A Next Generation Orientation: At Home and at Church

Psalm 78, ESV
¹ Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
    incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
² I will open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,
³ things that we have heard and known,
    that our fathers have told us.
⁴ We will not hide them from their children,
    but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and the wonders that he has done.

1. The purpose of parenting is to .

• Share with your kids what are learning.
• Ask your kids about what are learning.
• Have regular family .
  
• Read age-appropriate Bible story books.
  (Read-Aloud Bible Stories; The Jesus Storybook Bible)
• Read Bible stories and have your kids act them out.
• Let your kids read from a Bible story book
  (The Biggest Story Bible Storybook)
• Read a story/passage together and discuss it.
• Have your kids read a story/passage on their own and later discuss it as a family.

2. Ingleside is a multi-generational church with a generation orientation.

• Remain to our church reaching the next generation.
• in a Next Generation ministry.
  • Email Wil Fason, our Next Generation Team Leader, at wfason@ingleside.org.

⁵ He established a testimony in Jacob
    and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
⁶ that the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷  so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
    but keep his commandments;

• We should teach the next generation the . (v5)
• Our vision goes the next generation and includes countless generations. (v6)
• We want the next generation to in the Lord. (v7)
• We want the next generation to the Lord. (v7)

⁸ and that they should not be like their fathers,
    a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

• Teach the next generation about God’s – He does not tolerate sin.
• Teach the next generation about God’s – He will forgive sin.
  

At Ingleside and beyond, we want to see a generation that is
, obedient, steadfast, and to God.