Parent Tip

Deuteronomy 6: 5-9
5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (NLT)

Parents for you 5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Are you living in God’s will for you – loving the Lord your God with all you are and committing wholeheartedly to what God’s word says??

Parents for your children 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Are you raising your children as God calls you to – talking about God and including Him in everything you do and everywhere you go??

Too often we pray and seek God for His will for our life and we overlook all God tells us in His word. God’s will for you as a parent is clear in Deuteronomy 6. We are to love God and commit wholeheartedly to all He says and then we are to pass it on to our children. We are to leave that legacy of God and His love to our children by raising them in a home where God is loved and worshiped and talk about openly and freely. Be intentional when talking to your children about God’s creation around them, His mercy to us, and His great love.

Don’t take for granite that they will learn all about God someday – take the lead role in introducing your children to YOUR God.