Teach Your Children

Teach Your Children “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deuteronomy 4:9 The responsibility of all parents is to establish a firm foundation for our children based around God. When our children have grown up in a Christian home they know what the power of God can provide to them and their own children as they start their own families. We must have our lives and our families centered around God and walk the talk in our daily lives to set the example for our children. This can be a scary thought, but it can also be a powerful incentive for parents to live in such a way that imitation will result in Godliness in their children. Children can hear all the right facts at church. They can hear the Scriptures being quoted. They can hear the preacher and their Sunday school teacher say, “This is the way God wants you to live.” However, these words aren’t going to mean much unless God’s truth is translated into action at home. “Deuteronomy 6:-9 “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” We establish the example for our children to follow, and all parents have the responsibility to teach our children about God, and have our family life revolve around God and our church. We are the best role model our children will ever have, and if we teach them in the way God tells us to, our children will have the foundations that God will build on in their lives as they begin their own families. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Six​ February 20