Love The
LORD Your God
With All Your Heart
These
are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you
to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that
you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as
long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and
so that you may enjoy long life. Hear,
Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give
you today are to be on 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.
Deuteronomy
6:1-9
Children pick up so
many things from us, as parents and grandparents. And they pick up a huge
amount before they ever reach the age of two. Teach your children the right
things. Be an example to them, by living your own life in a godly manner.
Use your children’s
interests in teaching them the Bible. Let them know the Biblical truths that
guide your life, and which can also guide their lives.
Give your children a firm
foundation, by teaching them how to become familiar with the Bible. Show them
how the Bible relates to them through the interests they have which relate to
the Bible. Give them recognition when they do things in a
godly manner. Live your own life as a model to them, so they can model
themselves in a way that brings glory to God.
Teach the love of
God, the importance of salvation, and the importance of godly living.
Build
your children’s lives on the firm foundation of the Word.
Our Daily Bread –