12-31-17 Seth Ellsworth Waypoint Baby Dedication.

Waypoint Christian Church Baby Dedication.

1. Do you today recognize these children as the gifts of God and give heartfelt thanks for God's blessing? (Psalm 127:3-5)
2. Do you now dedicate your children to the Lord who gave them to you, surrendering all worldly claims upon their lives in the hope that they will belong wholly to God? (1 Samuel 1:11)
3. Do you pledge as parents, that, with God's fatherly help, you will bring up your children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, making every reasonable effort, with patience and love, to teach the Word of God, form the character of Christ and extend the Grace of Jesus into their lives? (Deut. 6:4-7, Prov. 22:6)
4. Do you promise to provide, through God's blessing, for the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs of your children, looking to your own heavenly father for wisdom, love and strength to serve your children, and not use them? (Luke 15:11-32 the prodigal son)
5. Do you pledge, with God's help, to make it your regular prayer, that, by God's grace, your children will come to trust Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of their sin and for the fulfillment of all his promises to them, even eternal life; and in this faith follow Jesus as Lord in obedience to His teaching? (Luke 18:16)