we look

at Adventists today.

Only about half of them

do read their Bibles on a

regular basis.

Family worship is a

thing of the past as we

struggle to maintain our

balance in a life wheretime is a scarce

commodity.



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55% leave the

church in eachgeneration

(conservative

estimate.)

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Home

Church

School


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The training of children begins in thehome

And so is discipleship.

Parents are the main disciple-makers

Home is where children develop a

genuine faith.



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How often did your parents talk to you

about God? 43% Never

32% Occasionally

13% Once a week

13% On a daily basis



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Mother

Father

Grand-parents

UnclesAunts

Relatives



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Parents, remember that

your home is a training

school, in which yourchildren are to be prepared

for the home above. (ChildGuidance, p. 17)



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Am I saved by grace through faith in

Jesus Christ?

Do I experience the joy of a new life inJesus?

Am I growing every day in my relationship

with Jesus? Do I have time alone with God myself?

Do my children know that I read the Bible and

pray daily?



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Do I walk the talk?

Are you positive in your outlook?

Do you worry and lose yourtemper when something goeswrong?

Does Gods love shine throughyour behaviour everyday, not onlyon Sabbath?



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In my relationships

Am I involved with my spouse?

Do the children feel secure with theconnection and love between bothparents?

Are you involved intimately with yourchildren (fathers especially)?

Are you involved with your closerelatives & church family?



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Am I active in sharing my faith

in God with others?Am I active in leading my

children in serving others?



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Home

Church

School


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Fathers and mothers, we entreat you to

take up yourlong-neglected duties.

Search the Scriptures yourselves; assistyour children in the study of theSacred Word. Make diligent work

because of past neglect. Do not sendthe children away by themselves to study

the Bible, but read it with them, teach

them in a simple manner what you know,and keep in the school of Christ as

diligent students yourselves. CSW 2012/10/2012 21Fostering Kids' Time Alone with God


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Preparing the heart with prayer

ACTSAdoration

Confession

ThanksgivingSupplication



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Connecting with the Word

What does this mean to me today?

Praying the Word

Application in real life

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0 5 years6-10 years

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shorter as

compared to

other age group

may do TAG

with theirparents

or have their

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read the Bible

on their own

--supplementary

materialseasy-to-read

version Bible

(The Clear Word)

http://www.childmin.com/


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encouraged to read widely,

ask curious questions about the Bible,

play Bible trivia,

connect with other kids on line to discussa lesson for the week. can be

challenged to teach the younger children



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TAG more meaningful as they see their

prayers answered / feel Gods presence

Parents need to engage them often in

conversations about answered prayers /

spiritual walk.

May pose questions that will stump their

parents, but parents can always help to

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Allow primary/teen to approach their TAG in

creative ways

Have challenges with emotional highs and

lows.

Cannot sit and read 3 chapters Bible daily Can connect with God in different ways.

Can memorize a text /meditating on it through

the day may be just as powerful as reading 1-3 chapters.

Can listen/view DVD music and meditate on

the message


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www.kidsindiscipleship.org

WHY Do TAG?


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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the

LORD is one. Love the LORD your God

with all your heart and with all your soul

and with all your strength. Thesecommandments 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. Deut 6:4-7



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Christian parents, morning and

evening, by earnest prayer andpersevering faith, to make a hedgeabout their children. {1T 397}


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Could our children learn theselessons of finding at dawn and

twilight a quiet season forcommunion with their Father inheaven] in the morning of their

years, what freshness and power,what joy and sweetness, would bebrought into their lives!CG 525

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