1. No relationship can go from very high to extremely low faster than parenting

1. No relationship can go from very high to extremely low faster than parenting

2. You can enjoy what you were sure was the best day of your life, only to wake up tomorrow standing in the middle of a nightmare

• Parenting paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety and fear, often to the point of irrationality and confusion.

3. There are times we are both anxious and fearful, trying to raise our kids right and stay sane at the same time

• We are not the first generation to have to nurture, develop, educate and protect our children in a challenging culture.

• Moses emerged as a great prophet from an atmosphere that was adversarial to his growth in godliness.

A. Problems born out of the historical ignorance and ongoing insecurity of society’s leaders, 1:12-21

• As we struggle to succeed with parenting problems, we can do it because God is with us in it.

A. Problems born out of the historical ignorance and ongoing insecurity of society’s leaders, 1:12-21B. Problems born out of the fear of adversaries that if you grow spiritually, you will grow up to defeat them, 1:22

1. Be purposeful, 2:1-2

• The Devil can always use your distrust to discourage someone else.

1. Be purposeful, 2:1-22. Be passionate, 2:3-6

• Children need parents strong enough to guide them, more than they need another friend who goes along with them.

• You have to push your child in the direction of

godliness, and then wait on God.

1. Be purposeful, 2:1-22. Be passionate, 2:3-63. Be persistent, 2:7-9

A. Teach them who they are and whose they are, Heb 11:24

• Your identity and value is not in who somebody else tells you that you are, but in who God declares you are.

A. Teach them who they are and whose they are, Heb 11:24B. Teach them who God is and what he’s done, Heb 11:25-26

1. Faith results in foresight to bring insight to your eyesight so you can see what God is saying

1. Faith results in foresight to bring insight to your eyesight so you can see what God is saying2. Faith enables you to turn down something less because you understand God has something more