Parent on Purpose

Nehemiah 1:3 NIV

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 6:1-3 NIV

When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”

I. Parenting is about priorities.

"What you get distracted by is seldom as important as what you get distracted from." - Andy Stanley

I. Parenting is about priorities.

II. Parenting is about exposure.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NIV

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Model a faith worth having and a community worth sharing.

We can influence our kids by the environments we put them in.

Proverbs 13:20 NIV

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Law of Exposure - Who or what we expose our kids to shapes their beliefs and attitudes.

I. Parenting is about priorities.

II. Parenting is about exposure.

III. Parents – press on.

Philippians 3:13 NIV

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead

Press on toward the goal of becoming a Christ-centered family.