All Day, Every Day

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 on 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 6:5-9)

Moses called the Hebrews to respond to God's love with devotion. He is God all alone and there is no other like Him! He is the only wise choice to make in all situations . . . because of WHO He is!

As parents, God calls us to be the primary instructors of our families. Throughout the entire day we are to refer to the Lord. It should be natural to speak of God in our daily routine, pointing out the good He does and how He is involved in everything we do!

As parents partner with schools, we too need to be sure that our children are hearing about God and learning how He is not only involved in our spiritual life, but also in our physical life . . . God is in math, science, reading, writing. He is the center of how we understand the world and how we express ourselves.

Parents, teachers, ministers . . . we all have the charge to be sure to make God the center of our lives so our children will know how awesome He is. Our job is to partner together to be sure that God is ALL DAY, EVERY DAY inour children's lives.

Make it natural. Make it the custom to speak of God . . . point out His creation . . . describe His grace . . . mention His mercy . . . sing of His goodness. Let's be sure to prepare this generation for what is to come . . . because He is coming back!

Paul would say it like this:

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)