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 I invite you to take your Bibles this morning and turn with me over to the book of Deuteronomy.

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 We're going to be in Deuteronomy chapter 6 this morning, beginning in verse 4,

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 and we're going to work our way through verse 9.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 4 through 9.

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 And this morning, I'd like to talk to you about something that is very near and dear to my heart.

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 This is also the passage that I go to when people ask me,

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 why are you still doing youth ministry? You're almost 40 years old.

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 You should be aging out of youth ministry by now, right, Mike?

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 This is the foundational text for youth ministry, children's ministry,

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 when it comes to family discipleship that we find in the Bible.

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 And so this is a very important text that we'll be going over this morning

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 when we're talking about foundations for a godly home.

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 I think if I was to ask everyone in this room this morning,

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 is raising children, raising them in a godly home, raising youth in a godly home,

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 is that a good thing? Is it important?

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 I think it's pretty safe to say that most everyone in this room would say,

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 yes, raising a child in a godly home is a good idea.

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 But if I was to go around and ask each person, how do we go about doing that?

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 What are some ways that we can raise our children in a godly home?

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 I'm sure we would get a number of different answers.

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 And so this morning, what we do not want to concern ourselves with

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 is the opinion of other people, not even my opinion.

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 What we want to concern ourselves with this morning is, what does God say?

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 What does God say about the key foundations to a godly home?

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 And Deuteronomy 6, verses 4 through 9, has some key foundations for us

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 that we can take away and apply to our family life.

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 I trust that you have found our text.

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 I'm going to invite everyone to stand as we honor the reading of God's holy,

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 inerrant, infallible word.

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 Moses says,

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,

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 with all your soul, and with all your might.

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 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently to your children,

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 and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,

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 and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

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 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand,

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 and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house,

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 and on your gates.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father, this is your word,

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 and this morning we are thankful to come here to study.

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 Lord, we are thankful that, Lord, you have given parents the responsibility

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 to raise their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

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 And so, Father, this morning as we come,

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 Lord, I pray that you would open our hearts,

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 our ears, our minds to be receptive, to be teachable.

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 So, Lord, we dedicate this time to you first of all,

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 and we praise you for it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 You can be seated.

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 You know, I am always overwhelmed,

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 as is many children's pastors, youth pastors, college pastors,

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 people who volunteer in youth ministry, children's ministries.

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 I am always overwhelmed by the statistics of students

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 that drop out of the church early on in life.

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 Now, when I say students,

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 I am not referring to juniors and seniors in high school

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 who typically we see their attendance decline a little bit

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 due to a driver's license, a girl or a boy,

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 a combination of those two, and even a job.

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 The statistics I am looking at this morning

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 has to do with students between the ages of 18 to 22 years old.

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 According to a recent LifeWay survey that I have read,

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 70% of students between the ages of 18 to 22 years old

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 will walk away from the church,

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 some of whom will never come back.

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 70%, that's 7 out of 10.

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 Let me put that into a little bit of a perspective for us.

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 In a youth ministry the size of ours here at First Baptist,

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 which can go anywhere from 35 to 40 roughly,

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 28 will not remain faithful.

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 28 of our students, according to these statistics,

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 will walk away from the church between the ages of 18 to 22 years old,

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 and some will not return.

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 And so what we have on our hands is an epidemic,

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 an epidemic that deserves an answer,

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 but more importantly, an epidemic that deserves a cure.

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 What are some things that we as a church family can do

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 to help deter this cancer that is eating away at our young people?

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 Well, according to this survey that I just referenced,

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 there are four things that a church can do

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 to help foster a vibrant relationship with the Lord Jesus.

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 Number one, according to this survey,

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 the church must have a proven value.

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 Listen to what this survey reports.

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 It says that two-thirds of the teens that stayed in the church said this,

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 the church plays a vital part of my relationship with God.

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 Mom and Dad, I want you to hear that.

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 The church, these teenagers that stayed between the ages of 18 and 22,

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 said that the church plays a vital part in their relationship with God.

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 What this demonstrates to us is that a relationship with God

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 and regular church attendance is of the utmost importance.

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 And I would add church attendance to the church that they are members at.

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 Second, according to this survey,

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 the church must have relevant teaching, preaching, and worship.

