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· 3 viewsSetting You, Your Household, and Your Whole Community On Mission to Love God, Love People and Make Disciples That Make Disciples.
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“Because children have abounding vitality , because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
“Because children have abounding vitality , because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
I love that quote. God is younger than we are through his renewal of creation every morning, through his excitement for the conversion of one lost soul, and through his desire for us to share in his overflowing joy.
Our God is overflowing with joy.
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Our God is creative.
Isaiah 64:8 (ESV)
8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Psalm 139:13–16 (ESV)
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
As his children who are shaped by him in our walks of obedience, we want to make sure we model his creative Spirit by having an intentional application of creativity in our discipling times with our children. We don’t want our family discipleship time to be the biggest drag on our time together, we want it to be the highlight. So as you plan discipleship time ask, how can we have fun in our time seeking God together?
What your family loves to do together might be the best place to weave in this discipleship time. If your family loves arts and crafts do something in conjunction with that. If your family loves to eat, do something while you eat or cook together. If you love sports, use halftime as a way to disciple. If you love movies find a place to weave in a scriptural truth. If you love being outside you can find many opportunities to point to God through Scripture. Here are a few:
1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
At our house we do “What did you learn today,” and “High Low’s”. They both make our children give us an answer that’s not yes or no. And I don’t know is not an option. So if they need a second we circle back around to them. If we forget to bring either one of these games up, then Maggie usually does for us. They usually give a small answer, but we’re able through that to get a glimpse at their heart and relate it back to God in some way. Our best time to do this is during dinner or as we’re laying down for bed. But that might be completely different for you, and that’s ok. You want to find what works best for everyone in your home. We also use resources like The Bible Project, the New City catechism and the Little storybook bible.
Creative Ideas for Family Discipleship:
Camping/Nighttime outdoor activity:
Psalm 8:3 (ESV)
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
Psalm 147:4 (ESV)
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
Build a fort with every blanket and pillow in your house:
Psalm 18:2 (ESV)
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 59:16 (ESV)
16 But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Ask them to share with you times when they’ve felt scared or worried, then share with them how these truths have helped sustain you in your times of fear or worry. The point being is that it’s good to present them illustrations within intentional and creative times that help them remember how special God is to Mom and Dad, but also how the people in whom they feel the safest around, find their ultimate safety in our God in Heaven. I promise that will go a long way with them as they encounter those scary moments in life.
Daily Discipleship Time Ideas:
Family Meals.
Family Prayer.
Bedtime Routine.
Family Commute.
Weekly Discipleship Time Ideas:
Family Night
Movie Night
Game Night
Restaurant Night
Worship Service
Family Discipleship Study
Community
Weekly Family Traditions
This can be watching your favorite show or sports team, doing yard work, grocery shopping, laundry.
Colossians 3:23–24 (ESV)
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Monthly Family Discipleship Ideas:
Service
One on One Time
Guy’s Night/Girl’s Night
Next week we will move into our last class of this series which will take what we’ve learned from the exegetical study of the Hebrew Shema, by first focusing on our own heart each day, then have the correct indicative (what God has done) in order to act out the correct imperatives (what we must do) in teaching our family the same truths we teach our own heart each morning. Then that will allow us to correctly see and appreciate our position in our community, or within God’s body. There are no better or worse positions. Which we see here:
22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
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