Portriats of Holiness: Lois and Eunice
2 Timothy 1:5-7; 3:14-15
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
2 Timothy 3:14-15
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. 15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Portraits of Holiness: Lois and Eunice
2 Timothy 1:5-7; 3:14-15
59% of children in Christian families stay away from church permenantly or for an extended period of time after age 15
Children Need to Know and Be Reminded of the TRUTH
Training Children in the Lord is a Holy Project
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
It’s not whether,
it’s which way you will train a child
There are many forces that want to corrupt your children
Training Children is a Long Term Project
A multi-decade year project
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent bring plenty,
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Consider Lois’s long term training
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
Training Children is a Constant Project
2 Timothy 3:14-15
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. 15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them 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 reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Training Children is a Rewarding Project
Judges 2:10
After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 23:24-25
24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice,
and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 May your father and mother be glad,
and may she who gave you birth rejoice!