X3 Rock Your FamilySession 7: Five Things Every Child Longs For

Ten Commandments of Rock Your Family

Ten Commandments of Rock Your Family• #1) “I am the parent and you are not”

Ten Commandments of Rock Your Family• #1) “I am the parent and you are not”

• #2) Truth is caught more than taught

Ten Commandments of Rock Your Family• #1) “I am the parent and you are not”

• #2) Truth is caught more than taught

• #3) Give the blessing

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing1. Meaningful Touch

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing1. Meaningful Touch2. Spoken Words

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing1. Meaningful Touch2. Spoken Words3. Attaching High Value

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing1. Meaningful Touch2. Spoken Words3. Attaching High Value4. Predicting A Special Future

Give The Blessing• Gary Smalley, The Blessing• Five Aspects of The Blessing1. Meaningful Touch2. Spoken Words3. Attaching High Value4. Predicting A Special Future5. Commitment To A Special Future

Meaningful Touch

• Touching them

Meaningful Touch

• Touching them

• Hugging them

Meaningful Touch

• Touching them

• Hugging them

• Patting them

Meaningful Touch

• Children long for meaningful touch

Meaningful Touch

• Children long for meaningful touch

Meaningful Touch

• Appropriate touch

• Children long for meaningful touch

Meaningful Touch

• Appropriate touch

• Pure & innocent touch

• Children long for meaningful touch

Meaningful Touch

• Appropriate touch

• Pure & innocent touch

• Do it even if you donʼt feel like it

Spoken Word

Spoken Word

• Saying the words to your sons and daughters that they need to hear

Spoken Word

• Saying the words to your sons and daughters that they need to hear

• “I love you”

Spoken Word

• Saying the words to your sons and daughters that they need to hear

• “I love you”

• “I believe in you”

Spoken Word

• Saying the words to your sons and daughters that they need to hear

• “I love you”

• “I believe in you”

• “Youʼve got what it takes”

• “Youʼre the man”

Spoken Word

• “Youʼre the man”

Spoken Word

• “I cherish you”

• “Youʼre the man”

Spoken Word

• “I cherish you”

• Spoken work is powerful

• “Youʼre the man”

Spoken Word

• “I cherish you”

• Spoken work is powerful

• Not just convey what theyʼre good at but to convey how you feel about them

Attaching High Value

• Valuing them for who they are and not what they do

Attaching High Value

• Valuing them for who they are and not what they do

• Making sure they feel valued

Attaching High Value

Predicting A Special Future

• Looking at how theyʼre wired and predict how God might use them some day

Predicting A Special Future

Commitment To ASpecial Future

Commitment To ASpecial Future

• Help the special future become a reality

Commitment To ASpecial Future

• Help the special future become a reality

• Commandment #3) Give the Blessing

Homework

Homework

• Write the names of your children

Homework

• Write the names of your children• How are they wired?

Homework

• Write the names of your children• How are they wired?• What words describe them?

Homework

• Write the names of your children• How are they wired?• What words describe them? • How can you bless them?

Homework

• Write the names of your children• How are they wired?• What words describe them? • How can you bless them? • What will their future look like?

Homework

• Write the names of your children• How are they wired?• What words describe them? • How can you bless them? • What will their future look like?• Create a plan to help them