How important is it to you to raise your children to love and serve the Lord? Is that your pressing priority every day? That desire is validated by your daily decisions. Oh my brothers, remind yourselves every day how high the stakes are. Think what a shame to create a child and then for that person to spend eternity in hell.

We read in Deuteronomy 6:6-7a “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children…” A key aspect is teaching our children the Word. They need to know the Word. It teaches us Who God is, His love for us, what He desires of us, and how we are to live. 

Head knowledge is critical but not enough. We must then model for them how to live what they have learned. They must be our disciples/shadows while we are disciples of Christ. Paul said, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). 

We model for them being in the Word, personal time in the morning and family Bible time at night. We pray. We serve, and we share our faith. “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4).