Ms. Emily Sandosham, a leading Christian lady in Kerala, wrote about the strict Bible teaching that she received when she was young in the following way. “The first book my father put in our hands as soon as we could read was a copy of the Bible in our mother tongue, Malayalam
In a radio interview, Dr Billy Graham, while talking about spending time with children, said that one thing that he wished he had differently in his life was to spend more time with his family. He wanted to pray with them, listen to them, understand them and accept them as they are.
Woodrow Kroll, the director of Back to the Bible, wrote about his family prayer, “Most Christian families claim that their greatest difficulty as a family is finding time to read God’s Word together. Why? Because it takes discipline to make that time.
It has been reported that in America, one out of three families break down in the middle. In some places it is one out of two families. But at the same time it has been found that if the family attends the Church regularly, then the possibility of the breakdown of the family is one out of forty.
“Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Gary Oliver was convinced that the home plays a major role in making successful children. She wrote in ‘Models of Truth’. “The home is the window through which children get their first glimpse of God. It is also where they get their first glimpse of who they are and what they are worth.
Once I went to speak to a youth group in a Church. Most of the young people were converted from non-Christian background and are very active for the Lord. They attended youth meetings enthusiastically and are involved in youth ministry,
A little boy with shining eyes,
His little face aglow
Said, “It’s time for Sunday school
Please, Daddy, Let’s go!”
“Oh no, “said Daddy. “Not today.
I’ve worked hard all the week;
And I must have a day of rest,
I’m going to the creek
We praise and thank God that ‘True Discipleship’ has been useful to many believers. After reading the last issue, which dealt with bringing up of children in Christian home, one of my friends wrote to me saying that there is no programme
Every year the fifteenth of May is considered as the International day of the family. Last year (1994) was declared as the year of the family to focus on the importance of family and children.