Saturday, February 12, 2005
Good News
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Recent events have clarified for me the power of the Gospel. It is so easy to fret over a thousand different factors in our children's lives and develpment, each one often seeming to be overwhelmingly important. How do I ensure that my child will read on time, how do I teach her to obey in the grocery store . . . I can't bear to begin thinking through all the ways we need to mould our children, all the skills they will need to face adulthood. But do we understand the centrality of the Gospel to every single aspect of our childrens' lives? To unbelievers it is foolishness and to believers it is often overlooked. Yeah, yeah, we think, believe in Jesus. Check. Now on to all the things I have to do. . .
There is no other preacher alive today more Biblical and powerful than John Piper. He recently spoke at a Reformission Confrence in Seattle. If the Gospel sounds like old dry news to you (and even if it doesn't) these six sermons are a must hear.
In essence, the Gospel is about believing God. Anything we do apart from faith in God, in who He is, what He did in Jesus Christ, who He has made us to be as believers in Christ, what He has enabled us to do by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the absolute Truth and power of His word, apart from this kind of faith, all we do in our children's lives will be tainted by our own selfishness and profit little. It is a tough world out there and our children need faith to move mountains. God cares about a sparrow falling and He cares about the tiny little events of your life and of your child's life. Use every opportunity you have to build faith into your precious child. The difficulties in learning new basic skills, the trials of learning to navigate relationships, fears in the night. . . God has designed and ordained our children's lives perfectly to teach them simple, profound, essential things about Himself from year one.
Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
There is no other preacher alive today more Biblical and powerful than John Piper. He recently spoke at a Reformission Confrence in Seattle. If the Gospel sounds like old dry news to you (and even if it doesn't) these six sermons are a must hear.
In essence, the Gospel is about believing God. Anything we do apart from faith in God, in who He is, what He did in Jesus Christ, who He has made us to be as believers in Christ, what He has enabled us to do by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the absolute Truth and power of His word, apart from this kind of faith, all we do in our children's lives will be tainted by our own selfishness and profit little. It is a tough world out there and our children need faith to move mountains. God cares about a sparrow falling and He cares about the tiny little events of your life and of your child's life. Use every opportunity you have to build faith into your precious child. The difficulties in learning new basic skills, the trials of learning to navigate relationships, fears in the night. . . God has designed and ordained our children's lives perfectly to teach them simple, profound, essential things about Himself from year one.
Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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