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 Once again, the students that stayed in the church,

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 according to this survey,

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 said that when the Bible was presented in relevant ways

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 and the music met them where they were at in life,

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 this helped to promote faithfulness.

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 At the time this survey was done,

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 Scott McConnell, director of research at LifeWay, said this,

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 quote,

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 if teens can't relate to the sermons at their church

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 or don't enjoy the worship style,

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 then as young adults,

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 they can easily fall away from their only connection to the church.

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 The third thing that kept these students in the church,

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 according to this survey,

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 were adults.

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 Adults that invested their lives into theirs.

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 This helped to promote faithfulness.

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 This survey reported that at least one adult

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 had invested their lives into those students

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 who stayed in the church.

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 A few months ago, parents,

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 you'll remember that I sent you an email

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 asking for parents and adults

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 to be involved with us on Wednesday nights.

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 This is the reason.

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 Because our students need adults

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 investing their lives into theirs.

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 And in this survey,

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 the adults that they were referring to

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 were not the youth pastors.

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 It was very, very few youth pastors.

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 It was very few people

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 in full-time vocational ministry.

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 This was people like their Sunday school teachers.

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 This was people like

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 those who come on Wednesday nights

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 to hang out with our students,

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 to eat a meal with them,

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 and just talk with them.

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 Adults investing their lives into students

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 are important.

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 However, the one thing

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 that was the most important,

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 according to this survey,

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 and I'm not trying to blow my head up here,

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 but I have read a lot of books on youth ministry.

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 I mean, a lot.

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 Children's ministry, youth ministry,

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 family ministry,

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 and read a lot of surveys

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 and been working with students

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 for around 15 years.

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 Across the board,

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 the number one thing

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 that kept students in the church

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 were mom and dad.

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 Here's what this survey reported.

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 It said, quote,

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 teens who at age 17

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 that have parents

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 that are authentic examples

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 of the Christian faith,

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 that is, they are proactive

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 and consistent in living out their faith,

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 also are more likely

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 to keep attending

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 as young adults.

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 Across the board,

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 20% more of those who stayed

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 indicated that they had parents

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 or family members

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 who discussed spiritual things,

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 gave them spiritual guidance,

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 and prayed with them.

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 And so just from the external data,

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 these books that we have

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 on family ministry

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 over the last 25 years,

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 these surveys that are taken

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 year after year after year

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 across the board,

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 the number one element

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 that kept these students

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 in the church

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 were faithful parents.

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 That's what the external data

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 points to.

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 And it's funny

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 because that's what

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 the internal data

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 says as well.

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 Parents must make

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 God the center of their home.

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 And our children,

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 our young people,

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 our youth,

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 they need to be seeing that.

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 And so the million dollar question

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 this morning is,

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 how do we do that?

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 How do we make God

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 the center of our home?

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 This text here,

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 Deuteronomy 6, 4 through 9,

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 is going to give us

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 three ways that we,

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 as parents,

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 can make God

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 the center of our home.

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 Number one,

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 to make God

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 the center of the home,

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 parents must have

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 an uncompromising love

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 for the Lord.

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 Parents must have

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 an uncompromising love

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 for the Lord.

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 Look what verse 4 says.

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 Now this great passage

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 that we are going over

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 this morning,

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 Deuteronomy 6, 4 through 9,

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 is what we call

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 the Shema.

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 Okay?

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 And the word Shema

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 is a Hebrew word

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 that means

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 to hear.

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 That's the first word

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 here in verse 4.

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 Okay?

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 Also,

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 post-biblical rabbis

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 understood the role

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 of the Shema

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 to be at the very heart

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 of God's law.

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 If you remember correctly,

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 when Jesus was asked

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 by his critics,

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 what is the most important

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 of all of the commandments,

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 he quotes

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 the Shema

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 and its companion passage,

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 Leviticus 19.18.

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 This was one of the

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 fundamental tenets

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 of the Jewish faith.

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 And you know what?

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 Jesus' critics

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 obviously agreed with him.

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 And so verse 4

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 goes on to say

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 that the Lord is one.

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 Perhaps the biggest

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 precept in Judaism

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 and in Christianity

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 for that matter

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 is the concept

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 of what we call

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 monotheism,

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 the belief

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 that there is only

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 one God.

