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These commandments impress them upon 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.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Have you ever heard, “I’m not going to impose my spiritual values on my kids. I’m going to let them decide for themselves”. The foolishness of that is that it implies that God is an option. God is not and should not be an option! If you are not teaching your family about God you are making a major mistake that has eternal implications. It is not a matter of just letting them decide. The Bible says that if you are a parent, that is part of your job description – teaching values according to our opening text (Deuteronomy 6:6-7).
Why don’t most families do this anymore? Because we spend much time watching idle stuff on the television. The average child watches television about 1000 hours a year. If they attend church every Sunday for 2 hours, they will have 96 – 100 hours of Bible teaching a year. Where are many kids getting their values – television or God’s Word? It is very important that we take care in where and how our children get their values. We need to assess the value of the family, evaluate our values in the light of God’s Word and ask ourselves, ‘what kind of values am I teaching my children and family? Am I showing my family how to develop godly values?’
Also, a family is a place to be playful. The home should be a place for family fun, a harbour for happiness and a place to have a good time. Home is the place that we kickback, relax and take it easy with the family. Some fathers think that the home is a boot camp and that they are the drill sergeant station to bully everyone at home. But scriptures differ: Ecclesiastes 9:9, “Enjoy life with your wife whom you love”. Proverbs 5:18 “Be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married” (Good News). You have heard that “The family that prays together stays together”. But this one can be added to it: “A family that plays together stays together”. Families need to create time to have proper godly fun with one another too.
Prayer: Father, I pray that You open my eyes to create the value and fun needed for a successfully family building in the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Further Reading: Deut. 6:1-7
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