Perfecting Our Parenting

Teen Transformatio

nLuke 15:11-16

Thesis:•Parenting is a tough job

because it requires you to have godliness in yourself, and reproduce it in your kids, in order to see it multiplied in life.

An Experiential Exegesis on

Parenting the Prodigal1. We never have

more opinions about how to

relate to children and raise our

children than when we do not have

any children of our own

An Experiential Exegesis on

Parenting the Prodigal 2. Child-

rearing is like

baking a cake —

you don’t realize it’s a disaster

until it’s too late

An Experiential An Experiential Exegesis on Exegesis on

Parenting the Parenting the ProdigalProdigal

3. A lot of what is going on sexually is not about

biology; it is about intimacy

Purpose of Parenting:•To provide a secure

environment that shelters children from certain temptations as they grow up, until they reach the age that God wants them to take personal responsibility for themselves.

Point 1.•The evil day is going to

come to all of our children, and our job as parents is to remind them of their creator and give them God’s armor so they will be able to stand when they are tested.

Point 2.

•The character of your parenting is defined by the quality of your preparing your child,not by whether they successfully use that preparation to make adult choices.

Point 3.•Most of the

time, we meet our destiny on

the road we took trying to

avoid it.

Parenting Imperative #1.

•As long as your children are small, you must be large and in charge to bend their will without breaking their spirit.

Parenting Imperative #2.

•Kids want control sooner than we want to give it,

and they deserve it sooner than we are

willing to release it.

The Pursuit of Decadent Pleasure

A. Freedom is a challenging test of character

The Pursuit of Decadent Pleasure

A. Freedom is a challenging test of character

B. Pleasure and pain are two sides of the same coin

Point 4.• It’s never too late to live within your

own income, because it will

help you be who you should have

been all along.

Parenting Parenting Imperative #3.Imperative #3.•Prepare your teenager to take control of who

they are.

Point 5.•You cannot lead like Jesus

unless you are following Jesus.

The Prodigal’s Restoration

A. It starts with recognition, 17a

The Prodigal’s Restoration

A. It starts with recognition, 17a

B. It proceeds to realization, 17b

Parenting Imperative #4.

•Sometimes your kids won’t recognize how good their old man was, till they hook up with the new one, who is sure enough a fool.

The Prodigal’s Restoration

C. It comes with an internal act of remembrance, 18-19

The Prodigal’s Restoration

C. It comes with an internal act of remembrance, 18-19

D. It ends at the point at which he is ready to return, 20