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! Introduction:
A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son /is/ the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
 
I.
Shade for Our Children
 
An old Chinese proverb says, “One generation plants the trees and another gets the shade.”
Our generation lives in the shade of many trees that were planted by our ancestors [Our For-Fathers who founded this country].
In spiritual terms, we derive shade from our parents’ and grandparents’ ethical standards, their perceptions of right and wrong, their sense of moral duty, and above all, their spiritual commitment.
Their ideals determined the kind of civilization we inherited from them, and our generation’s ideals will likewise shape tomorrow’s culture for our kids.
There’s no question that society as a whole is in a serious state of moral and spiritual decline.
So the question that faces Christian Father’s today is whether we can plant some trees that will shade future generations from what may well be the blistering heat of /anti-Christian values in and anti-Christian world.
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1.
Are we planting the right kind of shade trees, or are we leaving our children totally exposed (2 Timothy 1:5; 3:15)?
2.      Look at yourself as a human link between two generations—Passing on the baton of faith.
3.      As Youth Pastors, Pastor Robert & I are ministering to one of the most critical age groups in the church.
Þ      This is the time they are making the most crucial decisions in their lives.
Þ      Their career, their mate, their choice to follow or reject Jesus Christ.
Þ      9~/10ths of the decisions to be a Christian are made in the teen years.
Þ      Whether they will spend eternity in heaven or hell are being made while under my tutelage.
4.      This is what I am committing to you today (2 Timothy 2:1).
A.
Parenthood is God’s Gift To Us.
 
1.
Children Should Be Seen as a Blessing Not a Hardship – Psalm 127:3-5
a)        Our children are a blessing when they arrive in this world.
But left exposed to this world and unshaded by the proper kind of protection, they will indeed break your heart.
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Parenting is supposed to be a Joy not a burden – Proverbs 29:17
a)        The discipline process ultimately produces joy when we are faithful to God’s instruction.
3.
Success in Parenting is Measured by what the Parents do, not by what the child does
 
a)        Children Are Never Too Young to Learn About God—Prov.22:6
/(1)         //The word “train” in this verse connotes the actions of a midwife./
During biblical times, a midwife, after helping to deliver a baby, would dip her finger in crushed dates and then put her sweetened finger in the infant’s mouth.
This would help create a thirst for milk in the infant.
That is the main idea behind this verse—to create a thirst in your child for the things of God from infancy to adulthood.
To teach or train also speaks of breaking and bringing into submission, much like breaking in a wild horse by putting a bit in its mouth.
We must establish outward boundaries for them while we seek to create an inward thirst for God.   
b)        True measure of success for Christian parents is the /Parent’s Own Character/.
/(1)         /To the degree that we have followed God’s design for parenting, we have succeeded as parents before God. 
(a)         Parents who follow biblical principles in bringing up their children will see a positive effect on the character of their children.
(b)        Sometimes children raised in fine Christian families grow up to abandon the faith.
(c)         On the other hand, the Lord graciously redeems many children whose parents are utter failures.
Solomon himself departed from the faith; it is also supposed that he came back to the faith.
4.
A Child’s Most Important Influences Come from Parents, not Peers.
a)        Be Involved in Your Child’s Life – Get into His or Her World (Britt’s Barbie’s)
/(1)         //Do not let any other influence take precedence./
(a)         God has placed in our hands the responsibility of bringing our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, & we will give an account to God for our stewardship of this great gift!
(a)         Do not allow television, movies, music, other children & even “Sunday School Teachers”, or “Youth Leaders” to take precedence in their spiritual, moral, and ethical instruction.
b)        Parenting is a Full-Time Responsibility.
/(1)         //This Principle was Built into the Law at Sinai—Deut.6:6-9/
(a)         There is no time-out or coffee break for the parents who want to be faithful in this task.
(b)        Not “quality time” but “quantity time”
 
/(2)         //The Dangers of Neglecting the Full-Time Responsibility—Judges 2:7,10/
(a)         Note: this was one generation after God had first given the Law at Sinai.
/(a)        /Their environment influenced them more than their parents did because the parents abandoned the parental role.
/(b)        /The result was idolatry, chaos, and destruction (Judges 21:25)
·                  Is there a King in your household named Jesus Christ?
There is a way /that seems/ right to a man, But its end /is/ the way of death.
(Proverbs 14:12 /cf.
/Proverbs 3:5)
 
Fathers Its Time to Take Inventory of Our Own Hearts!
1.      Whenever a generation of parents failed to plant the seeds that would provide shade trees for subsequent generations, the children suffered the spiritual famine.
2.      The same thing is happening right now & the outlook for our next generation looks bad.
3.
There will be no turn around unless this generation of Christian parents resumes the full-time responsibility & work of planting spiritual shade trees.
4.      Fathers, do we thirst for God as a deer pants after the water brook (Ps.42:1)?
Or is our life sending our children a message of hypocrisy and spiritual indifference?
5.      Is our own commitment to Christ what we hope to see in our children’s lives?
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Is our obedience to His Word the same kind of submission we long to see from our own kids?
7.      Parents [Fathers] who are “lax-easy going” in these area’s virtually guarantee that their sons and daughters will fail spiritually.
2 Chronicles 7:14!
B.       Understand Your Child’s Greatest Need – Psalm 51:5
 
1.
Recognize your child’s true potential.
a)        The Insatiable Capacity for Evil – Total Depravity
/(1)         //Every child comes into the world with an insatiable capacity for evil./
(a)         Even before birth, the human heart is already programmed for sin and selfishness.
(b)        They come into the world seeking the fulfillment of sinful & selfish desires, because there is no aspect of the human personality, character, mind, emotions, or will that is free from the corruption of sin or immune to sin’s enticements.
(c)         Left to themselves they will pursue a course of sin.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
(Psalms 58:3 /cf.
/Romans 3:10-18)
Foolishness /is/ bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
(Proverbs 22:15 NKJV)
 
When children are simply permitted to follow the course of their nature,
Inevitably the result is disaster.
2.
The Child’s Greatest Need.
a)        Regeneration – John 3:6-7
/(1)         //Born of the flesh with a sinful bent/
(a)         Our children have no power to free themselves from sin’s bondage.
(b)        They lack the Holy Spirit, they:
·                  have no capacity to please God
·                  have no desire to obey Him from the heart
·                  are carnal (Romans 8:7-8)
·                  are unregenerate (Eph.2:1,3)
3.
The Father’s Top Priority.
a)        Being and Evangelist in His Home.
/(1)         //What We Need to Teach Our Children is:/
(a)         The law of God
(b)        The gospel of divine grace
(c)         Their need for a Savior
(d)        Pointing them to Jesus Christ as the only One who can save them.
If our children grow up without a keen awareness of their need for salvation, we as Fathers will have failed in our primary task as the spiritual leader!
b)        However, Regeneration Is Not Something You Can do for Them.
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