The Fulness of Christ in Your Home, Part 3

What does it look like to live out the fulness of Christ in your home? Parenting is carrying out the Great Commission in the life of our children. How do we accomplish this ministry?

This is part 3 of the sermon, “The Fulness of Christ in Your Home.” Follow this link to listen to part 2.

Parents are not to exasperate their children. (Colossians 3:21; Ephesians 6:4)

• What are the meanings of the words in this passage?
1. “Provoke” means “to anger or enrage.”
2. “Exasperate” means “to make resentful, irritate, or excite to anger.”
3. “Lose heart” means “to discourage, lack motivation, cause to feel like giving up.”

• What things provoke your child?
1. Overprotection (eg., Laban with Leah and Rachel)
2. Overindulgence (Proverbs 13:24)
3. Favoritism (eg., Isaac, Rachel, and Jacob)
4. Unrealistic goals
5. Criticism
6. Neglect
7. Condescension
8. Withdrawing love
9. Harshness
10. Irritability
11. Inconsistency
12. Hypocrisy