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THE PARENTS TEACH
When God selected the one man who was to be father of His chosen people, He chose Abraham because He knew he would be a good parent and teach his children about a loving heavenly Father. God invests in people He can trust to teach.
Some parents feel that as soon as they get their own children raised, their responsibilities are over. However, God has duties for grandparents as well: ...and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son's son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD (Exodus 10:2). God adds: Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren (Deuteronomy 4:9).
Parents have a responsibility to teach. And the best way to teach is by example: You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up...You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you... (Deuteronomy 6:7-25). It is not enough to tell our children how to act; we must show them. Jesus did not come just to die. He could have done that in a day. Rather, He came to live and walk the ways of this earth to show us how to live.
When God selected the one man who was to be father of His chosen people, He chose Abraham because He knew he would be a good parent and teach his children about a loving heavenly Father. God invests in people He can trust to teach.
Some parents feel that as soon as they get their own children raised, their responsibilities are over. However, God has duties for grandparents as well: ...and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son's son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD (Exodus 10:2). God adds: Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren (Deuteronomy 4:9).
Parents have a responsibility to teach. And the best way to teach is by example: You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up...You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you... (Deuteronomy 6:7-25). It is not enough to tell our children how to act; we must show them. Jesus did not come just to die. He could have done that in a day. Rather, He came to live and walk the ways of this earth to show us how to live.
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Daily devotions for each day of the year. Ron Hembree illusrates how to 'Draw Near' to God through scriptures and insightful stories for each day.
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