A Christian Parents Responsibility!

Ephesians 6:1-4
 The 4th commandment is mentioned here and it also reminds us that this commandment has a promise attached. This next section makes me scratch my head a little "Fathers do not provoke your children to anger" OK, But here is the deal sometimes I "a mother" can say one word and boom my child has been provoked to anger. I think we need to use discernment in this and often parents use this verse to throw discipline and expectations out the window. If we as parents walk on eggshells in our home for fear of angering our children we are not doing what God tells us next. "bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Sometimes this means telling them things they do not want to hear but they need to hear. Just as our heavenly Father gives us what we need as apposed to what we want we also need to do this for our children.

I want to note that it is the parents duty to bring up the children in the instruction of the Lord. What does this look like?
Daily prayers,
Daily Bible readings (with discussion of what was read)
Memory work
Using every opportunity to teach our children about grace
Teaching your children the basic christian doctrine found in Luthers Small Catechism (that is what Luther designed it for)

It is not the Churches job to teach your children everything they need to know about God. The church is a useful tool and a great support but should not be the first and only place the children learn about God. When we stood in front of the church and God at the baptism of our children,  we took an oath  to teach them these truths. I wonder how many families actually take this oath to heart and complete this task?  If more families would have family worship time at home and make God the most important thing in their lives I think the children would grow and stay steadfast in their Christian faith as they finish confirmation and move on into adulthood.

What are your thoughts?
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New Teaching Opprotunities

I am super excited for yet another way to share the Gospel with the people of Alamo. I currently lead a womens Bible Study in my home for the women of Alamo. We currently have 3 women including my self who attend regularly. Last week during our study I discovered the the moms and kids would like a study just for the kids. So today we will begin. I will be using the book One Hundred Bible Stories. The interesting part is that I will be teaching children from 3rs old to 11th grade at the same time. So the question is how will I make the material presentable to such a wide range of kids? Since we will be starting with the Creation account I have printed off a mini creation coloring book for the 3 yr old. The middle age kids will create a Diagram of the order of creation and the older ones will do this plus compare and contrast creation and evolution. I am also going to use some videos that Answers in Genesis has on their site to help reinforce the importance of the material covered. As of right now I think there will be 6 kids attending with a possibility of growing. There are many other kids in town that could be included. Perhaps I will hang a sign in the post office to invite those whom I do not know.

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Media - Answers in Genesis

Since I have recently taken a class on Creation Apologetics I have discovered a great importance of teaching our children the Truth about Creation! Ken Ham has a series of videos available to aid parents, Sunday school teachers and Christian Day School Teachers in teaching this important topic. These videos fun songs to sing, cool cartoon images and some humor along the way. So gather your children around the computer and learn together. Just follow the link below and start with the video entitled Dinosaurs, Genesis & the Gospel part one.

Media - Answers in Genesis

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Finally!

Today it was finally warm enough to work the garden!

Tim said that this year it was much easier to work the soil than it was last year!

I love the feel of warm dirt between my toes. It always looks so nice when it is just tilled.

This year we used a rear tiller instead of a front one like last year. Thank you to my dear hubby who worked so hard today! After he was done I started raising my rows for my corn. I have a lot of work ahead of me. Thank goodness the forecast is sunny and warm!

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