And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again. Tie them to your hands as a reminder, and wear them on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
In this verse of scripture, Moses is instructing us, as parents, to teach our children to love the Lord with all of their heart, soul and strength. God wants us to commit ourselves to His commands, teaching them continuously to our children. He wants us to talk about them at home, in the car, and wherever you may be with your children. We are instructed to hold onto the word of God keeping it embedded in our minds. It is wise to keep notes of the word around your home so that you would always stay focus on God.
Do you know that you use a bad situation to give good instruction to your children?
As a parent, you should find every opportunity possible to give a life's lesson to your child(ren).
In doing this you are leading your child(ren) to the cross!
As parents, my husband and I would use stories from the news or situations that occurred at school as a learning tool for our kids. When our children come to us with a story or a situation that happened at school, we first question them and place them in the negative portion of the situation and ask them how they would have handled it. We then use their comment as a subject tool and add a scripture or story from the bible, to show them God's point of view.
I find God in every situation and point it out to my children, so that they would see how and where He dwells no matter what the circumstance may look like.
In order for our children to develop a relationship with Jesus our Savior, we must give them life-oriented skills and not only information-oriented skills. Its one thing to read something out of a book, magazine or newspaper, but it makes that something more real when a life lesson is attached to it. Our children can learn better when we give them practical learning lessons that they can relay too as well as lessons that may be right in front of their eyes.
In the New Testament Jesus used parables to teach people.
Mark 4:33-34 says; He used many such stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they were able to understand. In fact, in his public teaching he taught only with parables, but afterward when he was alone with his disciples, he explained the meaning to them.
Jesus did not use parables to cause confusion but to challenge the people to sincerely know and understand the words that He was speaking. When you give practical teaching, such as the parables that Jesus taught, you are giving the listener a clear understanding of the lesson that is being taught.
Why do you think Jesus was so wise in the word?
Because He was the Word and He had a personal relationship with the Creator of the Word.
Jesus needed His Father To become a part of this world. He also needed His Father to impart wisdom in Him. We as parents are given children to raise in this world, and it is our job to impart wisdom in them. We can not allow them to be taught by this world, because then they would be conformed to the ways of this world.
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. Romans 12:2
When a child is conformed to the world's way of thinking, their mind will be filled with confusion because it will not be lined up with God. You can turn on the news, listen to shows that talk about the lives of celebrities and see the confused minds of young people living in this world without having a relationship with God.
Think about it, before you were saved, I'm sure that you made a lot of bad decisions because you were not lined up with the word. As soon as you began a relationship with Jesus, your thinking and decision making changed.
Remember the word that says; But they delight in doing everything the Lord wants; day and night they think about his law. Psalm 1:2
Impress the word of God into the mind of your child so that their focus would be on what's right and they would be able to develop a relationship with their Heavenly Father.
Let's follow the instructions of the word of God and build up our children through life's lessons.......
