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Let's go ahead and find our seats this evening. Find a seat and find a hymnal close to you and turn to page number 211. That's song number 211. ["Whosoever Meaneth Me"] Whosoever Meaneth Me is song number 211. Let's go ahead and sing it out on the first. I am happy today and the sun shines bright As clouds have been rolled away For the sake of some Whosoever will Make a weapon to stay Whosoever surely Meaneth Me Surely Meaneth Me Oh, surely Meaneth Me Some whosoever surely Meaneth Me Whosoever Meaneth Me Song number 211. Let's go ahead and sing it out on the second. All my hopes have been raised All His name we praise His glory has filled my soul I've been lifted up from sins and free His blood have made me whole Whosoever surely Meaneth Me Surely Meaneth Me Oh, surely Meaneth Me Whosoever surely Meaneth Me Whosoever Meaneth Me Sing it out on the last Oh, what wonderful love Oh, what praise He brought That dreams that should die for me I was lost in sin for the world of But now I am set free Whosoever surely Meaneth Me Surely Meaneth Me Oh, surely Meaneth Me Whosoever surely Meaneth Me Whosoever Meaneth Me Amen. Great singing. Welcome to the Sunday service here at Verity Baptist Church. Glad to see everyone here this evening. Let's go ahead and bow our heads for a word of prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you again for the opportunity to come to your house this evening, Lord. Thank you for the people that are here, Lord. Pray that you bless the service, bless the singing and the preaching to come, Lord. Pray that everything will be said and done tonight. We'll bring glory and honor to you, Lord. We love you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. All right, it's now time for favorites where if you're selected, we will sing one stanza from the song that you picked. Go ahead, Jordan. Four, six, seven. Four, six, seven. Four hundred and sixty-seven. The B-I-B-L-E. Remember at the end of it we have to shout Bible, all right? Regardless of what age you are, let's sing it out. The B-I-B-L-E. All right, let's do it again. Are we going that fast? All right, let's do it a little bit slower. All right, let's sing it out. The B-I-B-L-E. That's what's the book for me. I stand alone in the word of God. The B-I-B-L-E. Bible, amen. All right, who's next? Go ahead, Daniel. Song number forty-six, amen. I love that song. My Savior, first of all, it's song number forty-six. Amen, let's sing it out on the first. When my life work is ended and I cross the spelling tie When the bride and boy is born, I shall see I shall know that I will take her when I push the other side And His love will be the first to welcome me I shall know, and I shall know And He came by His side, I shall stand I shall know, and I shall hold Him By the midst of the fields in His hands Um, justice, go ahead. Three twenty-eight. Amen. I want that mountain, I believe that is. Three hundred and twenty-eight. Yeah. Song number three-two-eight, let's sing it out on the first. I saw the giant rail that's next upon a mountain high We laughed so hard and high and bended knee No more love remained the willingness I'll stand so I cry I want that mountain, it belongs to me I want that mountain, I want that mountain Where the milk and honey knees blow and the grapes all cast away I want that mountain, I want that mountain The mountain that my Lord has given me Uh, Brother Keith. Four-oh-two. Song number four-hundred-and-two, I don't know this song. Another one? Who knows this song? Alright, we don't know this song. Four-oh-one. There you go, I like this song. Thank you. Song number four-hundred-and-one. Sing it out on the first. Set my soul afire For thy holy word Burn it deep within me Let your voice be heard Heaven's Roman darkness Heaven's Roman darkness I will be your witness Fill me with thy power Set my soul afire Set my soul afire Move my life away That's why they say we cry Living in this Roman darkness Waiting for thy word Set my soul afire Set my soul afire Oh, go ahead Miss Eva. Two-oh-three. Let's see. Nope, I don't know this song. Two-oh-two. My Redeemer. Alright. Song number two-hundred-and-two. Sing it out on the first. I will sing of my Redeemer Of His wondrous love to me Of the world I'll sing Of the world I'll set me free Sing, I'll sing of my Redeemer And with His love He pushes me And Lord at last He sealed my garden He gave my time And made me free Alright Moses. Song number thirty-one. He lives. Song number three-one. This will be the last song this evening So let's sing it out on the first. A strengthless and Savior Is in the world today I know that He is living Whatever men may say I see His hand of mercy I hear His voice of cheer In just a time I know that He's always near He lives. He lives. My Jesus, this is the day He walks with me He talks with me And long lets Him convey He lives. He lives. I wish to be mine You ask me how I know He lives He lives within my heart Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. Alright well let's take our bulletins We'll look at some announcements this evening If you do not have a bulletin raise your hand And one of our ushers can get one for you If you need a bulletin tonight just put your hand up And we'll get one for you The verse this week Hebrews 11 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him For He that cometh to God must believe that He is And that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him And that's a good verse there We like that if you open up your bulletin you'll see our service time Sunday morning service 10 30 AM We had a wonderful service this morning We're glad you're back out tonight for the evening service at 6 PM And we do invite you to be back for the Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 PM If you look at our soul winning times Our main soul winning times on Saturday mornings at 10 AM Then we have additional soul winning times on Thursdays Fridays and Sundays At 2 PM we'd love of course for you to join us for that And we are a family integrated church Children and infant are always welcome in the service But if you have a child that's been distracting during the service So if you need some privacy we'd encourage you to use those rooms as needed If you need to be baptized please let us know We'd love to baptize you The baptistry is filled, the water is warm And we're ready to do that If you look at the announcements and upcoming events Of course we have our Journey with Jesus on Sunday mornings And Happily Ever After Sunday night And then this Friday we have a wedding for Brother Serge and Miss Ajana On Friday May 27th at 5 PM It is a potluck so if you can please bring a dish to share And if you're able to come please sign up on your communication card And then we have our graduation service coming up on Sunday evening June 5th at 6 PM So if you're part of our homeschool group And you'd like to participate to receive your diploma If you've graduated kindergarten or high school Sign up on your communication card And let us know so that we can have you be part of that ceremony And if you are not part of our homeschool group But you're part of our church family And you've graduated maybe from a different school Or different, you're not connected to our homeschool group But you've graduated kindergarten, 6th grade, 8th grade, high school or college Then we would like to recognize you as well So give us your information so we can do that And of course we have pizza and fellowship after the service So that won't be the next Sunday night but the Sunday night after that Then we have a discipleship class also starting up on June 5th at 5 PM It's an 8 week class covering biblical truths It's for new believers or if you've never gone through a structured discipleship program We'd love for you to be a part of that And you can sign up on your communications card Children's Choir, they started practicing today for Father's Day Orchestra practice began today for Red Hot And homeschool group, they've got PE class on Thursday June 1st Other things there for you to look at Please don't forget to turn your cellphones off or place them on silent during the service So they're not a distraction to anybody If you look at the back of the bulletin, birthdays and anniversaries For the month of May we have David Pure's birthday on May 23rd My daughter Elizabeth Jimenez has a birthday on May 24th Jiho Pumba has a birthday on May 26th Stephanie Zuniga has a birthday on May 27th And Brother George McQueen has a birthday on May 28th Praise report, money matters, all those things are there for you to look at And I think that's it for all of the announcements So let's go ahead and take our songbooks We're going to go to page number 281 Page number 281 And we'll sing Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior As we prepare to receive the offering tonight 281, sing it out on the first Pass me not, O gentle Savior Hear my humble cry While on others now are calling Do not pass me by Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While on others now are calling Do not pass me by Page number 281, sing it out on the second Let me have you, Lord, a mercy Sleep, believe Kneeling there any competition Help my unbelief Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While on others now are calling Do not pass me by Trust me only in thy merit Would I seek thy face Heal my wounded promise Hear it By thy grace Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While on others now are calling Do not pass me by Sing it out on the last World all swingable, life on earth More than life to me Whom on earth beside me Whom in heaven be Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While on others now are calling Do not pass me by Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time And let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer Heavenly Father, Lord, we do thank you for allowing us to gather together today Lord, we pray that you'd bless the offering We pray that you'd meet with us as we open up your word In Jesus' name we pray, amen Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time And let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer Heavenly Father, Lord, we do thank you for allowing us to gather together today And let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer In Jesus' name we pray, amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, 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up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Amen, good singing, we'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time Proverbs 23, if you need a rock, keep your hand up and a shoulder come by Proverbs chapter number 23, we'll read the entire chapter as our custom Proverbs 23 beginning in verse number 1 When thou sitest to eat with the ruler, consider diligently what is before thee and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat labor not to be rich, cease from thine own wisdom wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle toward heaven eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he eat and drink saith he to thee, but his heart is not with thee the morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up and lose thy sweet words speak not in the ears of a fool, for you'll despise the wisdom of thy words remove not the old landmark, and enter not into the fields of the fatherless for they are deemers mighty, he shall plead their cause with thee apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to the words of knowledge withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell my son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine yea, my reign shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long for surely there is an end, and thine expectations shall not be cut off hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding the father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bear thee shall rejoice my son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways for a whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit she also lieth in weight as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? nay that tarry long at the wine, nay that go to seek mixed wine look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast they have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick, they have beaten me, and I felt it not when shall I wake, I will seek it yet again let's pray Heavenly Father thank you for this evening, God I thank you for your word Lord and for our church and for everyone that's here, I see you please meet with us tonight God and I see that you please be the pastor to strengthen him and fill him with spirit we love you and in Jesus' name we pray, amen amen alright we're there in Proverbs chapter number 23 and of course tonight we are continuing our series called Happily Ever After and we've been going through really a systematic study of the Christian home we spent several weeks on, a couple of weeks on singles and a couple of weeks, several weeks on marriage and we spent a couple of weeks on finances and Mother's Day we transitioned to child rearing if you remember last week we learned about why you should have children and what the Bible teaches about that and this week I'm going to continue on in this idea obviously if you're married as a result of your marriage we pray that the Lord will bless you with children you will have children in this sermon I want to talk about raising children and specifically parenting children and I want to speak to you on the subject of what every parent must do and of course the things we're going to talk about tonight are not new they're things that if you've been part of our church you've heard that and it's good for you to hear it again I always am reminded of the Apostle Paul when he said in Philippians 3.1 Finally my brethren rejoice in the Lord to write the same thing to you to me indeed is not grievous but for you it is safe and you know for me to preach the same things over and over doesn't hurt me but it's safe because one thing I've learned in ministry and one thing that I've had to just really kind of learn the hard way and it's been disappointing to me is that people can come to church like this and hear the preaching that we give from the pulpit and hear the things that we teach and just go home and live like the world and not really apply these things in their lives so it's good for you to be reminded and to hear it again and maybe you're here and you say you don't have children and this doesn't apply to you well every time the Word of God is opened it's good for you so it's always good to hear the Word of God Let me quickly give you three thoughts tonight in regards to what every parent must do and these are just kind of a basic very just baseline sermon on the subject of parenting and these are really just kind of the big three I mean there's lots of things that we have to do as parents but these three are the must you've got to do these three if you're taking notes tonight and I would encourage you to take notes maybe you can write these down Number one, I want you to notice there in Proverbs 23 and verse number 13 the Bible says this The first thing that parents must do and number one if you're taking notes is this parents must discipline their children parents have to discipline their children and the biblical method of discipline is seen there in Proverbs 23 and 13 and we're going to look at a lot of verses you'll see that this is consistent throughout the Bible The Bible says hold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die and I realize that today people get all frantic when they hear these types of words beatest him with the rod but let me remind you that this is the Word of God this is what the Bible says and obviously when the Bible talks about beating a child it's not the same idea that we get today when you think about a child being abused or beat that's not what the Bible is talking about the idea is this that the biblical method of discipline is what we would refer to as corporal punishment it is physical punishment or something we would call a spanking a corporal punishment is physical punishment such as a spanking so we as parents and we're going to raise our children biblically and correctly we must discipline our children and when it comes to this idea of corporal punishment or disciplining or spanking there's a few things that you need to understand first is this, disciplining or spanking your children is an act of love the Bible says that when we love our children we actually, to spank them is an act of love and to not discipline them, to not spank them is to actually hate them you're there in Proverbs 23 flip back to Proverbs 13 and look at verse 24 Proverbs 13, 24 and this is why it's important because over the years I've heard parents say this when we talk about this subject of disciplining children and parents will incorrectly say oh I just love my kids too much to spank them I just love my kids too much to hit them to spank them and obviously when the Bible uses the word beat or when we use the word hit we're referring to an appropriate spanking but people say I love them too much I can't do it but here's the thing the Bible says the exact opposite of that in Proverbs 13, 24 the Bible says this he that spareth his rod, hateth his son the Bible says when you fail to spank your children you fail to discipline your children you actually hate your children notice, but he that loveth him, chasteneth him, beat time so the Bible says look, discipline is an act of love and disciplining your children is an act of love and you may ask well why is that or how could that be and here's why because when you discipline your children when you take the time to teach your children and to help them understand that there are consequences for their actions that there are things that they cannot do or pain is going to come upon them you're actually saving them from a world of hurt you're saving them because here's the thing you might think like oh I love my kids too much to take a rod and beat them with it but let me tell you who's going to have no problem beating your kid down with a rod it's the cop you know who's going to have no issue beating your kids down with a rod it's the drug dealer it's the gangster it's the thug so it's actually an act of love for you to teach your children no son, no daughter you shouldn't do that you need to obey you need to do right because disciplining or spanking your children is an act of love he that spareth his rod, hateth his son but he that loveth him, chasteneth him be times that word chasten means to restrain or to moderate a bad behavior the Bible teaches that the purpose of spanking your child is to chasten it's to restrain it's to moderate their bad behavior so disciplining or spanking your children is an act of love but secondly I want you to notice here in this verse not only is it an act of love but disciplining or spanking your children needs to start early in life it needs to start early notice there again in verse 24 he that spareth his rod, hateth his son but he that loveth him, chasteneth him notice this word be times that word be times means early in time or early in life and disciplining or spanking your children is something that needs to start early in life go to Proverbs chapter 19 if you would Proverbs chapter 19 look at verse 18 and I realize you if you came to Mary Baptist Church you've heard this but look this is something that our society is completely against today our society says don't spank your children don't do corporal punishment you need to use time outs or you need to use all these other things