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 Now,

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 if you have the privilege

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 of working with children

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 or even youth

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 and explaining to them

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 that God is one

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 but yet he exists

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 in three distinct

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 eternal persons,

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 a lot of times

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 that will raise

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 a lot of questions

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 and trying to explain

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 that God is one

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 but yet three persons

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 can be a task.

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 I love the way

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 John MacArthur

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 explains this.

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 Listen to what he says.

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 He says,

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 quote,

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 one in this passage

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 does not mean singleness

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 but unity.

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 It is the same word

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 used in Genesis 2.24

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 where the husband

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 and wife

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 were said to be

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 one flesh.

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 And so you have

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 the husband and wife

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 as two individuals

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 coming together

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 as one flesh

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 in marriage.

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 We also have to

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 take into consideration

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 the context

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 of our passage

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 this morning.

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 The Israelites

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 are moving into

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 a new land,

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 a land that's inhabited

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 by pagans

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 who worship

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 multiple gods.

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 And so God here says

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 you are not to worship

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 those false gods.

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 You are to worship

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 the one true God,

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 Yahweh is my name,

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 the God that you

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 have entered into

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 a covenant relationship with.

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 And so this text says

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 that we are to worship

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 this God who is one

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 and we are to love him,

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 verse five,

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 with all of our heart,

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 with all of our soul,

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 and with all of our might.

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 Heart, soul, might.

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 This does not describe

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 three distinct natures

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 to a human being's existence.

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 Rather, it is explaining

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 to us that everything

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 that we are

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 is to be completely

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 sold out

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 to the Lord.

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 In other words, parents,

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 every aspect of our lives,

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 our recreation life,

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 our professional life,

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 our family life,

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 needs to be sold out

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 to him.

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 God must be at the center

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 of everything we do

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 and our kids

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 have to see that.

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 Our kids have to see us

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 loving God

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 with an uncompromising love.

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 Let me illustrate it

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 using a parable.

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 There was a guy

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 in the New Testament

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 that used parables

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 for illustrations

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 and it worked really well

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 for him,

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 so I'm going to do it.

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 Sally loved her husband,

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 Joe.

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 Sally and Joe

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 have been married

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 for roughly seven years

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 and Sally adored Joe.

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 She loved him

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 with all of her heart,

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 with all of her soul,

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 with all of her might.

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 She would call him

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 throughout the day

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 and send him

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 little text messages

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 just to remind him

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 how much she loved him

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 and looked forward

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 to seeing him

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 when he came home.

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 If Joe was having

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 a hard day at work

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 and was a little stressed out,

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 if she could help,

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 she would drop everything

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 she could

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 to be right by his side,

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 to help him

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 to be there with him.

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 She loved him

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 and she did everything

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 she could for him.

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 She even gave Joe a son.

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 They named him Joe Jr.

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 Now, Joe Sr., the husband,

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 he had a different concept,

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 a different kind of idea

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 of what love meant.

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 Joe would commonly

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 forget her birthday.

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 He would often forget

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 their anniversary.

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 He would regularly

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 go to the lake

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 to go fishing

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 and go hunting

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 and he would go

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 to the Clemson football game

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 no matter what.

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 Even if it was a day

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 they had designated

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 as date day,

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 he was going to the game.

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 And so,

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 when Sally asked him,

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 why do you do that?

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 Why do you go to the game

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 or go hunting and fishing

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 on the days

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 that we've got

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 someone watching the kids

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 and we can go out

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 and have a date?

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 And Joe would just

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 kind of blow her off

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 and say,

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 you know what?

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 No big deal.

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 We'll just go next week.

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 And then next week

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 would come

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 and it would go

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 and so forth.

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 Despite the neglect,

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 Sally never gave up

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 on their relationship.

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 She continued to love him.

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 As the years went by,

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 Joe Jr., their son,

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 saw how daddy treated mommy.

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 And Joe Jr. grew up thinking

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 that's how you treat your wife.

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 And so,

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 when he got married

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 and he had a kid,

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 Joe III,

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 Joe III,

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 watched how Joe Jr.

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 treated his wife

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 and he saw how his granddaddy

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 treated his grandmother.

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 What we see

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 in this little parable

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 is a downward spiral

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 of apathy

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 and despondency

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 from one generation

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 to the next.

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 And it's illustrative

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 of what can happen

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 when parents fail

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 to love God

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 with an uncompromising

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 kind of love

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 that our children can see.

