Jesus grew In wisdom knowledge of God world

Jesus grew ►In wisdom (knowledge of God & world) ►In Stature ►In favour with God and man (Luke 2: 52)

When a baby is born what do people ask? ►? Boy/Girl ► ? How much do they weigh ► ? What is their name ► ? How is the mum ► etc

The baby’s growth is all important ► Frequent weight checks ► Periodic developmental checks including growth and height checks ► Also home height checks ► Encouragement to eat healthy foods ► Use incentives to get our children to eat more/right kinds of foods

Food and water are basic human needs ► For Physical Growth ► For providing the body with energy to continue ► As parents we make every effort to provide our children with good wholesome nutritious food of the right kind for their age

Jesus grew in stature How else did he grow? ►in wisdom (knowledge of God and world) ► in favour with God and man

Learning of Jesus Love and Growing like Jesus ► Physically children need regular meals of nutritious food to grow well ► Is the same true for their growth to become more like Jesus? ► Who are their main teachers in becoming disciples for Jesus?

Sabbath School and Church can only supplement what you are doing at home

Modern Living means Lots of time Pressures ► We want our children to grow well and learn their lessons at school so ► Mealtimes are a routine which we cannot skimp on for our children (even if we sometimes miss them ourselves!)

Do Time Pressures Squeeze out Time for Jesus in our family lives? ► Can we afford for this to happen? ► Abraham looked for a ‘city with foundations, whose builder and maker is God’ – Hebrews 11: 10 ► We want our children to grow spiritually

For Spiritual Growth we need to seek spiritual food, and Exercise and stay Close to Jesus each Day ► Children ► Having learn by example our own devotional & prayer time ► Talking about Jesus through the day as we would about another family member – Deut 6: 4 -7 ► Praying to God, with children, through day

to Grow Up with Jesus as their friend Helping our Children ► Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ► These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. ► 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.

Providing Spiritual Food in our Homes ► Regular Family Worship times – (maybe incorporating Sabbath School lesson or following other topics) ► Encourage children to study their Sabbath School Lessons daily, by spending time going over it with them and discussing how to apply the principles learnt

Studying the Sabbath School Lesson together

Points to consider when preparing to teach children ► Developmental age of children ► Involving your children ► Making it fun and enjoyable ► Knowing your children and their learning styles ► Making Jesus the focus of the worship ► Practical ways to apply the lessons learnt

Your child can Grow, by God’s grace – ‘faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God’ GROW ►In wisdom ►In Stature ►In favour with God and man Romans 10: 17