but let me tell you something that's the reason that the kids in our society are a mess I mean the truth of the matter is that we lived in a much better society and this country was a much better country when kids got beat by their parents when parents chastened their children spanked their children disciplined their children whatever you want to call it it was a much better product that was being put out by the parents and look it's an act of love but you've got to start early Proverbs 19 and verse 18 the Bible says chasten thy son while there is hope and let not thy soul spare for his crime the truth is this your children can get too old to where there is no hope of changing them it's gone and here's what happens when you get the people that say I'm not going to spank my children I love them too much to spank them and then that 3 year old that they're not disciplining becomes a 13 year old that is undisciplined and a 23 year old and a 33 year old that is undisciplined and then they're trying to change them they're trying to bring them to church and they're trying to discipline but look it's too late you've got to chasten your son while there is hope the Bible says you've got to start early you've got to start beat times now obviously and let me just give all the disclaimers disciplining should be done in a way that is age appropriate obviously the way you discipline a 13 year old is going to be much different or a 10 year old or a 9 year old is going to be much different than how you discipline a 3 year old or a 5 year old you've got to of course have some common sense when it comes to that for example a 1 year old and you say a 1 year old yeah you've got to start early chasten them beat times you know a 1 year old a 1 and a half year old a 2 year old you know you might start disciplining a 1 year old you say what does that look like it might look like a soft pat on the hand you know it'll look like a soft pat on the thigh look by the time you realize that they know that what the word no means and they know that they're disobeying when you say no you know they're a little 1 year old a little 1 and a half year old and they're doing something and you say no and you know they stop as soon as you look away they start back up and they're like you know you look back and they're like look by the time you realize hey this kid's smarter than he looks he knows that he's disobeying then you've got to start disciplining but obviously you're going to take your belt out and spank a 1 year old but a little pat on the hand a little pat on the thigh you know as they get older the spankings are going to become a little more serious you've got to have age appropriate spankings how you discipline a 1 year old is going to be radically different than a 5 year old or a 9 year old but you've got to start early and really when you're spanking a little 1 and a half year old and you're patting them on the thigh it doesn't even hurt them it's more just a principle for them you know they start crying but it's like you don't even hurt them they're just offended that you would say no but listen you've got to start saying no and you've got to start setting boundaries and you've got to start early while there is hope let not thy souls fare for his crimes so disciplining is an act of love and disciplining needs to start early in life but let me say this thirdly you're there in Proverbs 19 look at verse 18 notice the Bible says chasin thy son while there is hope notice these words and let not thy soul spare for his crime disciplining or spanking your children should cause pain but not injury and I always want to emphasize this because there's these two extremes that people tend to take one extreme is where parents are just beating their children down to the point where it's like no you're crossing lines here that are inappropriate obviously look you should not be injuring your children when you spank them but also then there's this other extreme that is like you pat them you know through jeans and a pull up and they're like tickled when you spank them and they're laughing and giggling and it's like that doesn't work either look the point of a spanking is that it causes pain it's supposed to hurt them let not thy soul spare for his crime but you're not supposed to injure them you need to make sure when you're disciplining your children and spanking your children that it is appropriate we often teach young parents and all parents that you should be careful how you discipline your children and look we teach here you should never hit your children you should never hit your children with a closed fist you should never hit them on the face you know an appropriate spanking I've taught through the years is done on the bottom or on the thighs for maybe a smaller child and I always say the same thing and this is what I was taught you know God put an area on the body of a child on their bottom and there's a little extra cushion there and there's a lot of nerve endings and it's a good place to administer a good solid spanking so when you spank your children it should hurt it should hurt them that's the point but it should not injure them so look if you're causing a bunch of bruising if they're limping those are not good signs alright one thing that my wife taught me and told me about is you know to try it on yourself first you know spank yourself first you know before you go and do something to your kid do it on yourself look if you start crying then you have to like consider okay is this too much you know but disciplining your children it should cause pain because the whole point is that you want to deter them from doing something wrong and this is very important and I hope you understand this the purpose of spanking is to break their will to break their desire to want to disobey and to want to do wrong to want to sin but it's not to break their spirit see sometimes you meet these kids and they've got like this broken spirit where they're just like they don't look anybody in the eye they never talk they're just and you know you wonder like is this kid being abused obviously you know if you're disciplining your kids and it's bringing that effect out like you are doing something very very wrong we don't want to break their spirit but we do want to break their will to do wrong we do want to make it in their minds where it's not worth it it's not worth it to disobey mom it's not worth it to disobey dad it's not worth it to do that action that I was told not to do so we should discipline them and it should cause pain but not injury so it's an act of love and it needs to start early it should cause pain but not injury but let me say this discipline your children is like I said a needed deterrent your kids need to be disciplined they need to be spanked by you let's just run a few verses here in Proverbs look at Proverbs 22 Proverbs chapter 22 and look at verse 15 Proverbs 22 and verse 15 you know let me just let me just tell you some things about your kids okay number one your children are sinners my children are sinners they're all sinners and they are naturally bad Proverbs 22 15 foolishness is bound in the heart of a child no kids are born good they're all born sinners no kids are born just well behaved and well mannered and and respectful foolishness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him go to Proverbs 23 look at verse 14 not only are children sinners and they're naturally bad but children are sinners and they will naturally go down the wrong path do you realize that all children will naturally go down the wrong path Proverbs 23 14 thou shall beat him with the rod notice and shall deliver his soul from hell children are sinners and they need to be trained go to Proverbs 29 look at verse 17 Proverbs 29 verse 17 the Bible says correct thy son Proverbs 29 17 correct thy son and he shall give thee rest not stress he'll give you rest yea he shall give delight unto thy soul keep your place there in Proverbs we're going to come back to it most of the stuff we're going to look at tonight is in Proverbs but go with me if you would to the book of Ephesians the New Testament book of Ephesians Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans 1st, 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians Ephesians chapter 6 you're there in Proverbs keep your place in Proverbs go to Ephesians chapter 6 do me a favor and put a ribbon or a bookmark or something there in Ephesians chapter 6 Ephesians chapter number 6 so when it comes to disciplining your children you need to realize that it's an act of love it needs to start early in life it should cause pain but not injury it's a needed deterrent your children need it and lastly when it comes to discipline let me say this disciplining your children needs to be done in the right spirit Ephesians 6 and verse 4 says this and you fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord you need to make sure that when you discipline your children that you yourself are in the right spirit we should not discipline our children out of anger we should not discipline our children and just be out of control when you discipline your children you should be completely in control completely calm and cool and it shouldn't be this reaction where your kids just upset you so much and you're just so angry no, it should be a purposeful act where you're teaching your kids a lesson hey, we had a rule you were told a certain thing you disobeyed that son you disobeyed that daughter so now you need to learn that there are consequences and there is a very specific action that is performed it needs to be done in the right spirit and be careful about not just being this parent that the only time you discipline your kids is when they piss you off enough and you get angry enough and you're just out of control that is not proper discipline it's an act of love it's