1. Ephesians 6:1-4 By David Dann
Parents, Children, & Recreation
Ephesians 6:1-4
By David Dann

2. Parents, Children, & Recreation

3. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Proverbs 1:8-9
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.

4. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Definition:
Recreation is defined as “pleasurable occupation of leisure time; an amusement or sport” (Webster’s Dictionary).

5. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Question:
Who gets to decide what kinds of activities children should be involved in when it comes to recreation?

6. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Proverbs 29:15
15 The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

7. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Question:
What responsibilities do parents have when it comes to their children’s recreation?

8. Parents, Children, & Recreation

9. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children

10. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
1 Timothy 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

11. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
Proverbs 3:1-2
1 My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands;
2 For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.

12. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
Proverbs 3:3-4
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.

13. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
1 Peter 2:21-22
21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"...

14. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
Proverbs 22:6
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

15. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children
Ephesians 6:4
4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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17. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation

18. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation
Romans 12:2
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation
Galatians 5:19-20
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

20. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation
Galatians 5:21
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

21. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation
Matthew 6:33
33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

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23. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents

24. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
Mark 6:31
31 And He said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

25. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
1 Corinthians 9:24-25
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

26. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

27. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
2 Timothy 2:5
5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

28. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
Ephesians 6:4
4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

29. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

30. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
Matthew 6:33
33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

31. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
Matthew 22:37-38
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
38 "This is the first and great commandment."

32. Parents, Children, & Recreation Godly Advice For Parents
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

33. Parents, Children, & Recreation
Parents Are Responsible For Bringing Up Their Own Children.
Don’t Allow The World To Choose Your Children’s Recreation.
Follow The Instruction Of God’s Word.

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Matthew 18:6
6 "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

35. Make the right choices!!!