Just a few points from this mornings sermon that I want to remember and integrate into child training this week.
Eph. 5:19 - Make sure that the words that we speak to one another are Gospel-centered and point others to God's Word.
Spend more time talking about Christ than any other topic.
"OUR WORDS, SPOKEN OR SUNG, SHOULD BUILD UP, NOT TEAR DOWN".

vv.19-20 - Being a Christian should be synonomous with being thankful. How many "little" daily parts of life do we take for granted and not thank our Lord, Provider, Protector, Guide, Wisdom, Comforter… Seriously, think about it. For goodness sake even our TOOTHPASTE tastes good! (We'll be making a Thanksgiving tree this week (Lord willing) with a stack of blank paper "leaves" on which we'll write as many things for which we're grateful that day and hang them on the tree. Hopefully it'll get us in the habit of looking for things for which to be thankful (which do not include things that God hates, as was made clear this morning).
~ The Christian life is one of RADICAL gratitude.

v. 20 - "Name"- all a person is, has done, etc.

We'll also be focusing on not being anxious about tomorrow for God cares even for the birds of the air. Instead we'll, only by God's grace and only if this is His will for this weeks focus, "…rejoice in the Lord always…" Hmmm, now I'm geting a bit trepidatious knowing how God likes to give us LOTS of practice opportunities for a particular lesson He's trying to teach us.