Gen.U.

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Generation.You.Win
(Winning the Next Generation for Christ)

Ptra. Zarah Lim / 01.23.2011

 Proverbs 22:6

“Train a child in the way he

should go, and when he is old
he will not turn from it.”
 The Biblical Role of Parents
• To bring their children up in the
training and instruction of the Lord
(Deut.4:9-10; Eph.4:6).
 The Biblical Role of Parents
• Dt.4:9 • Eph.6:4
“Only be careful, and “Fathers, do not
watch yourselves closely exasperate your
so that you do not forget children; instead, bring
the things your eyes have
seen or let them slip from them up in the
your heart as long as you training and
live. Teach them to instruction of the
your children and to Lord.”
their children after
them.”
 The best
inheritance you can
give your children
is to lead them in
knowing and
having a personal
relationship with
Jesus Christ.
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PRACTICAL WAYS ON HOW

YOU CAN LEAD YOUR
CHILDREN TO CHRIST:
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1. Dedicate your children to God at the
beginning of their lives.
• 1Samuel1:27-28 “I prayed for this child and the
Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I
give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be
given over to the Lord.”
• Luke 2:22 “When the time of their purification
according to the Law of Moses had been completed,
Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present
him to the Lord…”
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2. Bring your children early in life
to personal faith, repentance
and water baptism in Christ.
Establish your children in a
spiritual church.
• Mt.19:14 “Let the little children come to
me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of heaven belongs to such as
these.”
 Bringing your children to a
personal faith:
a. Instruct your children daily in God’s Word,
both in conversation and family devotions.
• Dt. 6:5-7 “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.”
 Bringing your children to a
personal faith:
• Instruct your children in the
importance of the baptism in the
Holy Spirit. (Ac1:4-5,8; 2:4,39)
• Through example and
exhortation, encourage your
children to live lives devoted to
prayer. (Rom.12:12; Eph.6:18)
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3. Encourage your children to remain
separated from the world and to
witness and work for God.
• 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1 “Do not be yoked together
with unbelievers.
• Rom.12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind.
“IN the world but not OF the world”
• Protect your children from
ungodly influences.
• Prov.13:20 “He who walks with the wise grows
wise, but a companion of fool suffers harm.”
• 1Jn2:15-17 “Do not love the world or anything
in the world. If anyone loves the world the love
of the Father is not in him. For everything in
the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust
of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and
does – comes not from the Father but from the
world. The world and its desires pass away, but
the man who does the will of God lives forever.”
“IN the world but not OF the world”

• Lift your children up to God by

constant and earnest
intercession. (Eph.6:18; Jas.5:16; Jn17:1)
– That they may know Jesus Christ and his Word intimately;

– That God may keep them from the world, from falling
away, from Satan and from false teaching;

– That they may constantly possess the full joy of Christ;

– That they may be holy in thought, deed and character;

“IN the world but not OF the world”

• Lift your children up to God by

constant and earnest intercession.
(Eph.6:18; Jas.5:16; Jn17:1)
– That they may be one in purpose and fellowship, as
demonstrated by Jesus and the Father;

– That they may lead others to Christ;

– That they may persevere in the faith and finally be with

Christ in heaven; and

– That they may constantly live in God’s love and presence.

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4. Prepare your children to suffer and
endure persecution because of
righteousness.
• Mt5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because
of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• 2Ti3:12 “In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life
in Christ Jesus will be persecuted…”
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5. Have such love and concern for your children
that you would be willing to pour out your
life as if it were a sacrifice to the Lord in
order to deepen their faith and make their
lives what they should be in the Lord.
• Phil2:17 “But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the
sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all
of you.”
• *What sacrifice and suffering should are you
willing to undergo for the faith of your own
children?
“The heart of the father
must be turned to the
heart of the child
in order to bring
the heart of the child to
the heart of the Savior.”
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Generation.You.Win
(Winning the Next Generation for Christ)
Ptra. Zarah Lim / 01.23.2011