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More than half of our teensleave the church after high
school.
Christian young people
today dont know the Bibleas they used to.
Are not transferring their
Biblical knowledge into abiblical worldview.
Josh
McDowell
says that only15% have abiblical
worldviewBarna thinks
its less than10%.(Larry Fowler,Raising a Modern-Day Joseph,( pp. 27, 28)
Christian Churches
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Attended church faithfully for years , Know the Bible facts and information
But they do not know the Lord
of the Bible.
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Do a lot of memory work every week in
churchBut information stays as data
in their minds.
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Not integrated into real living Christianity; Lacks the power of influencing the life
because they have not connected them to
Jesus. Worse yet, we see a declining interest in
reading the Bible among adults themselves, Todays children dont know their Bibles as
well as they used to a generation ago.
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No surprise as we look
at Adventists today.
Only about half of them
do read their Bibles on a
regular basis.
Family worship is a
thing of the past as we
struggle to maintain our
balance in a life wheretime is a scarce
commodity.
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55% leave the
church in eachgeneration
(conservative
estimate.)
.
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Church
School
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The training of children begins in thehome
And so is discipleship.
Parents are the main disciple-makers
Home is where children develop a
genuine faith.
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How often did your parents talk to you
about God? 43% Never
32% Occasionally
13% Once a week
13% On a daily basis
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Mother
Father
Grand-parents
UnclesAunts
Relatives
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Parents, remember that
your home is a training
school, in which yourchildren are to be prepared
for the home above. (ChildGuidance, p. 17)
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Am I saved by grace through faith in
Jesus Christ?
Do I experience the joy of a new life inJesus?
Am I growing every day in my relationship
with Jesus? Do I have time alone with God myself?
Do my children know that I read the Bible and
pray daily?
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Do I walk the talk?
Are you positive in your outlook?
Do you worry and lose yourtemper when something goeswrong?
Does Gods love shine throughyour behaviour everyday, not onlyon Sabbath?
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In my relationships
Am I involved with my spouse?
Do the children feel secure with theconnection and love between bothparents?
Are you involved intimately with yourchildren (fathers especially)?
Are you involved with your closerelatives & church family?
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Am I active in sharing my faith
in God with others?Am I active in leading my
children in serving others?
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Church
School
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Fathers and mothers, we entreat you to
take up yourlong-neglected duties.
Search the Scriptures yourselves; assistyour children in the study of theSacred Word. Make diligent work
because of past neglect. Do not sendthe children away by themselves to study
the Bible, but read it with them, teach
them in a simple manner what you know,and keep in the school of Christ as
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Preparing the heart with prayer
ACTSAdoration
Confession
ThanksgivingSupplication
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Connecting with the Word
What does this mean to me today?
Praying the Word
Application in real life
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0 5 years6-10 years
11-15 years
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read the Bible
on their own
--supplementary
materialseasy-to-read
version Bible
(The Clear Word)
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encouraged to read widely,
ask curious questions about the Bible,
play Bible trivia,
connect with other kids on line to discussa lesson for the week. can be
challenged to teach the younger children
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TAG more meaningful as they see their
prayers answered / feel Gods presence
Parents need to engage them often in
conversations about answered prayers /
spiritual walk.
May pose questions that will stump their
parents, but parents can always help to
connect them to some authority to find theanswers if they dont know.
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Allow primary/teen to approach their TAG in
creative ways
Have challenges with emotional highs and
lows.
Cannot sit and read 3 chapters Bible daily Can connect with God in different ways.
Can memorize a text /meditating on it through
the day may be just as powerful as reading 1-3 chapters.
Can listen/view DVD music and meditate on
the message
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WHY Do TAG?
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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. Thesecommandments 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. Deut 6:4-7
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Christian parents, morning and
evening, by earnest prayer andpersevering faith, to make a hedgeabout their children. {1T 397}
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Could our children learn theselessons of finding at dawn and
twilight a quiet season forcommunion with their Father inheaven] in the morning of their
years, what freshness and power,what joy and sweetness, would bebrought into their lives!CG 525