• Ezra 7:10
• My spirit is empowered!
  • I must believe that change is possible.
  • Genesis 4:4-8 – Cain could choose to do good!
  • “Repent!” – Acts 17:30; Matthew 3:2; 11:20-21
  • Old self – new self: Romans 6; Ephesians 4; Colossians 3
• My mind is informed!
  • I must learn what the goals are!
  • Colossians 3:16-17
  • Ephesians 5:10, 17
  • Romans 7:7
  • Please read your Bible!
• My goals are planned!
  • I must make a map to my goals!
  • Example: Nehemiah – Nehemiah 6:15
  • Get specific: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

• (Grand)parenting applications: training children to love God (continued)

Specific Goal

Passage(s) to discuss & guide

Ways (grand)parents can exemplify and teach

Temptations and hindrances

Behaviors to correct

Find peace, contentment, and joy in God

Proverbs 2:1-10; II Corinthians 1:1-7; I Timothy 6:17-18

Live for God instead of just “going to church”; train attitude to revolve around spiritual truths.

Emotions revolve around peers, fashion, sports, grades, entertainment

Knows sports stats or latest hairstyles, hasn’t prayed since Sunday …

Prioritize God over peers, career, wealth …

James 4:4; Matthew 16:24-26; I timothy 6:6-11

“Did you make God happy today?” > “What grade did you make on …”

YouTube kid! Busy schedules

Cares about school, not about Bible class.

• Train children to love others
  • Love your neighbor as yourself
    • This is the second greatest command (Matthew 22:39)!
    • Suppose Barnabas was your dad (Acts 4:36-37; 11:22-26; 15:2)
      • Would you grow up thinking he loved others?
      • Would you grow up learning how to love others yourself?
    • Take God’s perspective
      • What do the following passages teach about how to view our fellow humans?
        • Genesis 1:26-27
        • Genesis 9:6
        • Jonah 4:11
        • Acts 17:24-29
        • I Peter 3:7
      • Consider the contrast with how Adolf Hitler viewed human life.
    • Brothers and sisters in Christ should hold a special place in our hearts.
      • I Corinthians 8:11-13; II Corinthians 12:19-20; I Peter 4:8-10; I John 4:20 – 5:2

• I Corinthians 14:23-35
• I Corinthians 14:23 – So far, Paul has been talking about regulations regarding the use of spiritual gifts. Now he explains the reasoning behind some of these regulations.
• I Corinthians 14:32 – Their spiritual gifts could be controlled.
• I Corinthians 14:33 – This is one of the reasons for the regulations on spiritual gifts that Paul was describing. The gifts were not to be used to bring about confusion.
• I Corinthians 14:34 – This is specifically directed at women who were married to men with spiritual gifts. They were not to interrupt while their husband was speaking or prophesying. Women were to be in subjection, as was the rule all the way back to Genesis.
• I Corinthians 14:35 – Here the rule for women is expanded to speaking in the assembly in general.

• Ephesians 3:15
• Overseers:
  • Oversee the flock – Acts 20:28
  • Shepherd the flock – I Peter 5:1-3
  • Watch for souls of the flock – Hebrews 13:17
  • Lead the flock – Hebrews 13;17
    • In teaching – I Timothy 3:7
    • By example – I Peter 5:3
  • Overseen:
    • Know the overseers – I Thessalonians 5:12
    • Esteem the overseers – I Thessalonians 5:13
    • Follow shepherds’ lead – I Peter 5:1-3
    • Follow shepherds’ good example – I Peter 5:3
    • Eagerly accept shepherds’ feeding – Acts 20:28
    • Support – I Timothy 5:17-18
    • Honor overseers; do not bring unproven accusations – I Timothy 5:19-20
      • Galatians 6:1
      • If an elder does get out of line, you are showing him honor if you do rebuke him in the right way.

• Luke 1:31-34
• Luke 2:10-20
• John 6:59-60
• Out of 89 chapters in the New Testament, only 4 deal with Jesus’ birth or life as a child. Ninety-six percent focus on Jesus’ life and teaching near the end of His life.
• When Jesus grew up, what did He teach?
  • Matthew 20:27 – We must be prepared to serve.
    • Matthew 20:21-28
  • Matthew 5:43-44 – Love your enemies and pray for them.
  • Matthew 7:21 – Jesus expects people to obey. It is not enough to just say, “Lord, Lord.”
    • Matthew 7:24-29 – Parable of the two foundations.
  • Matthew 10:34 – Jesus did not come to bring peace.
    • Matthew 10:35-37 – Jesus brought peace with God, but not necessarily with other people.
  • Matthew 6:24 – You cannot serve God and wealth.
    • It is ironic that the holiday of Christmas has become so materialistic.
    • Matthew 6:19-21
  • I Corinthians 11:24 – Jesus taught us how to remember Him.
    • I Corinthians 11:23-26 – the Lord’s Supper
  • Mark 16:15-16 – baptism commanded