How will they KNOW it!

It is interesting how the Lord puts things in my way which find relevance in the things that need to be dealt with in my own life.

It all starts with having a student come to class late and with an attitude. They feel like it is just an inconvenience in their lives and that all of these rules must not apply to him because they are just stupid. This leads me to an understanding of how often I see students walking around and doing life with a sense of entitlement. Like the world revolves around them and that if everyone would open their eyes and realize that this is true, all would be well again.

Then I watch this video

T4G 2010 -- Special Session -- Matt Chandler from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

And Matt talks about how he knew the Gospel and how it applied to him but since going through the treatments for brain cancer, he now KNOWS the Gospel and how it applies to him.

Add this to the fact that 80% of people who grow up in the church, later reject the church and the Gospel as irrelevant.

All of these things come together to form this question in my head:

What are the things that I need to do to lead my family and kids in a way that they will KNOW the relevance of the Gospel in their lives and have a real and deep understanding of who God is and who they are?

I realize that most of this is out of my hands. But I also know that God has put me in this place of influence for a reason and that to shirk this responsibility is a sin of omission(I know what should be done, but I do not to it).