something you do on purpose it's something you do to deter them from going the wrong way you don't want to provoke your children to wrath now do me a favor put a ribbon or something there in Ephesians chapter 6 because we're going to come back to it go back to Proverbs if you would actually I'm sorry go to Colossians real quickly keep your finger right there in Ephesians we're going to come back to it but go to Colossians just real quick let me show you this other verse Colossians chapter 3 you're there in Ephesians Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians Colossians chapter 3 Colossians 3.21 here's another verse fathers provoke not your children to anger lest they be discouraged so we need to make sure that we are disciplining our children but we need to make sure that we are disciplining them in the right spirit in the right attitude in the right way now go back to Proverbs 22 and let me just say this here's the thing about discipline here's the thing about spanking your children it works I mean everything it's like we talked about this morning everything the Bible says works it works if you do it I'm here to tell you something I promise you I promise you if you spank your children in the appropriate way in a way that is appropriate and loving to teach them respect and love for authority your kids will be good and look please understand this because over the years I've had so many people say this to me and you know they'll look at my kids and look my kids are sinners just like anybody else's kids they are foolishness and bound in the heart of the child just like anybody else's kids my kids included you know I do not have this idea that my kids are perfect or whatever they are sinners just like you and just like your kids but I will say this my kids are very well behaved I mean everywhere I go I take my kids with me places and people are constantly giving us compliments about like I can't believe because we have six kids I mean in a couple of weeks my wife and I are taking our kids with us I'm taking my whole family to New Jersey to New York and we're gonna go to Washington DC and I'm gonna take the whole family out there and you know sometimes you say that to somebody aren't you worried too worried to be traveling with all those kids well I'm not worried because I'm traveling with my kids if I was traveling with your kids I'd be worried but I'm not traveling with your kids I'm traveling with my kids and here's what people say people say like well your kids would just be you know well mannered and they're just they're not like my kids listen to me well behaved children are well behaved because they're disciplined children that are not well behaved are not well behaved for one reason it's not their temperament it's not that they're more this or more that it's not that there's this gene that makes them good they're not well behaved for one reason they're not getting disciplined they're not getting disciplined or they're not getting disciplined enough or they're not getting disciplined consistently something is failing and look please don't take this the wrong way but I'm gonna tell you something if my kids grew up in your home they'd be as big as brats as your kids and if your kids grew up in my home they'd be good I don't think you should say that I'm just telling you something spanking works and if your kids aren't good it's because you're not doing your job if your kids aren't well behaved it's because you're not doing it right if your kids are just out of control and an embarrassment it's because you aren't spanking them don't make excuses oh no it's just they're sinners they're all sinners every single one of them I'm just here to tell you something I promise you I promise you it works I mean I believe in it my wife and I believe in it we practice it we spank our children sometimes our kids are being bad and out of control and it's like we finally spank them and they're just like literally it's just like like you beat the devil out of them or something it's just like instantly and they're loving and they want to be around you and I'm just thinking to myself like why did I even wait so I should have just spanked them like 20 minutes ago I'm here to tell you something it works if you do it do you know what I found? is that most parents most Christian parents most independent Funeral Baptist parents and probably even most parents in this church aren't spanking their children they're yelling at their children they're throwing stuff at their children they're cussing at their children but they're not biblically getting up in a controlled manner saying now listen honey now listen son you were told not to do that go to your room you're going to be disciplined now take a few minutes to cool down walk in and say what did you what were you told? I was told not to x, y, and z what did you do? I did x, y, and z what is the punishment? I'm going to get a spanking and then you take them and in a calm in a cool way you put them over your lap and you administer a spanking and it hurts and there's pain and they cry and then you hug them and then you pray that is not happening in the average home and then you're like I don't know why my kids are so bad your kids might just be good because they're you've got some special gene no they're good because they have a mom and dad that works at it discipline works look just mark it down when you see children that are out of control they are not being disciplined period end of story there's nothing else to do with it are you going to be like the centurion this morning and just believe the word of God? say the Bible look the Bible is true every time the Bible is true every time everything the Bible says is true and if you do this with your kids it will be true so spank your children if not for yourself for the rest of us that have to put up with them I said number one parents must discipline their children number two parents must disciple their children it's not enough to just discipline your children in fact if all you ever do is discipline your children and that's all you ever do they may be well behaved but they still may grow up and rebel against you because that's not the only thing that you're required to do as a Christian parent yes you must discipline your children but there's something else that's equally as important and it's to disciple your children we as parents must train our children Proverbs 22 Proverbs 22 look at verse 6 go back to Proverbs if you're not there Proverbs 22 verse 6 Proverbs 22 verse 6 train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it the Bible says that our job is to train our children the word train is defined as to teach through instruction over a period of time look it's not enough to clothe your children it's not enough to feed your children it's not enough to house your children those are just the things you just have to do that just to not get you know CPS to take them away I mean that's just what you're legally required to do clothe them feed them house them till they're 18 years old that's what the world requires of you as a parent but let me tell you something that is no different than serving an 18 year sentence at a prison I mean if you're just if your thought of parenting is I need to clothe them feed them three square meals a day for the sentence of 18 years and maybe they'll get out at 17 with good behavior then you're no better than a prison your job is to discipline and disciple train up a child in the way he should go we are to train them we are to train them you say what areas should we train them in and listen what I'm telling you tonight here's the reason why most parents don't do it because it's a lot of work you need to train your children spiritually obviously you need to make sure your children get saved and that they get baptized obviously at the appropriate ages and that they begin to develop a relationship with God and begin to walk with God you need to train them spiritually as to why we do what we do and why we believe what we believe but listen look that's hard enough right there I mean just doing that if you would train your children spiritually that's like more than the average parent but that's not enough not only do you need to train your children spiritually you also need to train your children emotionally there are many grown adults who are just emotionally out of control I mean they are just out of control they're either just really angry or really this or really that but you know where that comes from it comes from the fact that as children they were never taught to control their emotions you need to teach your children to control their emotions to be in control of their emotions you need to train them spiritually you need to train them emotionally hey here's one you need to train them socially you need to treat your kids how to act in social environments and how to not be weird and how to not be awkward and how to not say things that are rude and how to be kind and respectful you need to teach your kids to be normal you say or what or they'll grow up to be an adult that's not normal and then they show up to church like this and then I got to teach them to be normal train them spiritually train them emotionally train them socially obviously you need to train them educationally you need to make sure they're actually being taught and educated and obviously we believe in homeschooling and I'll preach a whole sermon on that at another time hey you need to train your kids physically train your kids physically to work hard to do the things that they're supposed to do there's all these areas that we're supposed to train our kids in you got to take the time mom you got to take the time dad you got to take the time you got to take the time to train them up now why is it that parents don't train their kids here's why because training is a lot of