OUR DAILY BREAD : ALL OUT OF TEENAGERS

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June 23
Monday


ALL OUT
OF TEENAGERS

READ:
Psalm 128
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Your children [shall be]
like olive plants all
around your table.
__Psalm 128:3
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For 18 years, our home was blessed by the presence of teenagers. But now that our youngest is in his 20's, my wife and I are all out of teenagers.

Those years were full of challenges and demands that sometimes zapped our strength and took all of our mental and emotional reserves. Along the way, we navigated the rough seas of the sudden death of one of our four teens. We also enjoyed the thrills of success and struggled through the turmoil of rebellion. As I look back on our experiment in parenting, we learned some valuable lessons:

. Some teens follow life in a straight line, while others zig-zig along life's pathway. It's best to "zig" with them in love and with courage.

. All teens need unconditional love because they live in a conditional world.

. A love of God's word is vital to successfully transferring faith from one generaton to the next.

. Teens need to develop a relationship with Christ that is based not on rules but on a deep love of Jesus.

Has God placed any young people in your life? whatever their age, love them unconditionally. Help them learn to love God's Word. Show them how to have a deep love for Jesus. And hold on! __Dave Branon
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````````````````Parents, give your children guidance```````````````
``````````````````And instruction from God's Word;```````````````
`````````````````Then with wisdom and compassion```````````````
``````````````Teach them how to love the Lord. __Sper`````````````
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Don't merely spend time with your children__
invest it.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 128*****************

1 Blessed is every one who
fears the LORD, who walks
in His ways.

2 When you eat the labor
of your hands, you shall be
happy, and it shall be well
with you. 3 Your wife shall
be like a fruitful vine in the
very heart of your house,
your children like olive
plants all around your table.

4 Behold, thus shall the man
be blessed who fears the
LORD. 5 The LORD bless you
out of Zion, and may you
see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.

6 Yes, may you see your
children's children.

Peace be upon Israel!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Psalms 120:134 form a group of psalms with the subheading "A
Song of Ascents." Some scholars believe that ascents refers to the
steps that lead up to the temple and that these are liturgical songs
used in temple worship. Others believe that worshipers recited these
pslams as they made their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the annual
feasts and festivals. Together with Psalm 112 and 127, Psalm 128
deals with the blessedness of a home that fears and obeys the Lord.
The blessings listed are personal (v.1), material (v.2), domestic (v.3),
public and communal (v.5), and future (v.6). __Sim Kay Tee