A FAMILY FOR THE LORD

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

You gave us our children for such a little while To enjoy their tender youth and smiles Infants, toddlers, children and teens These years were so short it seems Until they were full grown! Yet, you gave us time to mould them strong for life To teach them what is wrong and right Laughter, problems, hugs and tears Love aglow through the years Until they were full grown! You gave us our children for such a little while To enjoy their tender youth and smiles Infants, toddlers, children and teens These years were so short it seems Until they were full grown! Yet, you gave us time to mould them strong for life To teach them what is wrong and right Laughter, problems, hugs and tears Love aglow through the years Until they were full grown!

One by one they went from parental nest To build their own treasured homes Marriage, laughter, problems to meet And then the sound of little feet Now that they are full grown! One by one they went from parental nest To build their own treasured homes Marriage, laughter, problems to meet And then the sound of little feet Now that they are full grown!

Romans 14:7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

“I remember several years ago, on a Sunday morning after I had preached a sermon, I came down from the pulpit, as my custom was, and sat on the front row while the Lord’s Supper was being served. There was a little boy of pre-school age on that front row, who inched over toward me until he sat very close beside me. Then, he leaned close to my ear and said,

“I wish I was you.” Nobody ever said that before and nobody since. Just a little boy whose name I did not even know. I knew his family. I had seen him a few times, but I did not even know his name. But he had heard me preach about Christ and he had seen me stand in front of the congregation. It was my impact as a preacher, not as individual, that had impressed him so deeply. His statement left an imprint on me. I cannot afford to disappoint that little boy, just as you cannot afford to disappoint the people who look at you.”

How faithful do I want my children to be in the church? How much do I want them to be interested in Christinity? How faithful do I want my children to be in the church? How much do I want them to be interested in Christinity?

Ephesians 6:4… Bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

“Influence never dies; every act, emotion, look and word makes influence tell for good or evil, happiness or woe, through the long future of eternity. The life of a faithful Christian … is a guide to Paradise (Thos. Kempis).

There must be true worship

There must be true love

“Love is the purification of the heart from self; it strengthens and ennobles the character, gives a higher motive and a noble aim to every action of life, and makes both man and woman strong, noble, and courageous; and the power to love truly and devotedly is the noble gift with in which a human being can be endowed”

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails.

John 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

A man once parked his car on a street. Up came a boy and looked it over. His eyes were wide with admiration of the beautiful car. “Where did you get this car?” he asked. “My brother gave it to me,” replied the man. “My, I wish …” The man knew the boy was wishing that he had a new car like that. But the lad went on and finished the sentence surprisingly: “ I wish I could be a brother like your brother was, I have a crippled brother who cannot get out. I would buy him a car like this.” A man once parked his car on a street. Up came a boy and looked it over. His eyes were wide with admiration of the beautiful car. “Where did you get this car?” he asked. “My brother gave it to me,” replied the man. “My, I wish …” The man knew the boy was wishing that he had a new car like that. But the lad went on and finished the sentence surprisingly: “ I wish I could be a brother like your brother was, I have a crippled brother who cannot get out. I would buy him a car like this.”