work it requires a lot of work go to Deuteronomy keep your place there in Proverbs go to Deuteronomy chapter 6 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus Numbers, Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 6 in Deuteronomy 6 and 7 we usually use this verse to talk about homeschooling and I'm definitely going to use this verse when I preach on homeschooling but I want to just highlight something for you in this verse or in this passage of scripture Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verse 6 notice what the Bible says and these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children you see that word diligently that means it requires work it requires time hey look when you start having children and during the season of life when you have children you may have to stop doing certain things just so you can focus on raising your kids because that's the most important thing that God has given you to do thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shall talk of them I want you to just notice this word that's emphasized shall talk of them notice this word when when thou shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house when are you going to talk to your children about the word of God when you're just sitting around at home you should be talking to your children about the word of God when thou sittest in thy house but that's not it notice when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou rises up you know what it sounds like it sounds like teaching and training your children requires a lot of time it requires a lot of when it's a full-time job this is why the Bible says in Proverbs 29 go back to Proverbs if you would Proverbs 29 and verse 15 Proverbs 29 15 the Bible says and reprove give wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame look do you want to be embarrassed by your children I don't know about you but I don't I don't want I don't I don't want to and I'm not embarrassed by my children it's always sad to me when parents are embarrassed by their children you know you can tell when you meet a parent and they're just like don't talk to my kids just go away kid go away don't talk you know because there's like because their kids are just a brat you know the Bible says that you don't have to be embarrassed you don't have to be ashamed you don't have to always be trying to get your kids away don't talk don't look at anybody the rod and reprove give wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame and listen just spending time with your kids will help them it'll help them to just be around you to have you teach them and train them and look I'm all for structured training programs and I'm all for that and I don't have a problem with that and I've even created stuff that we use with our kids at our house but I'm here to tell you something that's not even necessarily it it's good to have structured times but I'm just talking about throughout the day just in life it's good to be living life with your kids and to just be telling your kids hey that's not don't say that that's not nice that's not kind don't stop doing that that's not good you know just teaching them and talking to them about the word of God training requires time let me say this training requires talking and I'll say this this is probably where most dads fail because unfortunately the average man doesn't have the mental capacity to string together a few words in a coherent fashion but some of you dads are just gonna have to learn to start communicating first of all I'm not preaching on marriage but it'll help your marriage if you start talking to your wife but if you if you can't do that or you're not motivated to do that at least start talking to your kids start training your kids you gotta talk to them Proverbs chapter four in verse one notice what the Bible says Proverbs four in verse one Proverbs chapter four in verse one notice what the what the what the what Solomon writes here he says hear you children notice what he says hear you children the instruction of a father and attend not to know and attend to no understanding notice what he says in verse two I give you good doctrine forsake ye not my law he says for I was my father's son tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother notice what he says in verse four he says he taught me also and said unto me let thine heart retain my word keep my commandments and live you should open your mouth and talk you should open your mouth and instruct your children go to Proverbs chapter one Proverbs chapter one and look that you should open your mouth and speak to your children and teach them I I I just have memories of some of the best memories I have of my dad I just have I don't know why but I just have these memories of my dad just teaching me just just sitting down and teaching you know my brother and I I don't know why I have this memory but I remember I just have this memory of my dad just opening John chapter one and just teaching me from John as a little kid I mean I don't know how old I'm maybe eight or nine years old I just have this memory of my dad opening John chapter one and reading the first seven verses of John chapter one and just explaining to us that Jesus was the word I just have that memory and I'm just thankful that I have a memory of my dad I mean I have memories of my dad teaching us you know how to write a check I have memories of my dad sitting down and teaching us about credit and how credit works and work and all sorts of different things hey dad talk to your kids teach them instruct them but it's not just dads moms too of course Proverbs one and verse eight notice what the Bible says my son hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother Proverbs chapter six and verse twenty my son keep thy father's commandments and forsake not the law of thy mother and obviously dads go off to work and they're at work all day so moms a lot of this is gonna fall on you and it needs to fall on you and it should fall on you well you take the time and I'm thankful and for a wife that takes the time everyday to sit down with our children before they start any and we have a very structured and disciplined she has a she runs a very tight ship when it comes to the home school day and all those things but I'm thankful that everyday they take the time to sit down and read the Bible and I hear her instruct our kids you know I'm up in my office and I'm working and I'm gone doing the things that I need to take care of but I'm thankful that I can hear my wife teaching our children instructing our children teaching the Bible with them and giving them lessons and applications and helping them in their life look this requires work it requires work to train your kids it's hard work you need to spend time with them and you need to talk to them you need to communicate with them you need to speak to them about the future and speak to them just yesterday I was driving down the road with my sons and we were talking about you know what it's gonna take for them in the future to be able and you know I'm 18 years old to purchase a vehicle and how they're gonna get there and what they've gotta do and how they've gotta save and how they should track their savings and how they should have a goal and make it visual so they can see and then we talked about what happens after you save up for a vehicle you need to save up to purchase a home you know and we're just talking about these things why because they're the things that it's our job to train and prepare them for you say a 14 year old and a 12 year old yeah you must discipline your children you must disciple your children but thirdly let me say this you must delight in your children parents must delight in their children go to Proverbs 29 and here's the thing if you don't discipline your children and you don't disciple your children you're probably not gonna delight in them and if you're like I don't like to be around my kids and send them off away so I don't have to see them or hear them if you don't like being around your kids it's probably because you're failing in one or both of these areas you're not disciplining them and you're not discipling them because if you discipline properly and you disciple properly you'll raise nice kids that you actually like to be around that you actually don't mind being around that you don't mind talking to sometimes we just around our kids you're joking and you know it's funny to my wife and I because we're like at some point these kids got to the point where they're actually funny they're cracking jokes and making jokes and it's like they've got wit and it's just fun to be around them that's how parenting is supposed to work parents should delight to be with their kids not trying to get rid of their kids send them off to some after school program or some daycare just anywhere just get them away from me you ought to enjoy spending time Proverbs 29 look at verse 17 Proverbs 29 verse 17 notice what the Bible says correct thy son and he shall give thee rest yea he shall give delight unto thy soul look if you if you discipline your children and you disciple them they'll give delight unto your soul you'll enjoy spending time with them I think about Job how Job's talked about in the book of Job and of course we know that Job was a great man of God he was perfect and upright and he was a great father and Job obviously he lost his children as a result of God testing him and you know the story of Job but one of the things that he says in the book of Job that I really like is when he's he's thinking back to before all the tragedy struck and he talks about he says he says in the days when my sons were about me and he talks about the days that his children were about him and that means that they were around him and Job is looking back and remembering when he spent time with his