Read: Deuteronomy 11:18-21.
"Train up a child in the way he should go." (Proverbs
22:6)
As an umpire stood behind the plate at a girls'
softball game, he heard a player's mother start chanting: "We want a new
ump! We want a new ump!" Soon, other parents took up the chant. The ump
smiled, then turned toward the crowd and yelled, "I want new parents! I
want new parents!" The heckling died away.
It's important for parents to set a good example, because their children are watching them. Christian parents can encourage good habits and behavior by doing things like:
• Praying for and with themso they learn how to talk with God. "Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it" (Colossians. 4:2).
• Reading and teaching them the Bibleso they learn God's truth. "Teach [God's commands] diligently to your children... talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy. 6:7).
• Telling them about Jesusand leading them to faith in Him. "Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3).
The best way to set a good example for our children is to live out our faith in front of them. While they're looking they're learning about what matters most.
It's important for parents to set a good example, because their children are watching them. Christian parents can encourage good habits and behavior by doing things like:
• Praying for and with themso they learn how to talk with God. "Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it" (Colossians. 4:2).
• Reading and teaching them the Bibleso they learn God's truth. "Teach [God's commands] diligently to your children... talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy. 6:7).
• Telling them about Jesusand leading them to faith in Him. "Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3).
The best way to set a good example for our children is to live out our faith in front of them. While they're looking they're learning about what matters most.
- Cindy Hess Kasper
Take stock of yourself and consider your child
Your time and your thoughts are his due;
How would you reply to the Lord should He ask,
"What kind of parent are you?" - Amon.
Your time and your thoughts are his due;
How would you reply to the Lord should He ask,
"What kind of parent are you?" - Amon.
Children may not inherit their parents' talent,
but they will absorb their values.
but they will absorb their values.
Source: Daily Bread.
