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 refregarator and your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:6-9
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Parents strive to offer their children a better life than what they had. They try their best to leave a financial inheritance for them but fail to make provision for the one legacy of value: a love for God and His Word. It is the parents’ responsibility to provide children with things, but material objects cannot substitute for faith in God. Children do not belong to the parents, but to God and while here on earth, they have the responsibility to raise them in manners that honor God. In Mark, it is stated that Jesus told his disciples to "Let the children come unto me." Jesus valued children and He understood their potential to further the kingdom.
When you do things God's way, you receive the benefits of that relationship. As you develop your relationship with Christ, you can be free from worry and anxiety, addictions, and so many other problems that seem to plague young people. When you do things God's way, you receive the benefits of that relationship. You should be motivated to lead your children right not only because you love them and want to spare them unnecessary hardship, but also because of your desire to please God, for it His will. It doesn’t matter how challenging it is, God will guide you and lead you as you care for precious little ones.
Give children spiritual values and not only material thing that have no lasting power. Teach children to be responsible at an early age. Teach them on the importance of living a Christ centered life. Teach them the fear of the Lord. It doesn’t matter how they feel about it. Seek God’s approval instead of children's. Childhood is not a time of indulgence and a time to satisfy selfish desires, but a time to train and inspire your precious ones and to develop them into mature responsible adults who value ethics, peace, and God. Choose to please God above all else. Your love to your children is secondary to your love for God. Establish God authority over your home. Your fear and love for God must be a daily reality in your homes. Be the right type of influence and be blessed.
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Psalm 127:1
Praise the Lord!
