“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
Joe 1:3
Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Exodus 13:14
And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Psalms 44:1
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old
Psalms 71:18
So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
Psalms 145:4
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts
Psalms 78:3
things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
I don’t know why but the Lord has continued to lay on my heart the need for His word. He has shown verses of what happens when it is neglected, and as well what happens when it is forsaken. Do you wonder why He says to teach your children and to their children? In Judges more than once the results were a total generation that did not know God. How close are we to seeing this happen in our own families. He tells us to write them on our door posts, meditate on them day and night, and to teach our children in from morning to night. Is it possible to teach something we spend little or no time in. Do we think one morning a week at Sunday school does the deed and we will not be held accountable for neglecting His instruction? If we don’t spend time in His word how do we hear His voice speaking to our heart? If we don’t spend time in His word how do we expect to be able to teach our children? If we don’t spend time in His word how will we be able to make disciples? We will be held accountable for what we allow to occupy our time away from Him. Choose to know and understand Him deeper and learn to hear His voice and talk to your children about all you learn .