Training for Godliness
Proverbs 22:6 – Victory Fellowship
October 2, 2022 - Rev. Roderick Grabski
I. Introduction: The man in the supermarket was pushing a cart which contained, among other things, a screaming baby. As the man proceeded along the aisles, he kept repeating softly, "Keep calm, George. Don't get excited, George. Don't get excited, George. Don't yell, George." A lady watching with admiration said to the man, "You are certainly to be commended for your patience in trying to quiet little George." "Lady," he declared, "I'm George."
a. Raising a child is not the easiest
II. Read the Text: (What The Bible Says)
a. Train--initiate, or early instruct. the way--literally, "his way," that selected for him in which he should go; for early training secures habitual walking in it.
i. Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
b. June Moore, You Can Raise a Well-Mannered Child:
(Deuteronomy 32:45-47) When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you--they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
i. Consider learning style of each child
ii. Teach Fruit of the Spirit
iii. Rules of Etiquette are head knowledge
iv. Manners are heart knowledge
III. Application: (Parenting Today’s Adolescent, Dennis & Barbara Rainey)
a. Jesus is Lord
b. Prayer important
c. Same in public as in private
d. God’s word Daily
e. God has a plan
(Ephesians 2:10) For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
f. Pass on a Legacy (Psalm 78:5-8)
He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children, 6 so that the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. 7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. 8 They would not be like their forefathers--a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
IV. Conclusion:
a. We are made to worship God.
PRAYER
SONG: In the Beauty of Holiness
Proverbs 22.6 NKJV Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
