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MEMORIES OF HOME…

MEMORIES OF HOME…. A DIRGE OR A SONG?. Lk. 15:16-20. All Christian Parents Should Be Concerned about the memories their children will have of home. Memories of his father’s home is what motivated the prodigal son’s resolve to return to his father (Lk. 15:16-20).

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MEMORIES OF HOME…

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  1. MEMORIES OF HOME… A DIRGE OR A SONG? Lk. 15:16-20

  2. All Christian Parents Should Be Concerned about the memories their children will have of home. • Memories of his father’s home is what motivated the prodigal son’s resolve to return to his father (Lk. 15:16-20). • The rich man’s memories of wasted opportunities will haunt his mind for an eternity (Lk. 16:25). • Impressions made early in our lives, whether good or bad, will be powerful in shaping the lives of our children.

  3. “Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age” (Lactantius) WHAT WILL YOUR CHILDREN REMEMBER ABOUT HOME? LactantiusAD 260 - 326

  4. THAT YOU HAD • GREAT FAITH • IN GOD AND • THE BIBLE? • Children catch faith from parents at first. • It is later their faith is both confirmed and strengthened by the Word (Rom. 10:17).

  5. Parents failing to trust God, and so demonstrate it in their lives, set their children up to do the same (Prov. 22:6). • Solomon was able to catalogue the things taught him by his mother (Prov. 31:1-9). • Will our children remember or care that we walked with the giants of faith who are chronicled in Hebrews 11?

  6. WILL THEY REMEMBER OUR • ATTENDANCE TO WORSHIP HABITS? • The greatest “present” that we can give them is our “presence” in spiritual activities. • The children observe our presence or absence. They will use our presence as encouragement to be present themselves; our absence as a license to not be present as well. • The greatest teacher of all is the example set before them.

  7. “Sunday Morning Christian” is an oxymoron. Christianity is not seasonal or restricted by time or place. • What kind of memories do we want our children to have of our emphasis upon being present and having them present for Bible classes and other services. • Parents AND grandparents have a big obligation to demonstrate right living.

  8. Christian Homes Join Forces For Upholding Righteousness and Saving Our Children! Do We Invite And Expose Our Homes To Good People And Positive Influences?

  9. WILL THEY REMEMBER THAT WE WERE • SPIRITUALLY MINDED PARENTS? • Spirituality is something that is communicated to others by the order of our priorities. • Can it be observed in every decision and action in us as parents? • Which gets the attention, their secular or their spiritual training? (Eph. 6:4)

  10. Simple practices give solid indication of depth and extent of our spirituality: • Expressing thanks before meals. • Reading our Bibles daily. • Spending time in earnest prayer, • in which you pray for them and for • self to be the right kind of parents. • Choosing spiritual things instead • of secular and material. • What will they remember about our • priorities in life?

  11. CONCLUSION: • As our children remember us in the future, will they “rise up and call us blessed” as taught in Scripture (Prov. 31:28). • Soon they will be gone from home having only memories! • Will those memories make them thankful and give them comfort and direction for their lives?

  12. A Piece of Clay I took a piece of plastic clayAnd idly fashioned it one day,And as my fingers pressed it still,It moved and yielded to my will. I came again when days were past --The bit of clay was hard at last;The form I gave it, it still bore,But I could change that form no more. I took a piece of living clayAnd gently formed it day by day,

  13. And moulded with my power and artA young child's soft and yielding heart. I came again when years were gone --It was a man I looked upon;He still that early impress wore,And I could change him nevermore. by anon

  14. What I have written here May not be remembered long, But will your children’s memories Be a dirge or a song?

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