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 If our kids

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 see in us

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 a love

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 for the Lord

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 that expresses itself

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 in apathy,

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 in despondency,

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 well,

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 there's a good chance

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 that they'll follow suit.

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 However,

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 if they see

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 a sincere love,

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 a uncompromising love

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 for God

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 that puts God first

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 in every single area

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 of their lives,

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 there's also a good chance

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 that they'll follow that as well

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 and not become

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 the next statistic.

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 To make God

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 the center of the home,

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 we,

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 the parents,

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 must have an uncompromising

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 love for God.

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 Number two,

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 to make God

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 the center of the home,

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 parents must model

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 biblical obedience.

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 Parents must model

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 biblical obedience.

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 Look what Moses says,

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 verse six.

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 He says,

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 and these words

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 that I command you today

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 shall be on your heart.

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 I want to look at three words

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 here in verse six.

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 It's the words words,

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 command,

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 and heart.

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 The word words

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 is the subject

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 of the sentence

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 and it's a reference

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 to scripture.

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 Okay?

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 The word command

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 is obviously the verb

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 and it can be translated

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 as to give in order

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 or to lay charge of.

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 In other words,

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 God's word,

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 scripture,

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 is a command,

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 a charge

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 that demands

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 absolute obedience

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 from the Christian

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 and the Christian's home.

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 And this brings us

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 to the next word,

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 which is the word heart,

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 which can also be translated

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 as inner mind

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 or will.

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 Now,

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 in the psychology

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 of the Old Testament,

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 the heart

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 is not

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 the center

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 of emotional life

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 and response.

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 Here in the United States,

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 when we think of the word heart,

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 we kind of get that

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 ushy-gushy

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 kind of thinking

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 of love

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 or something being

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 on our heart.

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 That's not what it means

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 in the Old Testament.

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 The heart

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 in the Old Testament

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 is the seat

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 of intellect

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 or the rational side

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 of humankind.

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 In other words,

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 for something

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 to be upon

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 the heart

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 means that it is

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 in a person's

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 constant,

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 conscious reflection.

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 And so as the Israelites

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 went throughout their day,

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 Moses is commanding them

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 to ponder

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 and to meditate

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 upon the word of God.

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 They were to be

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 so saturated

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 with God's word

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 that their obedience

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 to the word of God

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 naturally comes

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 as an outflow

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 of their love

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 for Him.

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 Once again,

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 John MacArthur

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 puts it this way.

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 He says,

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 quote,

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 the people

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 were to think

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 about these commandments

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 and meditate

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 on them

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 so that obedience

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 would not be a matter

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 of formal legalism

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 but a response

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 based upon

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 understanding.

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 I brought a magazine article

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 with me this morning.

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 It's a fairly

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 old magazine article.

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 It comes from a magazine

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 called

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 Parent Magazine.

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 And this article

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 was written

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 by a man named

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 Dr. Benjamin Spock.

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 I'm sure a number

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 of you in here

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 have heard his name

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 who during his lifetime

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 was considered

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 the leading pediatrician

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 in the medical community.

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 He wrote a book

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 called Baby and Child Care.

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 This book sold

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 more than 50 million copies

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 second only

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 to the Bible.

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 And in this article

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 he writes about something

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 that he calls

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 incidental learning

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 which is the kind

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 of learning

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 that takes place

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 when a child

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 watches a mom,

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 a dad,

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 a teacher,

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 even a peer.

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 So hear what he says

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 in this article.

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 He says that

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 children learn

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 a great deal

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 from a formal education

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 but they also

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 are educated

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 by identifying with

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 and imitating

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 their parents

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 which he goes on

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 to explain

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 is called

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 incidental learning.

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 He says that

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 children develop

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 the basic survival

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 tools they need

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 long before

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 they enter the world

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 of formal schooling.

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 Incidental learning

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 takes place

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.420
 throughout a child's life

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 but a child's first teacher

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 are his parents

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 and they are

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 his most profound inspiration.

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 Examples of

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 incidental learning

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 includes a two-year-old

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 who picks up

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.960
 several new words

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.559
 each day

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 by listening to his parents

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 and a toddler

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 who takes his first steps

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 after he experiments

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 by holding on

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 to his parents.

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 A child,

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.599
 as a child

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.319
 becomes older

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.960
 and encounters

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 new people

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 and environments

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 they begin to

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 imitate the behaviors

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 of people

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 other than their parents.

