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Nolan James Hershey
Born Tuesday, May 3
Psalm 127:3
Behold, children
are a heritage
from the LORD,
the fruit of the
womb a reward.
How can parents
introduce their
children to Christ
in a way that will
grab and hold the
attention of their
children?
Parenting has
never been easy!
1. Parents are imperfect.
2. Children are imperfect.
3. The Enemy is targeting the
family for destruction.
Parenting has
never been easy!
But parenting has never been
more difficult than it is today!
1 John 5:19
We know that we are children of
God, and that the whole world
is under the control of the
evil one.
Reaching the
next generation…
Is a huge
challenge!
Reaching the
next generation
1. Grab their attention with
passion! (for God)
Matthew 22:37
Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness.
If you are going
to reach the next
generation…
They MUST see
your passion for
God!
Reaching the
next generation
1. Grab their attention with
passion! (for God)
2. Capture their hearts with
love! (for them!)
Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
John 13:34-35
A new command I give you: Love
one another. As I have loved
you, so you must love one
another. By this everyone will know
that you are my disciples, if you
love one another.
You want to
reach your kids?
Others of the
next gen?
Love on them!
Love them
unconditionally
and unfailingly!
Beware of
performance-
based love!
They just want to know, “Do
you love me?”
Reaching the
next generation
1. Grab their attention with
passion! (for God)
2. Capture their hearts with
love! (for them)
3. Saturate their minds with
truth! (God's truth)
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind.
John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your
word is truth.
John 8:31b-32
If you hold to my teaching, you
are really my disciples. Then you
will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
And these words that I command
you today shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to
your children, and shall talk of
them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down, and when
you rise.
Reaching the
next generation
1. Grab their attention with
passion! (for God)
2. Capture their hearts with
love! (for them)
3. Saturate their minds with
truth! (God's truth)
1. How passionate am I about
Jesus Christ? Is He merely and
add-on to my busy schedule? Or
is He truly the center of my life?
If my children were asked, what
would they say about my
relationship with Christ?
2. Do I truly love my children?
Do they feel my love? Do they
know I love them unconditionally?
Or do they believe they have to
earn my love?
3. What is it that I are doing to
saturate my children's minds with
God's Word? Do I ever talk with
them about what God is teaching
me in Scripture?
Do we have time together as a
family in God’s Word?
Reaching the
next generation
1. Grab their attention with
passion! (for God)
2. Capture their hearts with
love! (for them)
3. Saturate their minds with
truth! (God's truth)