June 24: Christian Fellowship.
Obedient Children Bring Joy.
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.--Proverbs 15:20, NKJV
CHILDREN WHO ARE CHRISTIANS will prefer the love and approbation of their God-fearing parents above every earthly blessing. They will love and honor their parents. It should be one of the principal studies of their lives how to make their parents happy.--Messages to Young People, 335.
Children, God has seen fit to intrust you to the care of your parents, for them to instruct and discipline, and thus act their part in forming your character for heaven. And yet it rests with you to say whether you will develop a good Christian character by making the best of the advantages you have had from godly, faithful, praying parents. Notwithstanding all the anxiety and faithfulness of parents in behalf of their children, they alone cannot save them. There is a work for the children to do. Every child has an individual case to attend to.
Believing parents, you have a responsible work before you, to guide the footsteps of your children, even in their religious experience. When they truly love God, they will bless and reverence you for the care which you have manifested for them, and for your faithfulness in restraining their desires and subduing their wills.--Messages to Young People, 338.
They will love the Lord Jesus, and it will be their delight to please Him. They will not be impatient if reproved; but will make glad the heart of father and mother by their kindness, their patience, their willingness to do all they can in helping to bear the burdens of daily life.--Messages to Young People, 333.
Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves
wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them
when you are at home and when you are on the road,
when you are going to bed and when you are getting up."
--Deuteronomy 6:4-7, NLT
Obedient Children Bring Joy.
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.--Proverbs 15:20, NKJV
CHILDREN WHO ARE CHRISTIANS will prefer the love and approbation of their God-fearing parents above every earthly blessing. They will love and honor their parents. It should be one of the principal studies of their lives how to make their parents happy.--Messages to Young People, 335.
Children, God has seen fit to intrust you to the care of your parents, for them to instruct and discipline, and thus act their part in forming your character for heaven. And yet it rests with you to say whether you will develop a good Christian character by making the best of the advantages you have had from godly, faithful, praying parents. Notwithstanding all the anxiety and faithfulness of parents in behalf of their children, they alone cannot save them. There is a work for the children to do. Every child has an individual case to attend to.
Believing parents, you have a responsible work before you, to guide the footsteps of your children, even in their religious experience. When they truly love God, they will bless and reverence you for the care which you have manifested for them, and for your faithfulness in restraining their desires and subduing their wills.--Messages to Young People, 338.
They will love the Lord Jesus, and it will be their delight to please Him. They will not be impatient if reproved; but will make glad the heart of father and mother by their kindness, their patience, their willingness to do all they can in helping to bear the burdens of daily life.--Messages to Young People, 333.
Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves
wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them
when you are at home and when you are on the road,
when you are going to bed and when you are getting up."
--Deuteronomy 6:4-7, NLT
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