children and we as parents need to spend time with our children go to Proverbs chapter 3 Proverbs chapter 3 let me give you a couple of quotes you've heard these before but let me give them to you one quote says this when it comes to your family time quantity is more important than quality Amen and when it comes to children the word love is spelled T-I-M-E Proverbs chapter 3 and verse 12 the Bible says for whom the Lord loveth he corrected even as a father the son in whom he delighted you should just enjoy spending time with your kids now let me just say this when it comes to spending time with your kids there is a difference between spending time with young children and spending time with older children so let me just give you some thoughts in regards to that first of all when your children are young it's just important to have them around you as much as possible and the good thing about that obviously if you're a dad and you go off to work you know you're working and I work from home but even at home when I'm working I'm spending those 8, 9, 10 hours and I'm in office away and they're mainly of course with my wife throughout the day but it's important to have your children around one of the parents all the time and it's important to just realize because when they're young they just want to be around you and it doesn't really matter what you're doing they just want to be around you I mean if you have young children you know that's true it doesn't matter if you're going to the grocery store it doesn't matter if you're going to the bank it doesn't matter where you're going they want to go they want to be there so it's good to spend time and that changes all of a sudden they don't just want to be with you all the time and that's normal obviously it's part of them growing up but let me just say this when your kids get older they tend to want to spend less time with you and especially when they're teens mom and dad if you've got teenagers in your home it's important for you to just train yourself when your kid wants to spend time with you you need to immediately drop everything and give them that time you need to make them the priority you need to just give them the time enjoy spending time spend time with your family spend time with your kids spend evenings together spend evenings with God spend evenings in the house of God have dinner together spend time with the family that is so important for your family to spend time together spend time together spend time together enjoy spending time with your children let me say this be gentle with your children you need to be gentle with your children go back to Ephesians if you would Ephesians chapter chapter 6 and you know this is very easy to do and I'll be honest with you I do this and I've got to work on this but since you've had your children you know since birth and they've been through their whole lives it's really easy to treat your children to not treat your children with respect sometimes you know we as parents we talk to our kids and it's like we would never talk to anybody like that but because there are kids you know we change their diapers and we've been with them you know since ever then we get to belittle them or to even make fun of them or whatever and look obviously you need to discipline your children but we need to treat our children with respect they were made in the image of God they were lent to us from the Lord they're the heritage of the Lord so we need to love them and have respect for them as well Ephesians chapter 6 and verse 4 it says but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and I want you to notice these two words nurture and admonition because these are the two balances you've got to have the proper balance the word nurture means to care for to encourage the growth and development of it comes from the same idea as to nourish something my wife's job as parents your job as a parent is to nurture our children to care for them to help them grow and develop to nourish them to give them the nutrients they need physically spiritually emotionally all of it we have to nurture so here's what you need to understand nurture has to do and then we have to balance that with this word admonish admonish is what you teach them the word admonish means to warn to reprimand or to give counsel and this is the balance that God gives us and look all throughout the Bible you'll find that God is a very balanced God he's always giving us and I never say anything negative to my kids and I never correct them and I never do anything that's gonna hurt their feelings that you're gonna fail as a parent but you also can't be a drill sergeant and you're never loving and you never care and all you do is tell them everything they're doing wrong and tell them that they're this and they're loving way and what that means is sometimes it just means to not do it in a mean way sometimes you just have to speak clear to your kids and say look here's what you're gonna do period end of story this is the decision that's being made we have to warn we have to reprimand we have to counsel and sometimes we have to reprimand and sometimes we have to say no that's not okay that's not gonna happen let me say this too in regards to raising your children you've got to have this rule in your house and this rule in your mind and it's this that you as a parent you need to win you need to win all the time with your kids when there when it's like they want this and you want you have to win every time you can't lose your kids you can't give in to your kids now i tell parents this because of the fact that you have to win every time you should also choose your battles wisely because i've been there at times where you know it's like a and then it's like as soon as i say you know it's like why did i say that because now i'm gonna have to make sure that they do you know but here's the thing look you gotta win if it means you gotta leave in the middle of the grocery store leave a cart full of stuff and go back home and spank them if that's what it takes to win then you need to you need to make sure that they that they do what you said or they stop doing what you said and if that means that you've gotta leave the restaurant that means you gotta leave the grocery store if that means you gotta do whatever it is you gotta do you need to make sure you win every time now let me do this and and and obviously we've been talking about this about specific and practical things in regards to doing these things with your kids disciplining in discipling them and delighting in them because sometimes you you preach these things you're like you got a disciplined disciple and it's like okay well what does that mean so let me just give you some very practical things in regards to when you wake up when you eat when you start school when you go to bed when you have lunch when you have dinner when you have you should try to keep these things as consistent as possible so that when you wake up when you eat when you start school when you go to bed when you are as consistent as possible and you should try to have a routine in your home now obviously like I just talked about there needs to be a balance sometimes you're not going to hit the routines exactly the way you want them and that's okay but as long as you're living a life of structure for the most reason you're going to get dressed and what you do and what's the next thing your kids should be able to know what is the next thing to do sometimes my wife is busy with events around here and she has to leave and do some things and I'm in charge of the kids or whatever and I come downstairs and it's some awkward extreme I remember we knew a family that they couldn't come to church on Sunday nights and Wednesday nights because their kids have to be in bed by 7 p.m. and it's like look if you can't come to church because you're so strict on your routine then you've got a problem and if you're putting your big old kids to bed at 7 p.m. that's a problem too so have some balance but children thrive off of structure they want structure they want the security and knowing by the way that's why you ought to be faithful Sunday morning Sunday night Wednesday night why because your kids need that structure it's good for them to just have a routine that they do all the time so have a routine your children need it number two don't assume everything your child says to you is true everything your kid says to you is gospel it's just the gospel truth listen to me kids often lie they lie to get their way and they lie to get away with something they're sinners foolishness is bowed in the heart of a child as the sparks fly upward I mean they're going to try to lie to get away with stuff they're going to try to lie to get their way and don't be the parent who just thinks that everything my kid says is true I could never lie you are an idiot if you think that your kids just don't lie and that you know their heart is just as white as snow their heart is black like every other sinners heart is black now let me say this generally speaking you should be siding with adults over your children all of the time generally speaking you should if there's like a dispute between an adult and a child you need to be siding with the adult and with the authority all the time generally speaking now let me just say this there are some exceptions there are exceptions obviously you know there are predators out there so you know if your kid is telling you that some weird looking guy is saying things and you need to take that seriously so I'm not talking about that but in general if a grown adult is telling you like your kid did X Y and Z and you're like whoa they said they didn't do it and I believe them that is bad don't assume everything your child says is true and generally speaking you should be believing your kids here are the exceptions predators and