12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.The sermon doesn't focus on verse 13 but it is part of the message.
Now, parents of 4th and 5th graders, I don't want you to freak out. I want you to read these two personal stories about Josiah and me. I genuinely believe God provided these two talking points to help me have TWO examples to share with you about talking with your child about sex.
Story One:
Earlier this week, Josiah is reading the book Shaken by Tim Tebow. It is book about going through challenging times. The book contains stories of many different people's struggles in life. As Josiah was reading he came across the word "molested" and asked me what that means. Josiah and I have already talked about fundamental character qualities and facts about puberty.
We talk about God's special design for sex between and husband and wife, not a mom and dad OR a man and woman. What happened in the story from the book is that someone took this very special thing and corrupted it and used it in a way that was wrong and sinful.Story Two:
This morning Josiah and I went to The Daughter Project breakfast fundraiser. On the way there we talked about what sex trafficking was. Once again, we had already talked about sex at an appropriate level for him. So my conversation about the Daughter Project and sex trafficking was basically this:
Sex trafficking is when sinful people take what God has designed as a special thing between a husband and wife and twist it and use it for profit.If you haven't had the talk with your son or daughter yet, I would encourage you to check out the resources that have been posted on this blog related to The Talk. Click HERE.
If you need some help talking to your kids about the text and specifically orgies and sexual immorality, think basics.
The sermon text contrast light and darkness. God's design and Man's sinfulness.
"Orgies and Drunkenness" are people's attempts to check out of the realities of life.
"Sexual immorality and sensuality" are perversions (twistings) of what God made for human order and flourishing.
I know when topics like these come it in church it is easy to think that we need to shield our kids from these words and topics.
But I always come back to the fact that I would RATHER have my kids hear these words and topics under my instruction or in the church building where they are talked about Biblically THAN hearing their friends or Hollywood telling my kids about these topics.
On a Final Note:
For the IMPACT service tonight, we are going to have something for the kids up through 5th grade. The biggest reason for this is because Pastor Duke is going to take a couple of minutes to talk through the child/teen protection policy. While we believe the sermon on Sunday morning will help them pursue holiness, we also don't believe they need to be part of the update and potential discussion in the evening service.
On a Final Note:
For the IMPACT service tonight, we are going to have something for the kids up through 5th grade. The biggest reason for this is because Pastor Duke is going to take a couple of minutes to talk through the child/teen protection policy. While we believe the sermon on Sunday morning will help them pursue holiness, we also don't believe they need to be part of the update and potential discussion in the evening service.
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