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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