THE SCENE: Low 60’s and beautiful
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH (4-count)
5 Cherry pickers
10 Tempo Merkins
10 Tempo Squats
10 Flutter Kicks (4-count)
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile with a stop for 3 rounds of the Loading Dock up and overs
Draw a card; do number in reps of:
- Clubs – Curls
- Spades – American Hammers
- Diamonds – Overhead Press
- Hearts – Raisers
- After each round, up the stairs to touch the rec center
Mosey to the stadium
11’s – 10 Twinkle toes, 1 squat
Mosey towards the quad
Burpee Freeze Tag
Mosey to the flag with stop for hello dollies (10 – 4 count) and a lap around the parking lot to help two HIMs finish their IPC.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We are considering the concept of Family Discipleship this week. Kickflip talked about the power of moments and discipling around milestones in your children’s lives. I was given the less sexy topic of consistent intentionality which goes something like
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
What is the opposite? If you don’t train your child, you do not know the path he will take.
How many generations is any family, my family, your family from faithlessness? One
Judges 2:7-12 (abbreviated by Commission) The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel. 8 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died. 10 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.
11 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served other gods, 12 and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers.
This is near and dear to my heart. My parents are first generation Christians. I grew up in a moral household but not a spiritual household. My parents talked about right and wrong but never studied the Bible with me, never quoted the Bible to me. When I went to college, I had my conscience as a guide and it didn’t turn out well for me – Bad company corrupted good morals. They weren’t intentional with my faith so I wasn’t intentional with my faith.
If you want your son to be a baseball player, you throw the ball with him. If you want your daughter to be a soccer player, you kick the ball with her. If you want your kid to get good grades, you do homework with them. Intentional actions with intentional outcomes.
Take them to church, but know that that is not enough. Take them to youth group but don’t rely on the youth minister to make them a believer. If you want your child to be a Christian, you open the Bible with them. If you aren’t a strong teacher yet, share thoughts from a devotional. As you mature, begin to give specific lessons or work your way through a book of the Bible explaining to your kids who God is and what he expects from us.
Intentional actions have intentional outcomes.