Tim Kimmel — Grace-Based Families

Dr. Tim Kimmel, Executie Director of Family Matters and author of Grace-Based Parenting, was the guest speaker at Grace Fellowship Church on October 21, 2012.  The Big Idea: God gives us the ability to create a culture of grace in our families.

FYI:  There’s an upcoming conference on this subject Nov 30 – Dec 1 2012 at Grace Fellowship.  Sign up and details here: http://latham.gracefellowship.com/event/raising-truly-great-kids-conference/

Sermon Notes:

Text: Luke 2:39-52
1. Grace-based families give the people they love the freedom to be__________________.
Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
2. Grace-based families give the people they love the freedom to be ___________________.
2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Colossians 4:6 “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
3. Grace-based families give the people they love the freedom to be __________________.
Hebrews 4:16 “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need.”
Hebrews 12:15 “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.”
4. Grace-based families give the people they love the freedom to___________ __________________.
Hebrews 12:5-6 “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord
disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”
Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”