Family30 – 4 – Knowing, Embracing, & Celebrating Your Role in the Family

https://youtu.be/Ku7rTEA4L6Y?si=HIBuUf2ghKi5a1nr Family30 – 4 –  Knowing, Embracing, & Celebrating Your Role in the Family   Welcome – Chris Fluitt | Redemption Church Plano Family 30   Who is thankful for your family? Week 4 of the challenge! Join our Facebook groupDownload your free challenge   Personally – Feel accomplished… more work to do.   A LOT OF WORK… and little time. Fear of school shooting:  -Did you pray?   -Did you pray with others?  -Aren’t you glad we pray for your school…?     -Other sons – thankful God kept us safe.   -Other dad (Christian) – “Aren’t you glad for God’s peace?”   Let’s be thankful for our families!   Today Knowing, Embracing, & Celebrating Your Role in the Family   God created the family – created roles. Do you know your role?Do embrace your role?Do you celebrate the role others play?   Titles in the world = Succe$$ & Power   Titles in God’s Kingdom = Loving Service and Responsibility     Every step you take into your role is a step away from selfishness. You can’t succeed and be selfish Grow in your role – or lose it. Your role serves others. Not fight others.   The Role of the Spouse Mutual Love & Respect (Eph 5:21,25) Different but unified Men desire significance Women desire security Produce life together   Do not be Al BundyAl Bundy  (Married with Children) Joked about dying over staying married Instead produce LIFE   The Role of the Parent Grow & Guide “Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Eph 6:4) Grow faith, curiosity, strength, passion, Guide values, responses Balance discipline with love No means no No means I love you as much as yes. Discipline is love (spare the rod – Proverbs 13:24) Model & teach   Deuteronomy 6:4-74 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 on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.   The Role of the Child Obedience and Honor   Ephesians 6:1-3Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”   “But they are wrong.”Your role is not to correct your parents… Obey and honor. Ask questions as you obey and honor.   Grow Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Be trustworthy Parents delegate AUTHORITY and not just tasks CELL PHONE They are ready for a cell phone when they are ready for authority. Follow up with accountability.    The Role of Extended Family Offer Support, care, and wisdom Pass down heritage What will you pass down? Family history Faith Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged   Knowing, Embracing, & Celebrating Your Role in the Family We should be thankful for the roles in our family.   Activate your gratitude.   Grow in your role – or lose it. If you don’t become the voice in your child’s life… they will seek another voice.   If you don’t operate in your role… They may never understand their future role.   If you don’t use your time… your time will pass.   Harry Chapin song… “My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin’ ‘fore I knew it And as he grew, he’d say “I’m gonna be like you, Dad You know I’m gonna be like you”   And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon “When you comin’ home, Dad?” “I don’t know when But we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then”   “I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved awayI called him up just the other dayI said, “I’d like to see you if you don’t mind”He said, “I’d love to, Dad, if I could find the time”“You see, my new job’s a hassle and the kid’s got the flu”“But it’s sure nice talkin’ to you, DadIt’s been sure nice talkin’ to you” And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to meHe’d grown up just like meMy boy was just like me And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoonLittle boy blue and the man in the moon“When you comin’ home, son?“I don’t know whenBut we’ll get together then, DadWe’re gonna have a good time then”   Grow in your role – or lose it.   The clock is ticking. Are you in your role?Is someone out of their role? What will we do?   This is worth praying about… and we will. It is POWERFUL to stand in your role and speak.   Joshua – leader of Israel, needing to lead the people into the promised land.   Joshua 24:15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”   Joshua’s Roles Leader of Israel Leader of a household Child of God   Leader of Israel is a fancy title… but the humble roles are the most powerful. You may never be a notional leader… But your role in your family is powerful.Your role in God’s Family is powerful.   The Role of God in the Family   God created the Family.Shouldn’t He play a role in yours?   Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.   Are you allowing God to play His role in your family?   Time to Act1 Invite God to “Build The House.”    -Prayer/repentance    -Seek His Wisdom/Word    -Make Jesus your “role model” 2 Know, Embrace, Celebrate    -How can you do this? Make an action plan. 3 Role Regret?   -Do not let regret hold you back.   -Regret means you need to change.   -God can restore your role.