Keep These Words
That I Am Commanding You
Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God,
the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with
all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding
you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when
you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and
write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Remember that our children learn
things from us, as their parents. It is important that we teach them the ways
of the LORD. Where else will they learn from? Not TV, not school, and not from
their friends. Values are transmitted to our children not only by what we say
but by the emotions we convey. Both content and heartfelt appreciation for
God’s Word can be communicated to children in a variety of ways, including what
they overhear in our conversations with others.
Young children may not initially
understand each spiritual idea we discuss, but they can catch the importance we
place on it. Children can pick up on spiritual values and grow in understanding
as we express reverence and excitement about the Word of God.
Train up a
child in the way he should go,
but be sure you
go that way yourself.
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