Christianity Oasis Forum

[cimi]

SUNDAY JUNE 25


SOAKING UP GOD’S WORD

TODAY’S READING
DEUTERONOMY 6:1-9
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These commandments
that I give
to you today are to
be on yoru hearts.
impress them on
your children.
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When our son Xavier was a toddler, we took a family trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As we entered the building, I pointed to a large sculpture suspended from the ceiling. “Look. A humback whale.” Xavier’s eyes widened. “Enormous,” he said.

My husband turned to me. “How does he know that word?”

“He must have heard us say it.” I shrugged, amazed that our toddler had soaked up vocabulary we’d never intentionally taught hiim.

In Deuteronomy 6, God encouraged His people to be intentional about teaching younger generations to know and obey the Scriptures. As the Israelites increased their knowledge of God, they and their cildren would be more likely to grow in reverence of Him and to enjoy the rewards that come through knowing Him intimately, loving Him completely, and following Him obediently (vv.2-5).

By intentionally staturating our hearts and our minds with Scripture (v.6), we will be better prepared to share God’s love and truth with children during our everyday activities (v.7). Leading by example, we can euip and encourage young people to recognize and respect the authority and relevance of God’s unchanging truth (vv. 8-9).

As God’s words flow naturally from our hearts and out of our mouths, we can leave a strong legacy of faith to be passed down from generation to generation (4:9).
___xochitl Dixon
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The words we take in determne the words we speak, live by, and pass on
to those around us.

[mlg]

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

[cimi]

Yes. praying the good foundation I gave my children will override what their dad is currently creating in their hearts, minds, and souls. Anger, bitterness, unforiveness, lies, deceptions, malice, haughty, arrogant entitlement. Narcissism in all it’s wicked glory__