Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God

In my everyday life, I too often amble along without an adequate perspective of  my relationship with Jesus Christ.  That Christ dwells within me, will never forsake me, has given me resplendent promises, and pursues a intimate relationship with me is unfortunately not a front-of-mind thought or consideration for many of my waking moments on many days.  This is something I am working on.

Being intentional about the time our Lord has given us on this earth is important.  Of course, living in the conscious presence of the Lord is not to say that we get a free pass from every legitimate thing we need to do.  We have to learn how it is all integrated.  Our Sovereign Lord is over all and there is therefore nothing we do apart from Him.  Accordingly, being a father (or even a parent, to be more general) is a profound responsibility, designated by God and directed by His Word and the Spirit, and woven into this integrated fabric we call life on earth.  I try to take this role very seriously, but fail frequently.  I recently listened to four sermons from John Piper that were a huge encouragement for me in this area.  I thought that rather than blog about Mexico this month, I would just link to these sermons and suggest that each parent who reads this listen to them in the coming month.  You can listen on-line or download the MP3's to your personal device.  If you want you can burn a CD if that is more convenient.  Here's the link to these 4 sermons:
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/series-index/raising-children-who-hope-in-the-triumph-of-god