Westside Family Church

It's For The Children

Pastor Dan Deeble

vul·ner·a·ble

/ˈvəlnər(ə)bəl/

adjective

● Definition: susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm

● Synonyms: at risk, endangered, unsafe, unprotected, ill-protected, unguarded, open to attack, undefended, unshielded, unfortified, defenseless, easily hurt/wounded/damaged, powerless, helpless, exposed to, prey to, in danger of, at risk of, at the mercy of, an easy target for, easily affected by, in the firing line, …

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Learn to do right; seek justice.

Defend the oppressed.

Take up the cause of the fatherless;

plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17

“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!” Deuteronomy 27:19

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

love and faithfulness go before you. Psalm 89:14

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Me > Generational > Church > Society > Creation

Jesus reads the scroll: this is being fulfilled!

Scroll of Isaiah: Isaiah 61 Isaiah 45 - 61 (turnhinge) massionic process, people are carted away in exile, no resource, a turn in the story. Isaiah 61 (Luke 4:18-19)

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

Jesus is talking about the physically and spiritually poor, blind, prisoners, oppressed.

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Children's Illiteracy:

Children are one of the most vulnerable demographics in our society
Illiteracy is a root-cause issue.

If they learn to read (by 8 or 9 years old), trajectory of their lives changes!
It's strategic, it's concrete!

When it comes to kids, it's a hot-button issue with Jesus!

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

- Jesus, Matthew 18:6

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