crazies now obviously there I mean I've had grown people lie to me lie about me when I've caught them in lies and I'm just like you're a liar so I'm not going to believe you if you tell you know whatever you tell me you know you're gonna take it with a grain of salt so obviously there's a balance this but look generally speaking you need to be teaching your children that you side with adults you side with authority and children don't assume that everything your child says is true number three if your child is having problems with everyone you need to realize that your kid is the problem let me say this if you're having problems with everyone you're the problem end of story period there is no other answer Genesis 16 12 says and he will be a wild man his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brother you know what the Bible says when everyone's hand is against you is because your hand is against every man I don't know how else to break it to you there is no conspiracy against you there is no conspiracy against your kid if you send your kid off to school and they're just having trouble with everybody they're having trouble with if you're having trouble with everybody I can't get along with anybody at work it's you there's no conspiracy against you if your if everyone's hand is against you is because your hand is against everyone you know the Bible says the Bible says let a man that have friends must show himself friendly so if your child is having problems with everyone you need to start looking at your kids say well what are you doing wrong what are you doing number four don't rebuke other people's children but you can't stop other people's children from doing something that's wrong or dangerous and there's something that I try to teach here at a church like look you should not be walking up and rebuking other people's children don't walk up and rebuke my children dead for sure and I'm not gonna walk up and rebuke your children you say what does that mean I mean I'm not gonna walk up to your kid and be like you stinking brat what are you doing you know I'm not gonna rebuke them but if your kid is climbing on something and they could injure themselves or sticking you know a fork into an outlet you know hey yeah tell kids like hey don't do that stop that I mean I stand at the main door after every service and I'm constantly telling little kids like nope nope nope nope go to mama go to mama nope nope nope you know I'm not even just let some kid walk out into the traffic like well you know they're not my kid obviously if they're doing something dangerous if they're doing something bad if they're hitting another kid I don't know how many times I walk I walk out there or I walk over here and there's just some some group of boys just in a full fledged wrestling match and whether my boys are involved or not I'm like hey you guys need to knock it off right now you know now I don't tell them like what are you thinking what are you doing go to your corner you know I'm not going to rebuke your kids but look if your kids are doing something bad if kids are doing something bad they're being dangerous if they're gonna hurt themselves or hurt others it's okay to say hey stop or hey you need to go to your parents but don't sit there and rebuke them like they're your kids so don't rebuke them but you can obviously stop other children from doing something that's wrong or doing something that's dangerous or hurting somebody or hurting themselves it's okay to tell kids that hey you can't you shouldn't be doing that number five never allow your children to walk up to an adult and tattle to that adult about their children that is not appropriate children should be taught to go to their own parents with their their problems you should you should your kids should never do this you should never allow this and I'm telling you the truth the rule at our house is if you walk up to somebody else's parent tells them anything you're getting a spanking I don't care what it was about that is not your parent I'm your dad that's your mom these these are the people that God gave you you got an issue you come to us you should never allow your children to walk up to some other adult and tell them about their kid and what their kid is doing no now if your kid comes to you and tells you that there's a problem with some other kid then obviously you need to take the time to listen to them and you to decide of what they're doing or what's happening if it needs to be addressed and if you need to go to those parents and you need to go to those parents and sometimes there are times where you need to go to that parent needs to say things and and and try to work things out but there are also times when you need to just it's a teaching opportunity you just teach your kids you know don't do that stop that I was just thinking about this earlier I mean this doesn't happen anymore but I remember there was a time with with our sons and they were younger where we felt like some kids were just being kind of very rough with them and and hurting them and you know we're just telling like hey look when they're being nice and they're playing well play with them and when they're not walk away you don't have to be you don't have to play with them if they're being rough and hurting you but you need to just realize that when your kids come it's your job to help them so don't ignore them say I just forget it listen to what's going on maybe you have to step in maybe need to address the issue but maybe you need to teach them something or use it as a teaching opportunity number seven never allow your children to be rude to other adults period end of story there is never a reason for some punk kid to be rude to an adult ever don't let them be rude to adults when it happens and needs to be corrected immediately you say well what does that mean I mean it means being rude to them it means mouthing off to them but also you know it just means being disrespectful hey let me let me help you out with something children should never call adults by their first name period ever they need to speak to them with respect and if they use somebody's first name that's OK but you use a title you know it's brother Oliver it's Deacon Oliver you know or it's Miss Joanne but some little kid should be walking over there Joanne let's have a talk no you're a kid you speak with respect you need to be taught to speak right and look mom and dad it's your job number eight don't excuse your children's behavior look it is like rare to the point where it probably never happens when one person is just completely innocent and has done absolutely wrong I mean I do marriage counseling all the time and and and even in marriage counseling when it's really obvious that like this person the problem this person but even in those situations there's always some responsibility that the other party can take because we're all sinners so teach your children to take responsibility for their part and what's being done and don't excuse your kids behavior look if your kid is being mean to some kid because that kid was mean to them don't excuse and say well that justifies it no it doesn't well they hit them because they hit them first well they shouldn't hit them they should have came to you you should have they should have resolved it with you teach your kids to take responsibility for their actions don't excuse their behavior don't just say well it's not their fault they're innocent no they're sinners like everybody else number nine do not criticize I don't care if you say amen or not sometimes when it gets quiet I'm like yeah you need this number nine do not criticize criticize others in the presence of your children you say why two reasons a spiritual reason or carnal reason why you don't want to talk crap about your pastor or your pastor's wife or the staff or other church members around your your kids all right I'll give you the spiritual reason you probably won't care about and I'll give you the carnal reason that you will care about here's a spiritual reason number one because they're going to you your kids are going to mirror you so when you sit there and just talk badly about other people they're going to grow up to talk bad about other people and they're going to grow up to talk about about you that's the spiritual reason here's the carnal reason because your kids are going to come to churches tell everybody because the Ecclesias 10 and these 20 Verse 20, curse not the king, no, not in thy thoughts, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber, for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. That verse is where we get the little phrase, a little birdie told me. Let me tell you who that little birdie is. It's your kids. They come back to church and they're like, my mom said, my dad said, don't criticize others in the presence of your children because they're going to repeat it. Here's number 10, don't enable your children if they're always playing the victim. Realize that if you feed into your kids like victim mentality, you're going to create a victim. And if you feed into your kids victim mentality, it's probably because you have a victim mentality. But don't enable that. I mean, I remember this just last year at the 4th of July picnic last year. Who was at the 4th of July picnic last year? At the 4th of July picnic last year, and this happened in front of a lot, I mean, many of you were witnesses to this, but this lady walks up to my wife and I came into this whole situation at the tail end of it and I was thankful that I was at the tail end of it. But this lady, not one of our church members, just a lady that happened to be at the park, she walks up to my wife and she says, your daughter and her friends are bullying my daughter. And my wife's just like, what, you know? And she says, well, who are you talking about? And she's talking