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 In preschool

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.220
 or elementary school

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 they may pay attention

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 to the behaviors

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 of friends

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 or older children

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 at least in superficial matters

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 such as their manners,

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.000
 their language

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 and their fashion.

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 Other admired adults

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 they may imitate

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 include daycare providers,

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 teachers

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 or camp counselors.

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 And during the preteen

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 and teen years

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 children identify

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 more strongly

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 with the beliefs

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 and the behaviors

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 of their peers.

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 Young children

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 usually identify

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 more closely

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 with the parent

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 of the same gender.

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 They absorb

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 crucial lessons

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 about social

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 and moral behavior

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 by studying that parent.

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 Children between the ages

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 of four to six

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 are usually eager

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 to observe adults

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 at work.

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 Many children

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 spend numerous hours

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 playing house

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 and what they're really doing

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 in these activities

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 is acting out

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 the roles

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 of their parents.

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 Boys may pretend

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 to say goodbye

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 to their wife

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 and girls

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 likewise

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 to their husbands.

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 By the age

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 of three and four

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 children delight

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.019
 in cooking,

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.460
 driving and playing house

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 just like mommy

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 and daddy.

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 This is for the school teachers.

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 Incidental learning

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 at home

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.079
 also influences

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.759
 how a child

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 will perform in school.

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 For example,

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 the best way

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.920
 to instill

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 a love of books

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 in children

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 is to read to them

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 and for them

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 to see their parents

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 enjoying books.

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 He sums up

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 his article

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 by saying this.

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 If parents

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 want their child's

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 incidental learning

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 to be as beneficial

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.960
 as possible,

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 then parents

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 should demonstrate

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 as often as possible

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 the qualities

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 they want

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 their child

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 to imitate.

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 I think we

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 as Christian

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 parents

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 want to be setting

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 the best

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 biblical example

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 possible.

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 And I know

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 we fail at times.

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 I know I fail

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 often.

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 But we

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 have to be

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 doing it

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 because

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.980
 when our children

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.620
 do not see us

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.840
 walking closely

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.860
 with the Lord,

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 that's a big problem.

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 If they don't see us

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 spending time

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.200
 with God

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.960
 every day,

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.100
 if they don't see us

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.740
 praying,

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:17.000
 if they don't see us

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.380
 getting into the Bible,

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.640
 having our devotional

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.380
 quiet time,

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.579
 whatever you want to call it,

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.740
 if they don't see us

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.579
 doing it,

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.779
 chances are

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.059
 they're not going

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 to do it.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.180
 If our children

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.000
 see in us

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.079
 a love

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.359
 or a lack thereof

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.279
 of the church

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.799
 and placing other

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 things before it,

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.539
 chances are

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.839
 our children

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.519
 will do the same.

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:43.079
 if our children

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:44.079
 do not see us

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:45.200
 placing a priority

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.960
 on corporate worship,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.660
 on coming to Sunday school,

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.379
 being involved

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.579
 in some discipleship,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.079
 chances are

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.079
 our children

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.839
 will not either.

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 The bottom line

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.160
 is this.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.379
 Our children

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 are watching us.

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.000
 They're going to

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.379
 imitate

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.940
 what we do.

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.160
 Let us

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.019
 instill

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.220
 into our children

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.339
 biblical

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.900
 obedience.

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.740
 Biblical obedience.

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:11.360
 To make God

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.140
 the center of the home,

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.140
 parents must model

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.920
 biblical obedience.

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.620
 And finally,

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.740
 to make God

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.680
 the center of the home,

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:19.640
 parents must teach

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.600
 God's Word

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.280
 to their kids.

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.980
 Parents,

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.100
 you are the primary

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.500
 disciples of your children.

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.340
 Not your pastor,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.980
 not their Sunday school teacher.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.500
 You are the ones

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.800
 primarily responsible

00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:33.240
 throughout the week

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.660
 to open up this book

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.960
 and to teach them.

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.640
 Look what Moses says next

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.280
 in verse 7.

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.580
 He says,

00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:41.480
 you shall teach them,

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.380
 that is scripture,

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.660
 diligently to your children

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.840
 and shall talk of them,

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.840
 that is scripture,

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.500
 when you sit in your house

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.800
 and when you walk by the way

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:52.200
 and when you lie down

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.000
 and when you rise.

