Teach them diligently.
What is the diligently? I always thought it was my children. But I was corrected this weekend.
Deut 6:6-7
"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
The words are what we should teach diligently. Yes we should teach our children. But it is the words of God. Our very source which we need to have on our hearts.
You and I simply cannot do the things that 2 Timothy 3:16 asks us to do:
Teach
Reprove
Correct and
Train In Righteousness
....if we don't have the source ready. How much more effective it is to correct with the Word on our tongue and filling our mind than running to a book to find the verse to look up in the Bible as the moment passes away.
This is ME too. I am there too. So I have asked God to help me in this area.
My first offensive weapon? Memorize it. Memorize it. Memorize it. Over and Over again... tell your kids the main 3 or 4 verses that you know are going to come up. It you tell them enough... you will know them. Carry them around on an index card.
The verses I currently am carrying around are the following:
Proverbs 29:11
A fool always loses his temper, but a wise man holds it back.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son accepts his father's discipline but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Hebvews 13:16
Do not forget to do good and to share with others for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Proverbs 13:24
He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him discipline him diligently.
James 4:1
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.
Proverbs 3:5-7
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
3 comments:
I like the idea of carrying around the verses I'm working to memorize and teach my children. I also have some written out on the kids' bathroom mirror that I want them to learn. We were having an awful struggle with the boys fighting over the bathroom, and I finally wrote out a list of rules that addressed the main issues of contention and followed with relevant scriptures and taped it up on their mirror.
Absolutely! We've been working on more scripture memorization, too.
I am so encouraged. Thanks for commenting everyone! char
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