about Elizabeth, which obviously Elizabeth, I love you, she's a sinner like anyone else, but if you know Elizabeth, she's like the most just like nicest calm kid ever, you know? And this lady, she's like, your daughter and her friend were bullying my daughter. I mean, some of you were there, it's kind of embarrassing. And this lady walks in, my wife's just like, what in the world, you know? And then we're like, well, what happened? The lady just had no idea, she's like, I don't know, they're just bullying my daughter. So then she calls with her daughter and she's like, was my daughter hitting you? And she's like, no. Was she calling you names? No. Well, how's she bullying you? They were laughing at me. Oh, man, you know, what were they laughing about? I don't know. Well, how do you know they were laughing at you? Were they pointing at you? No. So what happened? You know, these kids are on a playground and this little girl goes on to say, your daughter and her friends were laughing and I happened to be standing by it, so I just assumed they're laughing at me. It's like, they don't even know you, they've never even seen you, you're a stranger, you're a kid on a park, they're like playing and laughing and you just assume that they're laughing at you. Now, that's bad enough. I mean, that just shows you that little girl is an insecure little girl and she's probably being raised by an insecure mom. But here's the worst part. The worst part is this little girl goes to her mom and says, those girls are bullying me and she's like, I'm going to take care of this. And it's like, you didn't even talk to your kid, you didn't even ask any questions, you know, and by the time my wife's done with this lady, she's all embarrassed, she's like, I'm sorry, I thought it was more serious than that, she's like trying to walk away. And then we're just like, no, lady, you're going to get a sermon right now. And it's just this idea. But look, this is how parents parent their kid, where it's just like, my kids are innocent, they do nothing wrong, and I'm going to pretend, hey, don't buy into and enable your children's victim mentality. You know what that little girl needs to be taught? Just because people are laughing doesn't mean they're laughing about you. It's not all about you. It's not, they're just girls and they're playing, they don't even know you, they're even looking at you. Realize that if you feed into your kid's victim mentality, look, you're going to raise a monster. You need to teach your children that the world's not about them, that life's not about them, that they're not the center of the universe. You need to teach them that, look, sometimes we just have to deal with things and we have to be mature, and if you think that they're talking, they're not, why don't you walk up to those girls and ask them, hey, what are you laughing about? They'd probably be like, oh, we're laughing about this, you want to play with us? That lady's just raising a monster. Gonna raise a monster. Go to Proverbs, Proverbs chapter 23, Proverbs chapter 23. So we as parents, and you know, I'm thankful that I came in at the tail end of that because I was just like, man, these people do not need to see their pastor just start yelling at this crazy lady, and obviously my wife was very calm and collected. It's crazy to me that parents would act this way. Proverbs 23, 24, Proverbs 23, 24, parenting can and should be a blessing. Proverbs 23, 24 says, the father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bear thee shall rejoice. How do you get there? Here's how you get there. You discipline, you disciple, you delight. You discipline your children. You spend time with them. You teach them. You train them. You enjoy spending time with them. You have them around you, and the Bible says that the father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice. You know, my goal is to enjoy, and I hope this is our prayer that my wife and I can enjoy our adult children, that we can have a friendship and a relationship with adult children that are walking with God. You should be able to rejoice in the work that you've done with your children. A wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bear thee shall rejoice. Go to Isaiah 54. You're there in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah. Isaiah 54, Isaiah 54 and verse 13, and look, when that lady walked up to us, it's not like we were like, my daughter's perfect should never do that. We're like, wow, really? Let's find out what happened. Let's ask some questions. When we start asking questions, then it's real obvious. It's like, you're crazy, and you're raising a crazy. Isaiah 54, verse 13, but you know what? You say, well, what would you have done if she'd have said like, yeah, you know, they're laughing at me. They're calling me this, you know, and they're pointing at me. What would you have done if it would have been true? We would have gone home and spanked a daughter, because that's what parents do. They don't put their head in the sand and just think that their kids are perfect and there's nothing. If your kids were perfect, then why'd God give you to train them? Isaiah 54, verse 13, and all thy children shall be taught of the Lord. That's your goal. When your kids are born, from the time they're born to the time they leave your house, whatever that means, 20, 18, whatever that, 24, whatever that means, your goal is this, that all thy children shall be taught of the Lord. And great shall be the peace of thy children. You don't have to turn there, I'll just read this for you, 3 John 1.4 says, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk and trip. And look, we're raising our kids. I'm not sitting here telling you my kids are perfect. They are sinners. And, you know, I'm sure that as soon as the service is over, one of them is going to go break something. And everybody's going to be like, oh, gee. My kids are sinners. Your kids are sinners. But, you know, our goal, here's our goal. Our goal is to love them, spend time with them, train them, discipline them, watch them flourish for the Lord and say, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk and trip. That's what every parent's goal should be, to be able to look up and say, I trained up my child in the way he should go. And when he is old, he did not depart from it. That's why I had the novel word of prayer. Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you for giving us the blessing of raising children. And, Lord, I know it's hard. I know it takes a lot of time and energy and money, but, Lord, help us to be parents that are consistent, consistent in our discipline, consistent in our disciple and our discipling of our children, consistent in our devotion to our children, our delight of our children. Lord, help us to raise some great kids that will live for you. I realize that kids are sinners, and they're going to make mistakes, they're going to do foolish things, and it's our job to try to correct them and help them. Lord, I pray you'd help us to be parents. They're putting in the work, the time, the energy, the effort to raise these children for the Lord. In the matchless name of Christ, we pray. Amen. Now, Brother RJ, come up and lead us in a final song. I just want to remind you that, of course, we have our Wednesday night service this week, so we encourage you to be here with us for the Wednesday night service, but also we have a wedding this Friday, May 27th, 5 p.m. here at the church building for Brother Serge and Miss Ajana, so don't forget about that, and you can sign up on your communication card if you've not yet done that, and we've got other things for you to sign up for. If you've not yet signed up for the graduation service, if you have a kindergartner or a high schooler that is part of our homeschool group, you can sign up on the communication card for them to participate in the graduation service, or if they're not part of our homeschool group and they're kindergarten, sixth grade, eighth grade, high school, and college, they can be recognized, so you can sign up for that. Make sure you do that so we can get all that information in, and we're going to have pizza that night. That's not next Sunday night, but the night after that. If there's anything we can do for you, please let us know, and Brother RJ, come up and lead us in a final song. Amen. Amen. Let's grab our songbooks and turn to page number 138. Song number 138. We're going to be singing the Haven of Rest. That's song number 138, and let's sing it out on the first. My soul, inside exile, was out of my seat. So good and fixed in endless trance. Till I heard a sweet voice, who made me your choice. And I entered the haven of rest. I hang my soul in the haven of rest. I'll sail that city no more. The tempest may sleep a while for me deep. In Jesus I'm safe and alone. I yield in myself to this tender embrace. And they take you all of the world. My fetters fell off, and I anchor my soul. The haven of rest is my world. I anchor my soul in the haven of rest. I sail the white seas no more. The tempest may sleep a while for me deep. In Jesus I'm safe and alone. The song of my soul sings of your medieval past. Sails so past of Jesus' state. Who looks where we'll have not heard, and not think, and not rest. I hang my soul in the haven of rest. I sail the white seas no more. The tempest may sleep a while for me deep. In Jesus I'm safe and alone. One thirty-eight, let's sing it out on the last. Oh comes the Savior. He literally waits to save our kids by worldly might. Come anchor your soul in the haven of rest. And save thy beloved is mine. I hang my soul in the haven of rest. I sail the white seas no more. The tempest may sleep a while for me deep. In Jesus I'm safe and alone. Amen, great singing. Brother George, would you dismiss us with a word of prayer, please? Amen. Amen. Amen.