People often ask me, "How do I rear my children to become godly men and women?" My answer is always the same, "Be godly men and women in front of them."
It's a curious thing. We don't have to teach our kids to lie, steal, or fight. Somehow they get that on their own. But they never get 'godliness' unless they see it modeled. They get 'godliness' when they see us getting it. Proverbs 22:6, reminds us to "Train up a child in the way he should go; and even when he is old he will not depart from it."
Kids hear what we say in whispers and soon walk away and forget. But the way we live in front of them is a shout they can never outrun.
It's a curious thing. We don't have to teach our kids to lie, steal, or fight. Somehow they get that on their own. But they never get 'godliness' unless they see it modeled. They get 'godliness' when they see us getting it. Proverbs 22:6, reminds us to "Train up a child in the way he should go; and even when he is old he will not depart from it."
Kids hear what we say in whispers and soon walk away and forget. But the way we live in front of them is a shout they can never outrun.
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