“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate”.
A child spends about 8 hours per day in bed and 8 hours in school. The remaining 8 hours is spent by your child (including grown-ups) in the following ways.
Teach the child to avoid sin. When he tells lies or steals money, tell him that it is sin and ask him to confess his sin to the Lord.
Teach the child to say ‘sorry’ and ask for forgiveness to anybody against whom he has committed a mistake
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.
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
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.
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.