Overall goal:
Immerse our minds, hearts, and souls in the beauty of God’s Word.
Introduction:
Remember Your Mission, Your Ministry, Your Calling.
When we examine current events:
We see the demise of America as we once knew it.
We are surrounded by moral decay.
It’s easy to become discouraged.
It’s easy to lose focus.
We read about the rise and fall of nations (God’s people) in the Old Testament.
The outcome for America is predictable.
Don’t lose your focus.
What is something that God has called you to do?
Our ministry (from the scriptures)
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 4:11-12 NLT
11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.
Psalm 78 (NLT)
1O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
2for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
5For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
6so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
7So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
Actions
1O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying, (be receptive)
YOU:
Listen – hear (God speaks to us!)
Bible study is all important!
I will teach you …
I will speak to you …
- Listen to God’s instructions. Open your ears to what God is saying to you. (be receptive)
Tell:
4We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
Desired outcome:
6so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.
7So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
- Help others
You want them to:
Know God’s Story – Biblical truths.
Trust in God.
Remember Biblical truths.
Obey Biblical truths.
- Repetition is good.
How
- Remember Your Mission.
Deuteronomy 6 (NLT)
4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Repeat again and again.
- Start with yourself.
YOU: You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
- Repeat them (Biblical principles) again and again to your children.
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2 Timothy 3:16-17
16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
Remember Your Mission.
Remember, Redeemer Day School is a preschool. We are here to establish a foundation for our students. We are not building the entire building.
- Building on a Solid Foundation
Luke 6:46-49 NLT
Building on a Solid Foundation
46“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? 47I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”
Matthew 7:24-29 NLT
Building on a Solid Foundation
24“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
- We want our students to hear and obey basic Biblical principles.
Foundations
Costly to build.
Construction most people do not see.
Rain will come. Foundations will be tested.
We are not in this alone. (Picture the following.)
Isaiah 41:8-10 NLT
8 “But as for you, Israel my servant,
Jacob my chosen one,
descended from Abraham my friend,
9 I have called you back from the ends of the earth,
saying, ‘You are my servant.’
For I have chosen you
and will not throw you away.
10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Final comments:
Proverbs 22:6 NLT
6Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (ESV)
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NLT)
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Psalm 127:1 NLT
Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
