**Big Idea of the Series:** This sermon series seeks to help adults better understand what challenges children and youth are facing today in an effort to encourage greater empathy and equip adults for greater discipleship of the next generation. Each week we will look at a unique challenge “kids these days” are facing, not just as individuals but as Christians, too. It’s important to understand the struggles of our younger brothers and sisters so that we might be able to comfort them with the comfort that we, ourselves, have received from God.
**Big Idea of the Message:** This week examines exactly what sets apart the peer pressure of the upcoming generation.
**Application Point(s):** A Family Strategy Combats Cultural Stress
**Last Week:**
* What is the strategy for the relational, emotional, moral, and even spiritual development of my kid(s)?
* If we want it to be in our kids, it has to be in us.
You are making history.
Deuteronomy 6:20-25 NLT
“In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?’“Then you must tell them, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand.The LORD did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.He brought us out of Egypt so he could give us this land he had sworn to give our ancestors.And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.’
**What you do every week matters.**
**The average family has less than 1,000 weeks from when their kids are born until they move out of the house.**
**You need to remind yourself each week: This is a phase and I don’t want to miss it.**
**When what you do this week is repeated next week it starts earning credit in a kid’s life.**
**What is the strategy for the relational, emotional, moral, and even spiritual development of my kid(s)?**
**Create a rhythm in your home that leverages routine times to influence your child every week.**