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Seminar. Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story!. Let’s read this interesting story found in 1 Kings 3:16-22. Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story!. These two mothers represent two types of parents:. The Caring Parent and The Careless Parent.
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Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Let’s read this interesting story found in 1 Kings 3:16-22
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! These two mothers represent two types of parents: The Caring Parent and The Careless Parent.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Today, some parents still destroy their innocent children!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! I can destroy my child by: • Abortion • Being HIV positive at conception • Smoking during Pregnancy • Physical Abuse • Emotional Abuse • Sexual Abuse
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Let us look at seven secrets to protect, nurture and empower our children for success.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! My child is unique!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Some children inherit or acquire physical, mental or emotional limitations. How should I respond to such challenges?
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Reaffirming my child’s uniqueness • Mephibosheth, though crippled, was the son of a king. • Despite my child’s limitations, he or she is still a child of the King!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! • Parental rejection is devastating, and can lead to criminal behavior. • Disadvantaged children should be loved, for they are special! 2 Samuel 9: 3 – 7
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! I can destroy my child’sself worth by saying: You only got grade C? You’re a dummy! Your sister got a B. When will you?
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! I can build my child’s self esteem by saying: You’ve moved from D to C! Congra-tulations! We’re proud of you!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Sensing God’s value of a person is the most powerful key to positive self esteem!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! “I have loved you with an everlasting love” Jeremiah 31:3
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Jesus loves me Jesus loves me When children are ledto the foot of the cross,and realize that Jesusvalues them so much thatHe died for each of them,they get a sense of their inestimable worth! This I know Oh, Yes! Forthe Bible Tells meso.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Target the child’s strengths. This is a three-fold process.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Third Develop the StrengthsProverbs 22:6
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Enable Jack to get the best technical education to reach the top!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Our Heavenly Father expresses His love to His children. We should do so to our children! “I have loved you with an everlasting love” –Jeremiah 31:3
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! To the child, the most significant person is the parent, and the most vital need is to feel loved by the parent. Those diamond words, “I love you,” should be spoken often by each parent to every child.
Appropriate touch: embraces, hugs and kisses • Love notes, cards, love letters • Celebrations: special days and activities Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Other expressions of love
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.” Ecclesiastes 3:1,2
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Since time is the stuff life is made of, giving my time is the gift of my life! The way a child spells “love” is “t-i-m-e”! For a single parent, giving time is difficult, but it is necessary. Having fun together, enables bonding forever. Time with my child is of inestimable value!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! “And these words … shall be in your heart, and you shall teach them diligently to your children.” Deuteronomy 6:6,7
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Every morning and evening, we need to read them the Bible story, and teach them to pray, enabling them to develop a love relationship with God. FAMILY ALTAR
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Fanny J. Crosby became blind from infancy. Her mother had faith in her, and inspired her to have faith in herself and in God. As a result, this blind lady penned more than 6,000 hymns which we, who see, can sing!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! Just as those two parents stood in court before the king of Israel, so, one day, every parent will stand in court before the King of heaven!
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! There is a special Bible prophecy which gives us the date of God’s Pre-Advent judgment.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! “And he said to me, ‘For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed’.” Daniel 8:14
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! According to Daniel chapter 9, this time prophecy started in 457 BC and ended in 1844.
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! The Sanctuary to be cleansed in 1844 was: • Not Moses’ tabernacle. That was replaced by the temple. • Not Solomon’s temple. That was demolished in 586 BC. • Not Herod’s temple. That was destroyed in AD 70. • Not an earthly sanctuary. It was Christ’s heavenly sanctuary! See Hebrews 8:1,2
Two Mothers! one Baby! The Big Court Story! The repentant sinner brought a lamb and killed it in the court. The priest took the animal’s blood into Holy Place. In type, sins were transferred from sinner, to lamb, to sanctuary. The Daily Service Leviticus 4:32-34
