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Message & Sermon Notes
November 16, 2025
Raising Faithful Children
Family Matters
A faithful family is formed when God’s truth shapes our hearts and Christ’s character shapes our home.
The heartbeat of a faithful home
1. Discipleship in the home begins with YOUR heart.
2. Faith is formed through consistent, everyday conversation.
3. God’s truth must fill our homes physically and spiritually.
Deuteronomy 6:4 – Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone…
Deuteronomy 6:5 – And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:7 – Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road.
Deuteronomy 6:9 – Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Colossians 3:12–15 – 12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Five characteristics of a healthy, Christ-reflecting home:
1. Tenderhearted Mercy
2. Kindness
3. Humility
4. Gentleness
5. Patience
Colossian 3:13a – Make allowance for each other’s faults…
Colossian 3:13b – Forgive anyone who offends you.
Colossian 3:14 – Above all, clothe yourselves with love which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
Colossians 3:15 – And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Discipling Children Today
1. Model what you want multiplied.
2. Create a culture of grace.
3. Bring spiritual conversations into daily life.
4. Fight for connection, not perfection.
NEXT STEPS
- Choose a verse to memorize and meditate on daily.
- Deuteronomy 6:5 or Colossians 3:14.
- Create a family gratitude jar.
- Read them together during the Thanksgiving season.
Discussion Questions
1. What daily habits in our home currently shape the spiritual atmosphere, for better or worse?
2. Which of the Colossians 3 characteristics do you need to practice this week?
3. How can you create more moments to talk about God/faith/Scripture in normal daily life?
It is the good news of salvation!
God
God is both our sovereign Creator and our righteous judge.
Therefore, we are doubly accountable to Him for all our behavior – word, thought, and deed. (Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 98:9)
Man
Man was created by God, in God’s image, to glorify God and enjoy
Him forever, but man sinned against God by disobeying his holy law. Man, therefore, separated himself from God’s holy and satisfying presence and incurred His wrathful displeasure. (Genesis 1:27, Romans 3:23, Romans 1:18)
Jesus
Jesus Christ’s death is the substitute payment for the penalty that we deserve for our sin. His death is God’s only provision for the forgiveness of man’s sin and the appeasement of God’s wrath against him. (Isaiah 53:6, John 3:36, Acts 4:12)
Jesus Christ’s physical resurrection from the dead conquered death and sin. It provides hope for a future resurrection of all believers. Belief in the resurrection is an essential doctrine of Christianity. (1 Corinthians 15)
Response
We are called to respond to this good news in repentance and belief, turning away from our sin and self-sufficiency toward God, and trusting in the shed blood of Jesus Christ as the substitute penalty that we deserved for our sin.(Mark 1:15, Romans 10:9-10)
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