Proverbs 3 | Parenting | Modern Problems / Ancient Solutions

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Life Group Guide QUESTIONS

SERMON OUTLINE

REMEMBER

• Wisdom must be _______ as a gift, not ________.

A NOTE TO SONS AND DAUGHTERS

• Parents are a ________ to their children to love, nurture, and impart wisdom

HOW TO BE WISE PARENTS:

1.                 You are the ________ disciplers of your ________

2.                 Godly living is ________ more than ________

3.                 We have to focus more on ________ than ________ or ________

4.                 ________ without ________ lead to rebellion, & ________ without ________ lead to rebellion

THE PLAIN MAIN THING:

-              Intentional parenting means living wisely before our children — not merely teaching them what is right, but embodying it — as we disciple them toward the fear of the Lord, trusting that only Christ can turn their hearts to wisdom.

WARNING TO THE WISE

• Godly parents don’t ________ make godly children

• We need a greater ________ , and a better ________

LIFE GROUP QUESTIONS

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

1.        What is one piece of advice or teaching that you learned from your parents, that you still hang on to?

2.        What is one piece of advice or teaching that you hope the young in faith in your orbit will learn from you?

QUICK REVIEW

1.        Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?

2.        In what ways do you see the relationship between parents and children reflecting our relationship with God as our heavenly Father? How does this shape the way we think about parenting, mentoring, or even honoring our own parents?

READ SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 3:1-6

1.        How does this passage highlight God’s presence in our world?

2.        What does this passage say about our broken human condition?

3.        How does this passage call me to make change in my life?

DIGGING DEEPER

1.        READ Proverbs 3:1-2, 1 Kings 11:41-43. While the text isn’t explicit about who the “son” really is, Solomon’s eldest son, Rehoboam, would become the next king.  How might that affect your reading of this Proverbs text?

•       READ Psalm 78:1-8.  How do we, today, pass along God’s teachings and commandments to the next generation? Does that happen just in family settings, or is there another way that God has prepared for us?

 2.        READ Proverbs 3:3-4. Why are “love” and “faithfulness” so central to the life of mentoring those who are young in faith, and to a posture of intentional parenting?

•       READ Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 2 Corinthians 3:3.  Both Solomon and Paul pick up on the theme that Moses presents in Deuteronomy.  How are we today, to “bind these words to our foreheads” and “write them on our doorposts”? How do Paul’s words deepen this instruction?

 3.        READ Luke 18:15-17. In what ways might we, even unintentionally, “hinder” those we’re trying to help grow in faith?

•       READ 1 Corinthians 4:14-17.  What is Paul’s command for the Corinthian’s in how they are to guide spiritual children towards Jesus? Considering Paul and Timothy’s relationship, what are we to imitate?

TAKING IT HOME

READ Proverbs 3:5-6, Galatians 5:13-26. The phrases “all your heart” and “all your ways” imply that in everything we are, we are to trust and submit to the Lord.  As you interact with those who are young in faith, how do you see the Holy Spirit work in the ordinary moments of those interactions?

PERSONAL REFLECTION

READ Psalm 127.  In the context of “Intentional Parenting” that has undergirded the conversation about teaching those who are young in faith, do you think that this Psalm, written by Solomon is written about his own house and children? What else could he be referencing?  How might this Psalm encourage our whole church community?