Parenting, Media, On Being Human, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Today we look at what it means to be human as we raise image bearers, i.e. parenting. Proverbs 1:7 and 4:23 instruct on the foundations of parenting: to raise children who fear God and cultivate hearts that trust and love their King. Parenting is an overflow of the heart, and God must be our foundation, example, and goal as our children are formed through our influence on their life.

Media, Proverbs: Living Wisdom, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

The “heart” is referenced 79x’s in the ancient book of Proverbs, that’s over twice per chapter. Clearly, this is an important topic. It was the Puritan John Flavel who noted that the “greatest difficulty in conversion is to win the heart to God and the greatest difficulty after conversion is to keep the heart with God.” Perhaps one of the most famous Proverbs is 4:23, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” What is the heart? How do we keep it? How do we change it?