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If children are to find their way to God, Parents must point the way.

-- 1 Samuel 1:27-28
27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him. 28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there.



"Who gets our kids?"

When Hannah dedicated Samuel to God, she meant business. She didn't just take him to the temple for dedication; she left him there. She turned him over to Eli to bring him up in God's service.

As I listened to a preacher talk about Hannah's commitment, I began to wonder, Who gets our children today? Samuel was continually taught and instructed by Eli in God's temple.

Who teaches our kids?
Let's probe that question.

Is it Music, TV, Movies, Internet and Video games?
How many hours of instruction does the electronic mass media give them each day?

Is it school?
Do we know what is going on in the classroom?
Are there any philosophies we need to combat?
Why there is sex education but no moral education?

Is it peers?
Do we realize that as our children grow older the stronger this influence becomes?
Are we giving them a solid moral base so that wise decisions become natural during their teen years?

Is it the Lord?
How much time and effort do we spend to make sure our children know that a Personal Relationship with the Lord is the Basis for security, peace, happiness and contentment?

We can't do what Hannah did. But we can turn them over to God through our Prayer, Instruction and Example.

Who gets our kids? .... GOD SHOULD.

-- J. David Branon



-- 2 Timothy 1:5
I’m reminded of how sincere your faith is. That faith first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I’m convinced that it also lives in you

-- 2 Timothy 3:14-17
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

-- Deuteronomy 4:7-9
7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to Him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

-- Deuteromy 6:5-7
5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today.

7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.

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

-- Psalms 71:17
Since my youth, O God, you have taught me,
And to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.



Speak the truth to these your precious ones,
For guidance tell your daughters and your sons
Of One who loves them even more than you
And He will be their guide a lifetime through.
-- Anonymous





-- Psalm 119:9-12
9 How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying Your word.
10 I have tried hard to find You --
don’t let me wander from Your commands.
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against You.
12 I praise You, O LORD;
teach me Your decrees.




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