The following is an excerpt from my book titled
"As I was walking God was talking and this is what he said".
This is the second post in a 6 part series covering the following topics....
Fatherhood (posted on December 15)
"As I was walking God was talking and this is what he said".
Fatherhood (posted on December 15)
Teaching our Children (todays post)
Motherhood (todays post)
Absentee Fathers/Godless Fathers
Being equally yoked in marriage
The Love of the Lord
Doubt
Our choice of words one to another
Several years ago I spent a great deal of time walking and as I walked I carried a notebook and a pen. I received what I know to be Devine inspiration from God. What you are about to read is what God would like us all to hear. I believe God gave me these words to write down so that I might share them with the world. God our Father in Heaven wants us all to know he Loves us and he also wants us all to know that Love is much more than never having to say you are sorry.
Please take time to reflect on the words given to me by God our Father in Heaven. God has instructed me to tell you that he would like to ask each of you to take the time to read these multiple times until they really soak into your conscience. He knows that by doing this, you will change your life forever. You will also change the lives of everyone around you.
Enjoy what God our Father in Heaven has provided me as a gift to you and to all those you know.
God Bless one and all.
What should we teach our children?
We teach them about love and service, obedience, discipline, setting priorities, patience, Jesus, baptism, prayer, forgiveness, faith, light, darkness, evil, Sabbath day, honest, integrity, repentance, authority, honor, respect, dignity – personal, self- worth – esteem and value, how to be humble and kindness, goodness, truth, honesty, hope, charity, perseverance, motivation, anger, the evils of self -gratification, envy, covetousness, pride and conceit, sincerity, joy, happiness, plan of salvation, outer darkness or Hell, Satan and his disciples, Jesus birth, death, resurrection, God’s will for us. These are just a few things we as Fathers can give guidance to our children, the list could go on and on.
Suffice it to say that we need to have knowledge, understanding and wisdom in these areas so that we can pattern our life first before we begin to train and instruct our children.
If anyone lacks wisdom, pray for it and the father will provide it. James 1:5 – If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously to all who gives without finding fault and it will be given to him. If you are concerned or worry that you don’t have the knowledge you need remember to 1. pray continuously 1 Thessalonians 5:17 2. ask for the help of the Holy Spirit to direct and guide you in your training and instruction. Romans 8:16 – In the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness. We may not know what we ought to pray for, but the spirit intercedes on our behalf with groans that words cannot express.
The Lord does not expect us to have all the answers, he does instruct us to live an obedient life and in doing so we will set a wonderful example for our children. It is important as a family to love and serve one another unconditionally without complaining or grumbling. Philippians 2:14 – Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation. 1 Corinthians 10:10 – And do not grumble, as some of them did and were killed by the destroying angel. 1 Peter 4:9, 10 – Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use the gifts he has received to serve others, do not be easily angered for Proverbs 29:22 – An angry man stirs up dissension and a hot tempered one commits many sins. We are called James 1:19 – Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
As a child yours is not to question why but to listen and obey your parents.
We have to be very careful of what we say to one another, the Lord cautions us not to argue or to use our words in a manner which hurt someone else. James 1:26 – If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Children are not to talk back to their parents, argue, complain or grumble.
We are called to put the word of the Lord into action. James 1:22 – Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourself. Do what it says.
We are called to read the bible. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 – You have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through Jesus Christ. All scriptures are God breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. So that man may be equipped for every good work.
And lastly fathers 1 Timothy 3:4 – He must manage his own family well and see that the children obey him with proper respect.
Children are called to obedience to the word as well as adults. Deuteronomy 13:4 – It is the Lord your God you must follow and him you must revere. Keep his commandments and obey him, serve him and hold fast to him.
Fathers are called to train and instruct their children in the ways of the Lord, children are called to honor, respect and obey their parents without complaining, grumbling or arguing.
We are called to Deuteronomy 10:12, 13 – And now O Israel what does the Lord ask of you but to fear the Lord your God to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to observe the Lords commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
In the Old Testament when a child did not obey his father and mother, would not listen to them when they disciplined him or her, they were brought before the elders of the church and were stoned to death. Deuteronomy 21:18-22
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
So what about mothers?
What are her responsibilities to the child and the child to the mother?
Mothers
Isaiah 66:13 – As a mother comforts her child. Children Proverbs 1:8 – Listen my son to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teachings.
There is really not much in the scriptures relating to the duties of the mother specifically.
However the Lord has called us to love and serve one another.
Other passages on a Christian household are:
Ephesians 4:31, 32 – Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another forgiving each other just as Christ forgave you.
It is not enough to tell our children to say they are sorry when the injury one another. It is equally important to request the injured party to pray for forgiveness for the other and tell them they are forgiven. Deuteronomy 6:6-9 – These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them in your children, talk about them when you sit at home, 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 house and on your gates. Mothers need to bring comfort to their children and children are to obey the teachings of their mothers.
This is the second post in a six part series, tomorrows post will cover the topic of......
There is a big problem
in America today – Absentee Fathers.
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