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Repetition Of The LawRepetition Of The Law

These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that

you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the

Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you

may enjoy long life.

Deuteronomy 6:1-2Deuteronomy 6:1-2

Deuteronomy 6:3-7aDeuteronomy 6:3-7a

3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our

God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your

strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your

children.

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%

We need to gather together the impressive data showing that the parent is the primary determinant of a person’s faith, and present it over and over in every way possible until we convince parents of its

validity. Until we do so, parents will continue to visualize themselves as adjuncts to the faith process. Adjuncts do not

necessarily become responsible.

Dolores Curran, “Family Ministry”

Together, parents and churches have settled into a destructive codependent relationship. Parents, with little inclination and few high-quality resources to devote to the spiritual nurture of their children, have largely abdicated the job to the church. And the

church has readily taken on a task that was originally mandated in Scripture to the parents of children.

Jack Eggar, Rock Solid Kids by Larry Fowler

Deuteronomy 6:7-9Deuteronomy 6:7-9

Impress them on your children. Talk about them (the commands of God) when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie

them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and

on your gates.

27%

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

48%

•Percentage of churched youth who view their dad as being “very religious”.23%

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

Today’s Reality

Today’s Reality

•Percentage of churched youth who have experienced a family service project.

29%

•Percentage of churched youth who have talked with mom about faith.

28%

•Percentage of churched youth who have talked with dad about faith.

13%

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large,

flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,

12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord,

Deuteronomy 6:10-12Deuteronomy 6:10-12

20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt

with a mighty hand.

TELL THE STORY!

Deuteronomy 6:20-21Deuteronomy 6:20-21

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