By
Ronald E. George Jr. at the Fayetteville Baptist Church
Can
you remember any of the training you received as a child?
How were you trained? What
a difference it made in your life? What
training have you given your children or grandchildren?
Give
your children the best. Give them
God. Give your children a choice.
Give them God. No God. No
choice. Know God and choose life.
God cares about children. God
cares about His children. God
cares about you.
Scripture Text:
Deut 6:1 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, 2 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. 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so
that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land
flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers,
promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be
upon your hearts. 7 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. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the
LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did
not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide,
wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then
when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the LORD,
who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Should we train our
children? For life? What
about death?
Before you can train you
must be trained. How
can you give what you don’t have?
Here is what God wants you
to do: Do
you want to hear it? Have you
heard it all before? Do you
already know it all? Are you
ready to accept God’s will and desires for your life?
You, your children, and
their children should fear the Lord, as
long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands.
Result:
You and your children will receive long life as a result of fearing the
Lord.
Hear and obey what the
Lord says.
Result:
You and your children so that it may go well with you and that you may
increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Remember:
There is only One true living God.
Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength.
Impress them on your
children. These must impress you
first.
Wear the commandments and
write the commandments. Make them
your life and God your God. By
following His commandments we are people of faith.
Talk about them
everywhere. Tie them on you and where them as symbols.
Write them on the doorframes and on the gates.
Remember them.
You will be blessed and then
don’t forget them.
Remember that it is the
Lord who has saved you. He
has delivered you out of Egypt and given you a heavenly home called the
Promised Land.
What
does the Lord want?
Know who the Lord is.
Remember who He is.
Keep and obey all that He
says.
Teach the children who the
Lord is.
Love the Lord with all of
your heart and life.
Remember these in your
hearts. Be careful not to
forget. Don’t forget.
Don’t forget. Don’t
forget who the Lord is to you. Give
your children a choice, give them God.