Todays Top 10 Stress in the Family

10% % 15%

16% Used up Savings 16% House too small for the family y d l 23% Medical/Dentall Expenses y 26% Insufficient Income for the Family Childrens Education 29% Delayed Payment for the housing loan 31% Transportation expenses or Purchase of a car p p 43%

Overuse of credit cards

Starting a business

45%

Money for food, clothing, incoming bills

Why does the raising of children have to be so difficult?

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli's sons, {Hophni and Phinehas,} were good-for-nothing priests; they h d no f h in the LORD h had faith h LORD.

1 Samuel 2:17

The sin of Eli's sons was a serious matter to the LORD, because these men were treating the offerings made to the LORD with contempt. ff d h h

1 Samuel 2:22-25

Now, Eli was very old, and he had heard everything that his sons were doing to all Israel and that they were sleeping with the women d h h l h h who served at the gate of the tent of meeting.
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1 Samuel 2:22-25

So he asked them, Why are you doing such things? I hear about your wicked ways from all these people. ll h l 24 Sons, the report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading isn't good!
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1 Samuel 2:22-25

If one person sins against another, God will take care of him. However, when a person sins against the LORD, who will pray f h h h ll for him? But they wouldn t listen to their father's wouldn't father s warning
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Decline of The Traditional Family

-Dr. James Dobson, The Family in Crisis

Households headed by unmarried partners Households headed by single mothers or

grew by almost 72 percent during the decade. decade

fathers increased by 25 percent and 62 percent, respectively.

Decline of The Traditional Family

-Dr. James Dobson, The Family in Crisis

33% of all babies were born to unmarried Live- in partners increased by close to one Live

women, women compared to only 3 8 percent in 1940 3.8 1940.

thousand percent from 1960 to 1998.

"How to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent in Your Own Family Family" Begin with infancy to give the child

everything he wants. Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Take his part against neighbors, teachers, a d po ce e and policemen.. TELL him he is never wrong. e s eve w o g. Finally, prepare yourself for a life of grief. You're going to have it.

Dir Anak, Naipadala ko na ang 50 libong piso na tuition fee mo, pinagbili na namin ang mga kalabaw natin. Ang mahal pala ng kursong COUNTER STRIKE? Wala na din pala tayong baboy naibenta na din para dun sa sinasabi mo na project nyo na BLACKBERRY PEARL? Ang mahall naman ng A h p j project na y Grabe! yun,

Kasama din ang P7,000 dun para sa field trip nyo sa MALL OF ASIA, anak malayo ba yun? Mag ingat ka sa pagbibiyahe mo, isasanla palang mo namin ang palayan natin para mabili mo na yung instrumentong I-POD na kinakailangan mo sa llab nyo. b

Anak komportable ka ba dyan sa boarding house mo? Saan ba kamo yan? Sa VICTORIA COURT ? - Maganda ba dyan? di ba mainit jan?

Anak kamusta na pala yung group project nyo na SANMIG LIGHT ? Napailaw nyo na ba? mataas ba nakuha nyo na grado dun?

HaaY! Anak sana bago pa maubos ang lahat lahat ng arian natin, ang pangarap namin ng nanay mo ay maka gradweyt kana kana

WALONG TAON ba talaga ang kurso mo sa SECRETARIAL? Sana pag gradweyt mo makakuha ka ng trabaho kaagad kagaya ng Manager ng kumpanya para mabawi natin ang mga ari arian natin sa sanglaan.

Ay! syangapala anak di ba sabi mo sa MAC DONALD ka palagi kumakain? Ok ba naman sayo ang mga ulam dyan? Baka hindi masarap kawawa ka naman!

Eh yung school bus nyo kamo na TAXI sabihin mo sa driver mag ingat sya sa pag dri-drive ha?

Anak hanggang dito na lang Hayaan mo sa susunod ay ipapadala ko sa yo ang pera na pambili mo ng ALTIS na gagamitin mo sa Vacant subject mo.. At pag nakaani ng maganda ngayong anihan, makakaenrol ka na sa wakas sa isa mong back Subject sa PS 2.

Nagmamahal , Ang iyong Itay at Inang

P.S. Mag aral ka ng mabuti At kumain ka lagii h ! k i k l ha! (Kaunting tiis muna kami. Talbos ng kamote at g g kabute ang ulam namin ngayon.)

1 Samuel 2:31-34
31 The

time is coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that no one will grow old in your f l h ll ld family. 32 You will see distress in my dwelling place. In spite of the good that I do for Israel, no one in your family will live to an old age.

1 Samuel 2:31-34

man in your family whom I do not remove from my altar will have his eyes fail, and he ll be heartbroken. And ll h will b h b k A d all your d descendants d p will die in the prime of life. 34 What is going to happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you: Both f th B th of them will die on the same d ill di th day

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did not believe in Christ or in Christian training. He refused to take his children to church, even when they asked to go. g

Max Jukes was born 1700,, lived in New York. He J

1 Samuel 2:30

But now the LORD declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who d h despise me will b considered insignificant. ll be d d f

1 Samuel 2:35

Then I will appoint a faithful priest to serve me. He will do everything I want him to do. I will give h f hf l d him faithful descendants, and h will always d d he ll l y live as my anointed one.

Jonathan Edwards
in the same state, at the same time as Jukes. He loved the Lord and saw that his children were in church every Sunday, he S d as h served th d the Lord to the best of his ability.
was born 1700, lived

Exodus 20:5-6 5 for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection f any other h ll l ff for h g gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their y p p children; the entire family is affectedeven children in the third and f h generations of those who h h d d fourth f h h 6 But I lavish unfailing g reject me. j love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands. d b d

- He describes himself as an unfaithful husband, an absentee father and a substance abuser ... He revealed h was sexually l d he ll abused by a prominent, unnamed boxing coach...

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard

- Ive done a lot of

things in my life that Im I not proud of,... d f

Sugar Ray Leonard

- H s a diff t man, a He different better husband and a more caring father for having finally released the secret he carried for so many years,...

Its like I have been released from some incredible burden. I had this huge weight taken from my shoulders and now I can be the man that I always wanted to be. d b

Exodus 34:5-7 5 The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with h and called out h name d h h him d ll d his the LORD. 6 Then he passed in front of Moses, p calling out, The LORD, the LORD, a compassionate and mercifull God, patient, d f d always faithful and ready to forgive. y y g

Exodus 34:5-7 7 He continues to show his love to thousands of generations, fforgiving wrongdoing, disobedience, and d d bd d sin. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, p g yg p punishing g children and grandchildren for their parents' sins to the third and f h generation. h h d d fourth