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.620
 This word,

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.100
 teach,

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:57.019
 is a very interesting word.

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.280
 It can actually be translated

00:24:59.280 --> 00:25:00.700
 pierced

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.280
 or to sharpen.

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.680
 If you're using

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.740
 the NIV translation,

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.840
 it uses the word

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.400
 impress,

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.800
 I-M-P-R-E-S-S.

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.000
 And so it's the image

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.360
 of an engraver

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.920
 who is carefully

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.180
 and meticulously

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.840
 taking a piece of granite

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.340
 and hammering at it

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:20.100
 to make a beautiful piece

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.220
 of artwork.

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:23.660
 He only imagined

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.900
 how meticulous that is

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.600
 and how long

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.299
 of a process

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.400
 that is.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.740
 But that's what it's like

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.660
 teaching our children

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.180
 the Bible.

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.440
 It's a long process.

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.900
 It can be meticulous

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.500
 at times.

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.900
 It can even be difficult.

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.200
 But it pays dividends

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.440
 in the end.

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.240
 We just don't teach

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.180
 our children the scripture.

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.580
 Moses says here

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:49.539
 that we are to talk

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.759
 about scripture

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.340
 with them.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.200
 There's a difference

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.560
 between teaching

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.799
 our children scripture

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.259
 and talking to them

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.019
 about it.

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:59.259
 It is our responsibility

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.620
 to not only open

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.120
 this book

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.299
 and teach them

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:04.380
 but also talk.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.740
 The difference is

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.920
 is that talking

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.759
 denotes a constant

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.960
 repetition

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.880
 to aid with memory.

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:12.840
 Okay?

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.600
 So this is the conversation

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.439
 you're having around

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.139
 the dinner table

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.659
 at night.

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.519
 This might be

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.119
 the conversation

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.219
 you have on the way

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:20.039
 home from church

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.740
 this afternoon

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.099
 when you ask your child

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.299
 what was it that you

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.219
 all learned in Sunday

00:26:24.219 --> 00:26:24.899
 school today?

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.500
 This can be a conversation

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.279
 you have on the way

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.279
 to the ball game.

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.679
 Any conversation

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.359
 as we're sitting

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.279
 around the house

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:33.699
 scripture has to be

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:36.079
 a topic of discussion.

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.740
 It should be

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.639
 a primary topic

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:40.219
 of discussion.

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.719
 And when we do that

00:26:41.719 --> 00:26:42.899
 it helps to impress

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.639
 into the minds

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.419
 of our children

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:46.320
 what they've been

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.300
 taught at the church

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.820
 and what we're teaching

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:50.080
 them in God's word.

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.279
 And so Moses closes

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.080
 out this section

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.060
 in verses 8 and 9

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.580
 he says

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:56.240
 you shall bind them

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.140
 that is scripture

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.759
 once again

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.340
 as a sign on your hand

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.400
 and they shall be

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.400
 as frontlets

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.420
 between your eyes

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.700
 you shall write them

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.360
 that is scripture

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.480
 on the doorpost

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.360
 of your house

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:08.539
 and on your gates.

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.600
 What in the world

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.160
 does it mean

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:13.039
 to take scripture

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.879
 and bind it

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.619
 to my hands

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.319
 and put it

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.940
 on my forehead

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.779
 and on the doorpost

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.139
 of my house?

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.220
 What is he talking about?

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.240
 Well when this was

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.920
 originally written

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.659
 there was a degree

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.639
 of symbolism here

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:24.139
 however later on

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.879
 teachers of the law

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.680
 began to take

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.359
 this passage

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.680
 extremely literal.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:30.180
 they would take

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.920
 these boxes

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.560
 that they would make

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.940
 called phylacteries

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.940
 and they would take

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.080
 in these boxes

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.860
 called phylacteries

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.500
 and they would take

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.240
 the Shema

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.940
 this passage

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.620
 we're looking at

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.460
 and they would put

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.299
 it inside of it

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.460
 and then they would

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.580
 take that box

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.240
 those boxes

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.340
 and put them

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.100
 on their gowns

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.940
 and on their headdresses

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.500
 they would even

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.720
 put them to the doorpost

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.500
 of their house.

