What Does It Mean to Finish Well? | Clay Burgess

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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

Ephesians 6:2-4 (ESV)

Honor = to value highly (it has to do with attitude)

Leviticus 19:2-3a (ESV)

We have a responsibility not a guarantee.

• We are responsible for what we can control—our actions, response, attitude

2 responsibilities:

1. God wants me to honor my parents.
2. 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

1. Honor by helping

• Pray, show up, serve
• Extend patience

1. 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

Psalm 34:14 (ESV)

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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