Ten Secrets for a Successful Family
By Adrian Rogers
RESPOND: After seeing the title for this Bible study some might ask...Since I don't have children, what revelance does this study have for me?
I want to have a successful family in the ways that count. What are the ways that count? _______________________________________
Many feel that the family unit is under attack. What influences are challenging the family today? ____________________________
God wants us to have homes where our children learn to love God and others. He wants to turn our love into living testimonies for Christ. He gave parents a blueprint for building a spiritually successful family: The Ten Commandments. Rogers calls these commandments the "10 Liberating Laws of Life" and he points out why it is so important to help write these laws on our children's hearts. We can have homes that don't merely survive but thrive!
IT TAKES GOD TO MAKE A HOME
Preparing the Way
REACT: The Ten Commandments fall into a category of black-and-white-television...okay for its time, but societies have changed.
The Ten Commandments were meant to be taught in a. schools b. halls of government b. homes
The book of Deuteronomy is Moses' farewell address to the people of Israel just before they entered the promised land. He was reminding the people of God's dealings with them and was preparing them to live in a way that would please God and guarantee them a future. Moses knew that God's answer to the chaos of pagan society was the family, and he wanted to strengthen and equip Israel's families to stand strong.
Summary of Deuteronomy 5
These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land wherever you go to possess it: that you might fear the Lord your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey. (Deuteronomy 6:1-3)
Embracing God's Truth
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. (Psalm 127:4)
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)
If you aren't a parent, are you influencing children in your extended family, church, or community? _______________________________
Is this something we should feel responsible to do? ___________
Learning The Way
The Great Revelation: One Lord
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Everybody is going to believe in something. According to Moses, the Lord God of Israel is unique. He is the only God.
When others observe your life, what do they conclude is your god?
-Work -Money/things -Leisure activities
-People -God -Other
The Great Response: One Love
What do our children need to see most in our homes? __________
REACT: It is the phoniness of parents, by and large, that turns kids off of the things of God.
There needs to be no area in your life that is off-limits to God.
We can measure the spiritual love of men or women by looking at two books in their homes..._____________________ (pocket book-how they spend their time and cheque book-how they spend their money)
The Great Responsibility: One Law
Look at verses 6-7.
Our homes are to be law schools where God's Commandments are taught.
One Lord...One love...One law
FIVE Cs OF TEACHING GOD'S TEN GREAT "SECRETS"
Teach Them Convincingly
"These words" are to be in your heart first. If you don't believe something, if you don't practice it, you'll never teach it.
When Moses finished reading all these words to all Israel, 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. 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. (Deut. 32:45-47)
REACT: To make up for my shortcomings, I send my children to a Christian school and to Sunday school.
Teach Them Consistently
Look at verse 7.
Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule: a little here, a little there. (Isaiah 28:9-10)
Why is repetition necessary?
Teach Them Creatively
Use every means at your disposal...Bible reading, stories, games, memory, songs, etc.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:1-4)
What rewards best inspire children to consistently learn? ________
Teach Them Conversationally
Revew verse 7.
Take advantage of the times when a child's curiosity factor is high. If God's Word is a natural part of our daily conversations, kids will catch on. Faith is caught as well as taught.
Teach Them Conspicuously
Look at verse 8-9.
All we do is to be controlled by His Word.
Do whatever you can to make God's Word more evident at home.
By Adrian Rogers
RESPOND: After seeing the title for this Bible study some might ask...Since I don't have children, what revelance does this study have for me?
I want to have a successful family in the ways that count. What are the ways that count? _______________________________________
Many feel that the family unit is under attack. What influences are challenging the family today? ____________________________
God wants us to have homes where our children learn to love God and others. He wants to turn our love into living testimonies for Christ. He gave parents a blueprint for building a spiritually successful family: The Ten Commandments. Rogers calls these commandments the "10 Liberating Laws of Life" and he points out why it is so important to help write these laws on our children's hearts. We can have homes that don't merely survive but thrive!
IT TAKES GOD TO MAKE A HOME
Preparing the Way
REACT: The Ten Commandments fall into a category of black-and-white-television...okay for its time, but societies have changed.
The Ten Commandments were meant to be taught in a. schools b. halls of government b. homes
The book of Deuteronomy is Moses' farewell address to the people of Israel just before they entered the promised land. He was reminding the people of God's dealings with them and was preparing them to live in a way that would please God and guarantee them a future. Moses knew that God's answer to the chaos of pagan society was the family, and he wanted to strengthen and equip Israel's families to stand strong.
Summary of Deuteronomy 5
These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land wherever you go to possess it: that you might fear the Lord your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey. (Deuteronomy 6:1-3)
Embracing God's Truth
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. (Psalm 127:4)
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)
If you aren't a parent, are you influencing children in your extended family, church, or community? _______________________________
Is this something we should feel responsible to do? ___________
Learning The Way
The Great Revelation: One Lord
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Everybody is going to believe in something. According to Moses, the Lord God of Israel is unique. He is the only God.
When others observe your life, what do they conclude is your god?
-Work -Money/things -Leisure activities
-People -God -Other
The Great Response: One Love
What do our children need to see most in our homes? __________
REACT: It is the phoniness of parents, by and large, that turns kids off of the things of God.
There needs to be no area in your life that is off-limits to God.
We can measure the spiritual love of men or women by looking at two books in their homes..._____________________ (pocket book-how they spend their time and cheque book-how they spend their money)
The Great Responsibility: One Law
Look at verses 6-7.
Our homes are to be law schools where God's Commandments are taught.
One Lord...One love...One law
FIVE Cs OF TEACHING GOD'S TEN GREAT "SECRETS"
Teach Them Convincingly
"These words" are to be in your heart first. If you don't believe something, if you don't practice it, you'll never teach it.
When Moses finished reading all these words to all Israel, 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. 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. (Deut. 32:45-47)
REACT: To make up for my shortcomings, I send my children to a Christian school and to Sunday school.
Teach Them Consistently
Look at verse 7.
Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule: a little here, a little there. (Isaiah 28:9-10)
Why is repetition necessary?
Teach Them Creatively
Use every means at your disposal...Bible reading, stories, games, memory, songs, etc.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:1-4)
What rewards best inspire children to consistently learn? ________
Teach Them Conversationally
Revew verse 7.
Take advantage of the times when a child's curiosity factor is high. If God's Word is a natural part of our daily conversations, kids will catch on. Faith is caught as well as taught.
Teach Them Conspicuously
Look at verse 8-9.
All we do is to be controlled by His Word.
Do whatever you can to make God's Word more evident at home.
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