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.840
 There is a degree

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.779
 of symbolism in here

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.180
 I believe

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.519
 and what Moses

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.600
 I believe is saying

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.799
 is that the word

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.519
 of God should be

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.119
 so prevalent

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.980
 in your life

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.259
 and in your family's life

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.159
 remember he's writing

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.919
 to parents

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:03.079
 that it should be

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.059
 a constant guide

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.279
 to how you live

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.339
 and how your family lives.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.700
 Before her death

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:13.740
 Morrow Coffey Graham

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.240
 wrote a book

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.899
 she wrote this book

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:18.240
 about her experiences

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.220
 as the mother

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.980
 of a man

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.759
 who would go on

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:23.339
 to preach the gospel

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.799
 to more than

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:26.220
 any other person

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.359
 in modern history.

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.299
 I brought a little

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.319
 excerpt of her book

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.839
 with me

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.599
 and in closing

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.079
 this morning

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.740
 I'd like to read it

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.059
 to you.

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.740
 Here's what she says

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:37.119
 My husband and I

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.639
 established a family altar

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.659
 the day we were married

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.819
 and we carried that through.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.619
 In the breakfast room

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.359
 I always kept

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.339
 a scripture calendar

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.539
 with a verse for the day.

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.099
 Each morning

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.159
 we read that

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:49.339
 and prayed to the Lord

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.779
 and as we gathered

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.799
 at the breakfast table

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.099
 everyone would bow

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.659
 his head

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.980
 and fold his hands

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.919
 as my husband

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.759
 asked the blessing.

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.519
 Often as I packed

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.639
 the school lunches

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.939
 I could hear my husband

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:02.659
 talking to the children.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.919
 He helped them

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:05.259
 memorize literally

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:07.619
 hundreds of Bible verses.

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.419
 I look forward

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.480
 to our evenings together

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.119
 as a family.

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.519
 Everyone gathered

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.639
 in the family room

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:15.019
 and we did this

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.079
 right after the dinner dishes

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.699
 were put away.

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.079
 It was the most important

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.359
 things in our life

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.500
 this time of Bible reading

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.000
 and prayer

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.440
 and listen to what she says.

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.539
 I know that today

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:26.440
 Billy recalls

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.599
 those instructional periods

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.700
 as among the most important

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.339
 in his life

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.599
 helping him

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.880
 to become saturated

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.579
 with the Bible

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.380
 and since my children

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.839
 have married

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.079
 and gone their separate ways

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.359
 and since my husband's death

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.839
 I have found myself

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.700
 with more time

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.660
 to devote to prayer

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:43.039
 and I pray unceasing

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.619
 for Billy.

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.559
 As many of you all

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.960
 in this room

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.059
 probably have already guessed

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.339
 that the Billy

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.399
 she's referring to here

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.039
 is Billy Graham.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.339
 And one of the reasons

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.019
 Billy Graham

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.379
 was so great

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:57.859
 is because he had parents

00:29:57.859 --> 00:30:00.519
 that faithfully taught him

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.960
 the Word of God

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.500
 in his home

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.899
 and in his life

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.779
 and because of this

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:09.099
 this is one of the reasons

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:10.159
 Billy grew up

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:12.139
 practicing what he was taught

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:14.419
 by a faithful mom

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.339
 and dad.

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:17.879
 What a responsibility

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:20.439
 we as parents have

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:22.159
 to raise our children

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:23.319
 in the fear and admonition

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.919
 of the Lord

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:25.500
 to disciple them.

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.459
 I don't think anyone

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:28.619
 in this room this morning

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.779
 is happy

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:31.740
 with the moral decay

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.699
 that our nation

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:34.599
 is going through right now.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.399
 We need

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.559
 a generation

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.439
 of young people

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:41.359
 who love Jesus

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.299
 with all their heart

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.099
 soul and might

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.459
 that are serious

00:30:44.459 --> 00:30:45.679
 about making disciples

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:47.539
 that are like

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.799
 the eleven remaining

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.439
 disciples

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.939
 in Acts chapter 2

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.879
 who turn this world

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.579
 upside down

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.259
 for Jesus.

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:56.099
 It starts with us.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.899
 The buck

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.859
 stops

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.859
 with you

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.519
 mom and dad.

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:04.059
 So let us be diligent

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.980
 in discipling

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.419
 our children.

