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"A Parent's Priority" (Deuteronomy 6:1-9)

Mark JenkinsMark Jenkins, May 20, 2012
Part of the Raising God-Centered Kids in a Sin-Racked World series, preached at a Sunday Second Service service

Parenthood: If you have kids or are even thinking about having them, you won't want to miss this four-week series that explores what God's Word has to say about all things parental. Whether they're bawling, crawling, walking, talking, driving you crazy or asking to drive your car, kids are a gift from God - and He provides some very clear guidance and insight on how to raise them to be full of faith and focused on Him, rather than leaving you frustrated, frazzled and fatigued.
May 20,2012
-What is a parent's first priority when it comes to raising kids? The Bible waste no time naming that priority. It also gives direction on how to be successful at it. Today we'll define that priority and give guidance from God's word on how to faithfully carry out that priority. (Deuteronomy 6:1-9).

Tags: children, parents

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About Mark Jenkins: I'm the husband of an incredible woman named Tara who said “yes” to me and ministry and that's a double blessing. We have three girls: Megan, Mikayla, and Morgan. I grew up with all boys and now God wants me to discover how the other half lives. I am a sinner saved by God's amazing grace. I was educated by a godly set of parents, Culpeper County Public Schools, Longwood College, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Most importantly, I've been schooled in the classroom of life by a loving heavenly Father who knew I didn't know anything despite the diplomas hanging on the wall, and yet chose me to be one of his children. Today I serve as a lead shepherd of one of Culpeper's amazing local church families! Favorite flavor of ice cream: Breyers All-Natural Vanilla Hobbies: Renovation work and gardening Instruments that you play: I enjoy playing the harmonica for my own personal time of worship What you like to do on a sunny day: If it's a day off, I like to wear tank tops, shorts and work boots and build or fix something What you like to do on a rainy day: The same...just inside...I like to read if no one else is home. Favorite football team: The Five-Time Champions Pittsburgh Steelers...The world of Black and Gold is a beautiful thing.
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Deuteronomy 6:1-9

6:1 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 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. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (ESV)

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