© 2008 Gospel Light. Take It Home. Pastor’s Name Joshua 24 The Home Makeover Unless otherwise...

© 2008 Gospel Light. Take It Home.

Pastor’s NameJoshua 24

The Home Makeover

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.

Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing. All rights reserved.

Faith Begins At Home


Today’s Reality•Percentage of churched youth who view their mom as being “very religious”.

•Percentage of churched youth who view their dad as being “very religious”.

•Percentage of churched youth who have experienced EITHER family devotions, prayer or Bible reading in the home.•Percentage of churched youth who have experienced a family service project.

48%

23%

27%

29%


• The Home Makeover

• The Parent Makeover

• The Child Makeover

• The Extended Family Makeover

• The Church Makeover

A Makeover With Christ At A Makeover With Christ At The CenterThe Center



Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your forefathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and worshiped other gods.

Home Makeover Key #1

RememberRememberJoshua 24:1-5Joshua 24:1-5


3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the River and led him throughout Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5

“‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.



Have we forgotten God?

Remember



14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

ChooseJoshua 24:14-18Joshua 24:14-18



16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! 17It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our forefathers up out of Egypt, from the land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.”



• Option #2 – The One True God.

Choose


• Option # 1 – The “gods” of this world.

The Choice Begins With YOU!


Significant Religious Influences Survey Male Female

• Mother 81% 74% • Father 61% 50% • Pastor 57% 44% • Grandparent 30% 29%• Sunday School 26% 26%• Youth Group 24% 25%• Church Camp 20% 28%• Retreats 11% 17%


“For all their specialized training, church professionals realize that if a child is not

receiving basic Christian nurture in the home, even the best teachers and curriculum will have minimal impact. Once-a-week exposure simply

cannot compete with daily experience where personal formation is concerned.”

Marjorie Thompson, Family, The Forming Center


“Most teenagers and their parents may not realize it, but a lot of research in the sociology

of religion suggest that the most important social influence in shaping young people’s

religious lives is the religious life modeled and taught to them by their parents.”

Christian Smith, Soul Searching.


“What we ought to do is let the kids drop their parents off at church, train the parents and send them back into their mission field, their home, to

grow Christians!”

Dr. Roland Martinson, Luther Seminary


Have you, and your family made the “As for me and my household we will

serve the Lord” choice?

Choose



25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws. 26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord. 27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

RemainJoshua 24:25-27Joshua 24:25-27



“The local church should be an intimate and valuable partner in the effort to raise the

coming generation of Christ’s followers and church leaders, but it is the parents whom God will hold primarily accountable for the spiritual

maturation of their children.”

George Barna, Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions


Pastor’s NameJoshua 24

The Home Makeover

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.

Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing. All rights reserved.


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