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Building Spiritual-Mindedness in Our Children

Building Spiritual-Mindedness in Our Children. Building Spiritual-Mindedness. First, purpose spiritual-mindedness Second, be spiritually minded yourself Third, train your children for spiritual-mindedness Fourth, control worldly-minded influences Fifth, pray for your children.

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Building Spiritual-Mindedness in Our Children

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  1. BuildingSpiritual-Mindednessin Our Children

  2. Building Spiritual-Mindedness • First, purpose spiritual-mindedness • Second, be spiritually minded yourself • Third, train your children for spiritual-mindedness • Fourth, control worldly-minded influences • Fifth, pray for your children

  3. Purpose Spiritual-Mindedness • Parents must purpose in their heart that they and their children will serve God. This must be their goal! • Parents with this purpose will raise children with the same purpose of heart (Dan. 1:8; Heb. 11:23-27)

  4. Purpose Spiritual-Mindedness • Abraham had purpose (Gen. 18:19) • Joshua had purpose (Josh. 24:15) • Manoah had purpose (Judges 13:8,12) • Hannah had purpose (1 Sam. 1:11; 12:2) • Parents must have purpose (Prov. 22:6; 2 Cor. 12:14; Tit. 2:4)

  5. Be Spiritually Minded Yourself • Parents must set the right example of spiritual-mindedness (Deut. 4:9; 6:1-9; 11:18-25; 32:46; Prov. 20:7; 31: 28; 2 Tim. 1:5) • Children become what their parents are, not what their parents claim to be • Children expect their parents to “practice what they preach”

  6. Train Your ChildrenFor Spiritual-Mindedness • Parents train using God’s word (Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:15) • Parents train through spiritual activity (Acts 21:5) • Parents train through correction (Prov. 22:6,15; 23:13-14; 29:15) • Parents train through example (see previous point)

  7. Control Worldly-Minded Influences • Parents must be mindful of worldly-influence and give their children refuge from it (Prov. 14:26) • Negatively, parents keep their children from worldly influences (1 Cor. 15:33): worldly friends, media, Internet, technology, etc. • Positively, parents surround their children with spiritual influences (Heb. 10:25): the assembly, extra spiritual opportunities, home activities, etc.

  8. Pray For Your Children • Parents must pray that their children will obey God’s word (1 Chron. 29:19) • Parents must pray for wisdom to raise their children the right way (James 1:5)

  9. Building Spiritual-Mindedness • First, purpose spiritual-mindedness • Second, be spiritually minded yourself • Third, train your children for spiritual-mindedness • Fourth, control worldly-minded influences • Fifth, pray for your children

  10. Building Spiritual-Mindedness “Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right” - Proverbs 20:11 -

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