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.879
 You know

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.379
 I've read

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:10.139
 this book

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:11.439
 as many of you guys have

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.380
 I've read this book

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:14.240
 front to back

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.140
 many

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.620
 many times.

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.820
 I have yet

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.519
 to find

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.559
 an exception

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.420
 clause

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:23.820
 to raising

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.460
 our kids

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.180
 to discipling

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.700
 our children.

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.600
 I have yet

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.059
 to find

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.500
 a passage

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.980
 of scripture

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.460
 in there

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.779
 where raising

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.460
 our kids

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.840
 and the fear

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.279
 and admonition

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.640
 of the Lord

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.019
 is something

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.779
 we can delegate

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.620
 to a professional

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.720
 like a youth

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.120
 pastor

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.279
 or senior

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.740
 pastor

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.220
 or somebody

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.519
 else.

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.080
 It's just

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:40.240
 not there.

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.179
 We

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:43.279
 are called

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.079
 to be the

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.480
 primary

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.000
 disciples

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.379
 of our

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.119
 children

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.339
 and the

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.139
 question is

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.439
 are we

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.960
 doing it?

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:52.960
 So this

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.419
 morning

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:54.079
 as we enter

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.779
 into a time

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.439
 of invitation

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:58.199
 maybe you

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.659
 need to spend

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.299
 some time

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.079
 as do I

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.960
 in prayer

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.319
 asking God

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.199
 to help you

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.859
 with that

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:05.579
 asking God

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.519
 to show you

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.259
 ways

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.660
 that you

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.019
 can take

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.440
 that

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.139
 responsibility

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.559
 and be a

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.920
 champion

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.460
 with it.

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.879
 Maybe you

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.240
 need to spend

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.720
 some time

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.099
 here at the

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.379
 altar

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.200
 maybe you've

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.599
 been visiting

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.160
 with us

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.379
 for several

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.759
 weeks

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.539
 and you

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.720
 know

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.500
 you're

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.740
 thinking

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.200
 of joining

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.920
 our church

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.339
 however the

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.759
 Lord is

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.220
 working in

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.539
 your life

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.900
 during this

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.240
 time of

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.740
 invitation

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.039
 let God

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.519
 have his

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.759
 way

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.099
 so I'm

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.279
 going to

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.720
 pray for

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.920
 us

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.440
 our musicians

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.019
 will come

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.339
 and lead

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.660
 us

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:33.039
 and you

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.619
 just let the

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.160
 Lord have

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.740
 his way

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.579
 in your life

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.240
 this morning

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.480
 would you

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.779
 pray with

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.019
 me

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:39.439
 Father we

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.939
 come before

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.539
 you today

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.279
 thankful

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.720
 for the

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.059
 word of

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.379
 God

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:46.519
 Father it

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.379
 is your

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.059
 word it

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.740
 is without

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.159
 error

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.439
 and it

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:51.259
 has complete

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.919
 authority

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:53.059
 over our

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.599
 lives

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.939
 the things

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.419
 we like

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.659
 and the

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.079
 things we

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.439
 do not

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:56.939
 like it

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.659
 has complete

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.199
 and absolute

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.759
 authority

00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:00.000
 and so

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.500
 Father this

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.980
 morning we

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.179
 come and

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.720
 pray that

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.119
 Lord you

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.539
 would take

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.119
 your word

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.199
 and work

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:05.719
 in us

00:33:05.719 --> 00:33:07.139
 that for

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.919
 every person

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.219
 that is

00:33:08.219 --> 00:33:09.159
 here that

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.959
 has children

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:11.259
 or even

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.059
 couples that

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.459
 are looking

00:33:12.459 --> 00:33:12.959
 to have

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.419
 children

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.779
 that Lord

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.419
 we would

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.779
 do our

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.519
 very best

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:18.239
 to model

00:33:18.239 --> 00:33:18.839
 biblical

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.359
 obedience

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.019
 to love

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.379
 you with

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.699
 an uncompromising

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.279
 love

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.139
 to teach

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.939
 our children

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:25.559
 your word

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.939
 may we be

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.799
 caught faithful

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:29.139
 doing that

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:30.319
 each and

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.839
 every day

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.879
 Lord we

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.339
 love you

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.079
 and we

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.480
 pray this

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.859
 in Jesus

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.240
 name

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.139
 amen

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.259
 god