The Orange Code pt. 1

The Orange Code Pt. 1 Matt & Robert Johnson
Twitter: (@MattJohnson21 & @johnsonrn)

• Between 70-80 percent of college students walk away from their faith by the time they graduate.

FRAMEWORK: God designed the church and the family to work hand-in-hand. The church is a light; the family is a place that models God. The church is yellow, family love is red, and when the two work together it makes orange. We must figure out a way to make this happen.

• The church is not the primary spiritual influence in the lives of kids, parents are.

• Two combined influences always make a greater impact in a child’s life than just two influences alone.

• It all starts at the home

• There are no perfect parents! Not even in the Bible!

• Good News: God does not expect you to be a perfect parent!

o Even if you were perfect, it wouldn’t guarantee that your kids would be who you want them to be, let alone who God wants them to be.

• We all have a picture of what we want our kids to grow up to be.

• Deuteronomy 6:4-6 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.

o Parents/families trust and obedience to God will not only have an impact on them, but on their children and grandchildren.

o The decisions parents make today will have a profound impact on the relationship their offspring will have with Christ.

o The greatest legacy is what you build in your children, not what you give to your children.

o Impress on your children the love and the character of God.

o Essential truth: Our God is God. It’s all about Him.

o It doesn’t matter what our kids know if they don’t know what really matters.

o If we don’t leave our kids with a love for God, nothing else really matters.

o The most valuable gift you can ever give your child is your love for God.

o If you don’t have a love for God, and model it day in and day out, your kids probably won’t either.


• What is your next step in living out Deut. 6:5 and showing your kid(s) that you love God with all your heart, soul, and strength?

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