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5Honor your father and your mother,

so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

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5Honor your father and your mother,

so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

a hard command?5Wednesday, July 15, 2009

a hard command?6Wednesday, July 15, 2009

5Honor your father and your mother,

so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

A Command with a PROMISE.7Wednesday, July 15, 2009

5Honor your father and your mother,

so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

A Command with a PROMISE.

YOU = The Community of Israel

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites." Exodus 19

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

    7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words the LORD had commanded him to speak. 8 The people all responded together, "We will do everything the LORD has said." So Moses brought their answer back to the LORD. Exodus 19

But they did not...

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5And an entire generation wandered in the wilderness and died

But they did not...

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you.

Follow them so that you may liveand may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Deuteronomy 4

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

    9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them toyour children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, Deuteronomy 4

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5REMEMBERING & FORGETTING

Deut:4:23, 4:31, 6:12, 8:1, 8:11, 8:14, 8:19, 9:7, 25:19, 32:18, Judges 3:7, 1 Samuel 12:9

If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. ~Deuteronomy 8:19

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What does this mean for us?

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

    9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them toyour children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, Deuteronomy 4

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Life

...Teach them to your children and to their children after them. ~Deuteronomy 4:9

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Our Plan...

...Teach them to your children and to their children after them. ~Deuteronomy 4:9

EDIEChildren’s Pastor

BRODIEChildren’s Pastor

BRANDONMiddle School Pastor

ANDYHigh School Pastor

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God’s Plan...

...Teach them to your children and to their children after them. ~Deuteronomy 4:9

FAMILY

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Research has given new insight into the physical development of the brain

TIME 5.10.2004

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The very last part of the brain to be pruned and shaped to its adult dimensions is the prefrontal cortex

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Prefrontal Cortex-decision making

-setting priorities

-organizing thoughts

-determine good and bad, better and best

-weighing the consequences of current activities

-planning & working toward a defined goal

-controlling impulses

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Prefrontal Cortex

In other words the final part of the brain to grow up is the part capable of deciding, I’ll finish my homework and take out the garbage, and then I’ll IM my friends about seeing a movie.

or...

maybe I shouldn’t put that picture on the internet

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The underdeveloped prefrontal cortex in action...

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

1 My son, if you accept my words        and store up my commands within you,    2 turning your ear to wisdom        and applying your heart to understanding—    3 indeed, if you call out for insight        and cry aloud for understanding,    4 and if you look for it as for silver        and search for it as for hidden treasure,    5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. ~Proverbs 2

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5A Command with a PROMISE.

8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ~Proverbs 31

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5Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

A New, Better Way to Live.27Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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5A New, Better Way to Live.

UnExpectedExpected

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

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55 Now if you obey me fully and keep my

covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is

mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites."

~EXODUS 19

A New, Better Way to Live.

HELLO MY NAME IS:

STAFF

(YOUR NAME HERE) WELCOME TO THE STAFF!!!

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56 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all

these decrees and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people." ~Deuteronomy 4

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Property & Progress

"Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people." ~DEUTERONOMY 4:7

You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites." ~EXODUS 19:6

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5A New, Better Way to Live.

a NEW Respect for each other.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. ~Ephesians 5

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51 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" — which is the first commandment with a promise — 3 "so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."

4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

~Ephesians 6

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Property & Progress

4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. ~Ephesians 6

ex⋅as⋅per⋅ate - (verb) 1. to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely:

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Property & Progress

?Parents: When was the last time

you asked them?

What do I do that embarrasses you, or causes you shame,

or hurts you, or angers you?

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Property & Progress

?Kids (of all ages): When was the last time you asked your parents how you could

honor them more?

What do you do that dishonors them? Treats them like your servants?

Ignores their humanity?

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5Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

The Same Old Luggage

?HOW can you honor fallen

humans who have hurt you deeply?

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5The Same Old Luggage

  1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1 (KJV)

1. Recognize the miracle of your existence

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5     13 For you created my inmost being;        you knit me together in my mother's womb.    14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;        your works are wonderful, I know that full well.    15 My frame was not hidden from you        when I was made in the secret place.         When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,    16 your eyes saw my unformed body.        All the days ordained for me        were written in your book        before one of them came to be.

The Same Old Luggage

Psalm 139

1. Recognize the miracle of your existence

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Lifeor

Death...Teach them to your children and to their children after them. ~Deuteronomy 4:9

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5Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

~2nd Corinthians 517

The Same Old Luggage

2. Recognize that God is familiar with suffering.

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5  3 He was despised and rejected by others,        a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.        Like one from whom people hide their faces        he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.    4 Surely he took up our pain        and bore our suffering,        yet we considered him punished by God,        stricken by him, and afflicted.    5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,        he was crushed for our iniquities;        the punishment that brought us peace was on him,        and by his wounds we are healed.

The Same Old Luggage

Isaiah 53

2. Recognize that God is familiar with suffering.

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547 So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people, but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them. 48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped. ~NUMBERS 16

The Same Old Luggage

3. BREAK the CYCLE of Death

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HOW are we going to get there?

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Life?or

Death?

Flail: Do whatever it takes

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5Honor your father and your mother,

so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

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