Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Last week we discussed verse 5 how to LOVE YOUR CHILDREN THE WAY WE SHOULD LOVE GOD. Today, I want to talk about verse 6 how to LEAD WITH YOUR HEART. , “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.” This is a direct address to the people, many of whom were parents. We can’t possibly hope to instill right beliefs, values, and morals into the hearts of our children if they are not in our hearts. Life can only produce life, so when we value the life, power, and Spirit of God in our own hearts and lives; it will spill over into the hearts and lives of our children.
Hi Pastor Russell, this is Emily Coffey! My dad was the children's pastor before you and you probably don't remember me! (but I remember you.) I hope everything is well there at the church and your wife and children are doing good. It is so weird that I found you here! Pretty cool! Well, God bless! <><
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