Life2gether

Daniel Montgomery, Pastor of Sojourn Church, from his sermon series on Proverbs:

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO SUFFER WELL.

MYTH:  Suffering is to be avoided at all costs.
REALITY: Suffering is normal. (Prov. 10:25, Rom. 5:3-5)

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO WORK DILIGENTLY.

MYTH: Work is to be avoided at all costs.
REALITY: You were created to work. (Prov. 10:4, Col. 3:23-24)

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO SPEND WISELY.

MYTH: Everything is yours to use as you see fit.
REALITY: Your life is a sacred stewardship (Prov. 23:4, Rom. 12:1)

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS.

MYTH: Only you can decide what’s the best, most fulfilling way to live.
REALITY: Holy living allows you to experience God’s best for your life. (Prov. 3:7-8, 1 Pet. 1:15-16)

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO LIVE BY GRACE.

MYTH: Failure is final.
REALITY: You were created to receive and give grace. (Prov. 19:11, Eph. 2:8-9)

• Listen to the whole sermon here.

(HT: Jared Kennedy)

Jared Kennedy writes a helpful family devotional guide through the book of Proverbs here.

Funny and powerful illustration of what it means to turn away from evil.  LBC members … this is a good follow up to Pastor Tony’s message from Heb. 12 about laying aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us and running with endurance the race marked out for us.