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Guard the doors to your family-life
Protect your loved ones with the gospel
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!!! Announcements
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The word of God in our midst
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Call to worship
Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; He is holy.
Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.
(Psalm 99:5,9)
!!! Blessing
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways.
The Lord bless you from Zion, all the days of your life.
(Psalm 128:1, 5)
!!! Doxology Hymn no 321:         /“Bring to the Lord a glad new song”/
!!! Prayer of Confession of sin
!!! Forgiveness
We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.
(Hebrews 4:15-16)
!!! Hymn:                                            /“Lord of the cross of shame” (MP 443)/
!!! Prayer of Adoration, Thanksgiving and the Lord’s Prayer
!!! Hymn:                                            /“Christ is surely coming” (MP 75)/
!!! Scripture Reading                     /Ephesians 6:1-4/
!!! Tithes, offering and dedication
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
(Proverbs 3:9-10)
!!! Prayer for others
!!! Scripture Reading                     /Deuteronomy 11:1-21/
!!! Sermon                                          /Guard the doors to your family: /
!!! /protect your loved ones with the Gospel/
!!!!!! Introduction
My dear brothers and sisters and young friends in the Lord, there’s one word children don’t want to hear from their parents.
Can the children help me with this word?
It is only a very short word.
What is it?
; NO!
This little word brought many tantrums and cries and crisis in many households.
; Do you know this scene?
Mon or dad says “No!” and the children start screaming.
Why can parent be so cruel?
Why can they spoil the day of a child with such a small word?
Just say “Yes!” and everything will be all right!
Just look at the screen and tell me: What do you think this picture is? ;  Well, that’s a close-up of a bundle of nerves.
They are very small electrical line running through our bodies.
They have a lot of functions.
Let’s look at a drawing of one ;.
It sits in the muscles and it acts like little messengers.
Let’s say you take your finger too close to an open flame, what happens?
The little nerves in your finger feel the heat first.
It sends a message to your brain.
The brain interprets that and works out that you are going be hurt.
So it sends another message through the nerves back to your arm to very quickly remove your finger, or you will get burned.
The finger wanted to touch the flame, but the brain said; “No!”.
; That “No!” means protection, it means it is good for you, it means listen, other you will get hurt.
That’s what parents do when they sometimes say “No!”
It is for the protection of their children.
And they protect them because they love them.
They want to see only the best for their children.
Remember that.
Today the Bible teaches us that parents are there to guard the doors to the hearts of their families.
The best way do to that is to protect their children by teaching them the message of the Bible.
There are a few aspects of the teaching we need to look at today as we find it in Deuteronomy 11:1-21.
n  ; Parents have knowledge about God they have to share with their children
n  ; The Bible’s teaching about who God is and what He does is like a shield for children to protect them so they may have a future.
n  ; The consequences of parents neglecting this task are very serious:  children will have no future.
!!!!!! ; Parents have knowledge about God they have to share with their children
There is a strong link between verse 1 and 2 of Deuteronomy.
Verse 1 says:
; Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
(Deuteronomy 11:1)
Verse 2 follows with the how of verse 1.  How do we keep the Lord’s requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands?
; Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God: (Deuteronomy 11:2)
The point is this, to remember that children need to be told and instructed of the ways of the Lord is fulfilling the command of the Lord to keep his laws, commands, decrees and requirements.
Moses was teaching the Israelites this truth as they were preparing themselves to occupy the Promised Land.
The parents were the ones who saw and experienced the mighty deeds of God.
God would not repeat his miraculous wonders in each generation as He did in the past.
It is the task of the parents to now instruct the children so that the mighty deeds of God come alive to them.
They need to be able to take the principles of the teaching and apply it to their generation so that they can remain loving God and also keep his laws, decrees, commandments and requirements.
Moses mentions a long list of the deeds of God in the past as He rescued a nation for Himself as He had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Indeed the list is that long, that the translators of the NIV helped us somewhere halfway through the list by once again throwing in the phrase “it was not your children”.
This phrase is not in the original, but it surely helps us to tie together a long sentence to the truth that children are not born with knowledge of the saving grace of God – they need to be taught and instructed.
And that is the job of the parents.
There are some categories in the list of the mighty deeds of God that parents need to tell their children.
1. ;  Who is God?
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He is the majestic King
Verse 2 refers to the majesty of God, His power and might, and his outstretched arm.
This verse tells us something about who God /is/.
In Deut 3:24 Moses spoke to God:
“O Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand.
For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? (Deuteronomy 3:24)
This fact is important for parents to remember; it is important for children to know.
When we talk about God, we talk about the only God; there is no other.
It needs to be imprinted in the minds of children.
Our world offers a plethora of gods to children.
But before the God of the heavens and the earth, and to Him only, all of us must bow.
To Him we pay homage, to Him belong our hearts, and to Him we give all our love, Him we serve with all our heart, mind, power and might.
Children need to understand that they are not masters of their own desires and destinies; they need to understand that they will only find meaning and fulfilment in loving and serving God.
Remember to tell your children and grand-children this very important truth from the Word if God.
b. ; God is all-powerful (or omnipotent)
The terms “mighty hand” and “outstretched arm” tell us about what God /does/:  He is not like idols of clay or wood that cannot even lift a finger.
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