Session Seven / Harvest Baptist Church / Pastor Alan Shelby

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Rescuing At-Risk Children

1 Samuel 4:19-22
AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF AT-RISKEDNESS 1. We are a nation with ________________ 2. Too many of our children are growing up without a ____________ in the home 3. Kids raising ________, and kids who raise themselves are susceptible to gangs, AIDS, premarital parenthood and at-risk of failing school Denition: The name Ichabod means, where is the __________? Point 2. God knows youre not loving him if you are not ____________ for him. Point 3. Weve got to make our __________ a testimony as well as making our words a witness, so we can engage our community in a taste for Gods grace. HOW TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION 1. The public ________________ of a church can have ill personal consequences for a community 2. We need people in church who know the Master, to offer a ______ to the community that will open doors out of their dysfunction 3. The personal crises of the parents will eventuate in an ________________ crisis for their kids 4. If one chapter ends negatively, it does not prevent God from setting the scene for the next chapter ____________________ 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. I. CONDITIONS OF AT-RISK CHILDREN, 19-20 A. Risk in the Community, 19 B. Risk in Childbearing, 20 II. CAUSES FOR AT-RISK CONDITIONS, 21-22 A. The Ark of God is Mishandled, 21 B. The Glory of God is Missed, 22

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Encouragement #1. Parenting a blended family is hard, but endure hardness, because it is supported by Gods providence. Element of Encouragement #2. In order to succeed (not just in a blended family but in any family) you have to activate Gods providence by prayer. Element of Encouragement #3. Prayer will enable you to be persistent by allowing you to gain perspective. Element of Encouragement #4. As you see what Jesus did, you will be empowered with a radical vision, strategy, and sacricial love to do the same. Recommended Resources Family Shock: Keeping Families Strong in the Midst of Earthshaking Change, by Gary R. Collins. Tyndale House: 1995. Communication Skills for Parents http:// parentingteens.about.com/cs/disciplin1/a/ comskills.htm Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home, by Ron Hutchcraft. Zondervan: 1995. To Train Up a Child, by Michael and Debi Pearl. No Greater Joy, 1995. http:// www.nogreaterjoy.org/ The Five Musts of Intentional Listening, by Jan Pedersen. http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/ Pedersen2.html Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, by Paul David Tripp. P & R Publishing, 2001. Shepherding a Childs Heart, by Tedd Tripp, Shepherd Press, 1998. Hints on Child Training, by H. Clay Trumbull. Great Expectations Book Co.: 1993. *Note: recommending a resource does not constitute Alans endorsement of everything in the book. Read with discretion, and balance any authors advice against what you are learning in our studies.
Let children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed of old; Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. He bids us make His glories known, His works of power and grace; And well convey His wonders down Through every rising race. Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs; That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. Thus shall they learn in God alone Their hope securely stands, That they may neer forget His works, But practice His commands. Isaac Watts, 1719

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