Family Connection 05.10.2012

Family Connection
05.10.2012
“Children, obey your parents as believers in the
Lord. Obey them because it’s the right
thing to do. Scripture says, ‘Honor your
father and mother.’ That is the first
commandment with a promise. ‘Then things
will go well with you. You will live a
long time on the earth.’”-Ephesians 6:1-3
Ephesians 6:1 was the first verse we had our children
memorize when they were younger. Sure,
we wanted our children to obey us but my wife Jennifer and I knew that if we
didn’t help our children learn how to respect and obey us as their earthly
parents; they would have a very difficult time coming to respect and obey their
Heavenly Father. It’s nice when our
children obey us, but these verses go deeper than our children picking up their
clothes when we ask them to.
Even though this Family Connection is for everyone, I
want to talk to dads for a moment. You
know that this Sunday is Mother’s Day.
Even though we should make sure our children honor their moms every day
of the year, we have a special opportunity to help them honor their moms on
Sunday. The best way our children can
learn to honor is by our modeling. If
your children are very young, you will really have to help them make mom feel
special. Dads, I want to encourage you
to go for it! Not only will it be
beneficial in the short term, you will also help your children learn how to
respect their mom the way God wants them to.
Please understand I’m not buying into the advertisers’
concept of Mother’s Day (I’m not advocating buying a car or jewelry or
something else you can’t afford) but rather to do something to help mom feel
special. If you’re not sure what that
could be, you might consider asking mom what would make her feel special and
then trying to make that happen.
This weekend in Elementary we are talking about Ephesians
4:29 and how we can use our words to make a difference. What a
wonderful opportunity to have the children practice this by honoring mom (by
the way we will have a special treat for moms this weekend in children’s
ministry). You can watch the lesson if
you follow this link: http://youtu.be/IgeQiR0bngw
In Early Childhood we will be teaching the children the
concept of God wants me to forgive and how Joseph forgave his brothers Genesis
42:1-6; 45:1-46:7.
I also want to give you a couple of other resources to
help you as parents connect with your children so you can teach them how to
follow Jesus. If you are a smart phone
user, please look into the ParentCue app from the Re-Think group. This app will provide opportunities for you to
talk about the things of God with your children as you go throughout your days. There is content for both elementary and
preschool children. I have also started
to tweet and will send out helpful hints on how to teach your children along
the way. You can find me at
@humphrey_brett
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to walk with
you and your family as we learn how to follow Jesus together.
Walking by your side,
Brett Humphrey
Pastor H