Seven Seven Mistakes Mistakes Too Many Too Many Parents Parents MakeMakepresented by Jason Hardinpresented by Jason Hardin

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March 30, 2008March 30, 2008

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““Taking my children to Taking my children to church equals raising them church equals raising them

in the Lord”in the Lord”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““Taking my children to Taking my children to church equals raising them church equals raising them

in the Lord”in the Lord”Ephesians 6:4 -- Ephesians 6:4 -- 44Fathers, do Fathers, do not provoke your children to not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in anger, but bring them up in the discipline and the discipline and instruction of the Lord.instruction of the Lord.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““Taking my children to Taking my children to church equals raising them church equals raising them

in the Lord”in the Lord”Deuteronomy 6:5-7 -- Deuteronomy 6:5-7 -- 55“You “You shall love the Lord your God shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with with all your heart and with all your soul and with all all your soul and with all your might. your might. 66And these And these words that I command you words that I command you today shall be on your today shall be on your heart…”heart…”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““Taking my children to Taking my children to church equals raising them church equals raising them

in the Lord”in the Lord”Deuteronomy 6:5-7 -- Deuteronomy 6:5-7 -- 77“You “You shall teach them diligently shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you your house, and when you walk by the way, and when walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you you lie down, and when you rise.”rise.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““It won’t affect my children if It won’t affect my children if they hear me badmouthing they hear me badmouthing

my brethren.”my brethren.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““It won’t affect my children if It won’t affect my children if they hear me badmouthing they hear me badmouthing

my brethren.”my brethren.”Matthew 18:15 -- Matthew 18:15 -- 1515“If your “If your brother sins against you, go brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.”gained your brother.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““It won’t affect my children if It won’t affect my children if they hear me badmouthing they hear me badmouthing

my brethren.”my brethren.”John 13:35 -- John 13:35 -- 3535“By this all “By this all people will know that you people will know that you are my disciples, if you have are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”love for one another.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““My children aren’t My children aren’t sophisticated enough to sophisticated enough to notice my hypocrisy.”notice my hypocrisy.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““My children aren’t My children aren’t sophisticated enough to sophisticated enough to notice my hypocrisy.”notice my hypocrisy.”

Romans 2:21-24 -- Romans 2:21-24 -- 2121You You then who teach others, do then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? you not teach yourself? While you preach against While you preach against stealing, do you steal? stealing, do you steal? 2222You You who say that one must not who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery, do you commit adultery?...commit adultery?...

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““My children aren’t My children aren’t sophisticated enough to sophisticated enough to notice my hypocrisy.”notice my hypocrisy.”

Romans 2:21-24 -- Romans 2:21-24 -- 2323You who You who boast in the law dishonor boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. God by breaking the law. 2424For, as it is written, “The For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because among the Gentiles because of you.”of you.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““Aren’t teenagers expected Aren’t teenagers expected to be disrespectful, worldly, to be disrespectful, worldly,

and untrustworthy?”and untrustworthy?”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““Aren’t teenagers expected Aren’t teenagers expected to be disrespectful, worldly, to be disrespectful, worldly,

and untrustworthy?”and untrustworthy?”

1 Peter 2:9 -- 1 Peter 2:9 -- 99But you are a But you are a chosen race, a royal chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own people for his own possession, that you may possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous darkness into his marvelous light.light.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““Aren’t teenagers expected Aren’t teenagers expected to be disrespectful, worldly, to be disrespectful, worldly,

and untrustworthy?”and untrustworthy?”

1 Timothy 4:12 -- 1 Timothy 4:12 -- 1212Let no Let no one despise you for your one despise you for your youth…youth…

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““Aren’t teenagers expected Aren’t teenagers expected to be disrespectful, worldly, to be disrespectful, worldly,

and untrustworthy?”and untrustworthy?”

Acts 16:1-2 -- Acts 16:1-2 -- 11Paul came Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named A disciple was there, named Timothy…Timothy…22He was well He was well spoken of by the brothers at spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.Lystra and Iconium.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““Aren’t teenagers expected Aren’t teenagers expected to be disrespectful, worldly, to be disrespectful, worldly,

and untrustworthy?”and untrustworthy?”

2 Timothy 1:5 -- 2 Timothy 1:5 -- 55I am I am reminded of your sincere reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.you as well.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““If I don’t permit some If I don’t permit some unwholesome activities, unwholesome activities,

they might turn away from they might turn away from the Lord.”the Lord.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““If I don’t permit some If I don’t permit some unwholesome activities, unwholesome activities,

they might turn away from they might turn away from the Lord.”the Lord.”

Luke 9:23 -- Luke 9:23 -- 2323And he said to And he said to all, “If anyone would come all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny after me, let him deny himself and take up his himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”cross daily and follow me.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““What my family really What my family really needs is more money.”needs is more money.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““What my family really What my family really needs is more money.”needs is more money.”

Titus 2:4-5 -- Titus 2:4-5 -- 44So train the So train the young women to love their young women to love their husbands and children, husbands and children, 55to to be self-controlled, pure, be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and working at home, kind, and submissive to their own submissive to their own husbands, that the word of husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.God may not be reviled.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““What my family really What my family really needs is more money.”needs is more money.”

Proverbs 11:4 -- Proverbs 11:4 -- 44Riches do Riches do not profit in the day of not profit in the day of wrath…wrath…

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make

““What my family really What my family really needs is more money.”needs is more money.”

Proverbs 15:16-17 -- Proverbs 15:16-17 -- 1616Better Better is a little with the fear of the is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.trouble with it. 1717Better is a Better is a dinner of herbs where love dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.hatred with it.

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““I saw it on Oprah, I saw it on Oprah,

it must be true.” it must be true.”

Seven Mistakes Too Seven Mistakes Too Many Parents MakeMany Parents Make““I saw it on Oprah, I saw it on Oprah,

it must be true.” it must be true.”

Romans 12:2 -- Romans 12:2 -- 22 Do not be Do not be conformed to this world, but conformed to this world, but be transformed by the be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and is good and acceptable and perfect. perfect.

1 John 3:1-3 -- 1 John 3:1-3 -- 11See what See what kind of love the Father has kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should given to us, that we should be called children of God; be called children of God; and so we are. The reason and so we are. The reason why the world does not why the world does not know us is that it did not know us is that it did not know him. know him. 22Beloved, we Beloved, we are God’s children now, are God’s children now, and what we will be has not and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we that when he appears we shall be like him, because shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. we shall see him as he is. 33And everyone who thus And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.himself as he is pure.

Acts 22:16 -- Acts 22:16 -- 1616“And now “And now why do you wait? Rise and why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his your sins, calling on his name.”name.”

Seven Seven Mistakes Mistakes Too Many Too Many Parents Parents MakeMakepresented by Jason Hardinpresented by Jason Hardin

to an assembly of theto an assembly of theLaurel Canyon church of Laurel Canyon church of

ChristChrist

March 30, 2008March 30, 2008