Start to Finish Week 3 - What Does It Mean to Finish Well?
Clay Burgess - Director of Preaching & Theology
Description:
There’s one thing in life we never really plan for… and that’s getting old. Clay Burgess (Director of Preaching & Theology) wraps up the series with a message on aging, honoring, and what it means to finish well.
Message Notes:
One thing we tend not to plan for is getting old.
As we get older, we start to understand Psalm 90:10 (ESV)
“…everywhere you look horizontally has been affected by the fall in some way… Every horizontal thing, this side of eternity, is in the process of decay.” -Paul David Tripp
In the process of decay, how do we finish well?
The sandwich generation = generation that is both raising kids and caring for aging parents
Honor = to value highly (it has to do with attitude)
We have a responsibility not a guarantee.
- We are responsible for what we can control—our actions, response, attitude
2 responsibilities:
- God wants me to honor my parents.
- God does not want me to provoke my children.
Ways we dishonor:
- Disrespectful words
- Sarcastic words
- Being unavailable—not useful or helpful
Ways we provoke:
- Crazy, unrealistic expectations
- Always being critical—having a negative spirit
- Physical or verbal abuse
Bring them up = nourish or feed
In the discipline = systematic training
And instruction
Of the Lord = moving toward Christlikeness
Ways to honor
- Honor by helping
- Pray, show up, serve
- Extend patience
- Prepare so we won’t provoke
- Plan for the future now
- Talk about the hard things now
- Make decisions now that will reduce stress on others later
Ask: Do I love them more than I hate where they’re at?
“Remember, what is out of your control exists under the careful control of the One who is all-knowing, all-wise, all good.” -Paul David Tripp—
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