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June 13, 2025
Joshua 24:14-15
Very few parents are able to parent better or even different than who they are themselves. I have found that most people are the way they are because of who they really are deep inside: the person who comes out when no one is watching.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, "The true character of a person is revealed after midnight when good folks are already asleep." Children are a testament to their parents' character, for the most impactful relationship we can ever have is found in the home.
Parenting is seldom boiled down to a moment or two when a mom or dad get it right or wrong. Parenting is the result of decades of decisions, choices, words and actions. These life influencers are what shape our children from the first moment they open their eyes to the day we depart from this earth, and leave them behind. In our text on Sunday, Joshua challenges those who were looking to him to lead. "Fear the Lord, serve Him, be sincere and honest, put away other gods," he told them. "Choose for yourself, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." This is every parent's dreaded day, when they take their hand off of their kids and let them make their own way. Yet, we all know that day comes for every child and parent alike. Thankfully, those first steps of freedom occur early, stage after stage, seasons after season, until they become their own man or woman. All along the way, everyone is scared, then everyone is so proud when success is realized.
Joshua's life and experiences prepared him for this moment to lead with authority and hold those under him to account. His "children" knew he had led at Kadesh Barnea when the ten spies said no - but he and Caleb said yes. They knew what happened at the Jordan River and at Jericho, as well as at AI when judgement had to fall. When Joshua challenged them, they responded positively, "We will also serve the Lord." They heard and followed a man of God they knew was the real deal.
Men of God, please lead your family. Please remember before you begin that no one has ever successfully led that was not first a faithful follower. Set the example. Follow Christ, then lead those under your authority.
See you Sunday.
In Christ,
Pastor Todd
June 13, 2025
Joshua 24:14-15
Very few parents are able to parent better or even different than who they are themselves. I have found that most people are the way they are because of who they really are deep inside: the person who comes out when no one is watching.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, "The true character of a person is revealed after midnight when good folks are already asleep." Children are a testament to their parents' character, for the most impactful relationship we can ever have is found in the home.
Parenting is seldom boiled down to a moment or two when a mom or dad get it right or wrong. Parenting is the result of decades of decisions, choices, words and actions. These life influencers are what shape our children from the first moment they open their eyes to the day we depart from this earth, and leave them behind. In our text on Sunday, Joshua challenges those who were looking to him to lead. "Fear the Lord, serve Him, be sincere and honest, put away other gods," he told them. "Choose for yourself, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." This is every parent's dreaded day, when they take their hand off of their kids and let them make their own way. Yet, we all know that day comes for every child and parent alike. Thankfully, those first steps of freedom occur early, stage after stage, seasons after season, until they become their own man or woman. All along the way, everyone is scared, then everyone is so proud when success is realized.
Joshua's life and experiences prepared him for this moment to lead with authority and hold those under him to account. His "children" knew he had led at Kadesh Barnea when the ten spies said no - but he and Caleb said yes. They knew what happened at the Jordan River and at Jericho, as well as at AI when judgement had to fall. When Joshua challenged them, they responded positively, "We will also serve the Lord." They heard and followed a man of God they knew was the real deal.
Men of God, please lead your family. Please remember before you begin that no one has ever successfully led that was not first a faithful follower. Set the example. Follow Christ, then lead those under your authority.
See you Sunday.
In Christ,
Pastor Todd
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