Making Sense of Life

Living Rock Church

Making Sense of Life

Session 2

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Key idea
Giving your child a spiritual framework

Summary
As parents and carers, one of the most powerful things we do is to help our children and teens make sense of the world so they can engage well with it. We give them a framework for navigating life. They need a spiritual framework, too, so they can learn to understand the world with God’s truth all over it.

Session outline
Introduction

We naturally create frameworks for our child’s life
Seeing the world as God sees it – a spiritual framework for life
Main session

How to verbally frame, part 1 – explain everything!
How to verbally frame, part 2 – help them see the relationship between God and people in the Bible

More from The Parenting for Faith Course

Introduction

Based on the book Parenting Children for a Life of Faith, the Parenting for Faith course is a video-based resource for communities that can be downloaded or live-streamed. The course, handbooks and promotional materials are all free to download and use or you can purchase a DVD and handbooks if you prefer. It's normally run in a church or small group, but can be used by individuals as well. The goal of the course is to help parents discover that they are perfectly positioned to show their children the reality of a life with God and to empower them to have their own vibrant two-way relationship with him.

Positioned for Influence

Note - to watch this session please sign up for a free account on the Parenting for Faith website. Key idea You are perfectly placed to do this! Summary As parents, we are perfectly positioned and perfectly equipped to daily and easily show our child the reality of a day-to-day life with God – and God has shared with us in the Bible a simple plan for us to encourage our children into a vibrant, two-way relationship with God. Session outline Introduction God-smart or God-connected? Skipping rope spiritual parenting God’s plan for God-connected kids How the course will help Main session Comfortable in the crowd? Showing the tip of the iceberg Creating windows into our relationship with God Inviting our children to connect with God alongside us instead of with us

Unwinding Wrong Views

Note - to watch this session please sign up for a free account on the Parenting for Faith website. Key idea Helping our children build a healthy understanding of God Summary We can be so keen to help our children connect with God that we forget that they have to want to connect with him. No matter how equipped they are to connect, many choose not to because they find him unlikeable or unappealing. There are five common views of God that children can create in their heads which cause a disconnect. In this session, we’ll think about how we can accidentally contribute to these views and how we can proactively unwind them. Session outline Main session The God disconnect Five common views of God and how to unwind them Journeying to a healthy view of God