• (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