Reading the Bible with the Family - Chapter 15 Cameron Jungles - 5-5-2013

Read the Bible for Life by George Guthrie

“Reading the Bible with the Family” Chapter 15 (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/May 5, 2013)

Opening Thoughts

Ø What legacy do you want to pass on to your children?

o Inheritance or land?

o Heirlooms or memories?

o Character or work ethic?

o Knowledge of God and his Word?

Deuteronomy 6:6

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:7

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.

Building Home on the Word

Ø What are the goals of a Scripture-saturated home?

o The Love of God

ü Love of God is cultivated through delighting in and meditating on God’s Word.

Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

• A Biblical Worldview

ü The Bible does not directly address every issue.

ü The Bible provides framework for understanding reality.

C.S. Lewis:

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

• Principles for Living Wisely

ü Within a biblical view of the world are individual principles to guide our choices and actions.

ü Sabbath rest

ü Focused on needs of others

Practical Tips

Ø Bible Reading & Listening

o Establish patterns

ü Set times and places

ü Incorporate singing

ü Devotional guides

ü Catechisms

ü Children’s Bible Storybooks

o Encourage individual Bible and prayer times

ü Provide reading plans

ü Allow time

ü Discuss as a family what each is reading

Ø Help your children understand the Bible’s big storyline.

o Reading through the Bible

o At special occasions and other times, review the Bible’s big story.

Ø Listening to teaching & preaching

o Make worship a priority

o Teach sitting and listening

o Teach note taking

o Review lessons and sermons as a family.

Concluding Thoughts

Ø Live out the Bible in front of your families.

Ø Cultivate a love for the Scriptures.

Ø What are the values and priorities of your family?

Ø Start somewhere.

Psalm 78:5

He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

Psalm 78:6

so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.

Psalm 78:7

Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

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Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Church May 5, 2013 Sun PM Unless otherwise noted, the verses are in NIV.