We have recently attended a dedication service were three young children were dedicated by their parents,who dedicated them to the Lord.The children did not have to do anything, the doing will be done by the parents,the public dedication is a statement by them that they bring their children up in the ways of the Lord,it will be hard, but under God they can do it. If you are a parent you know how demanding bringing up children is ,very challenging,but this goes further than that ,because it has a spiritual aspect to it,for the desire and hope of every godly parent is that their children will come to know Christ as their Saviour.John and Charles Wesley had very godly parents,their father was a minister,but it is reckoned that Susanna their mother had the greatest influence on them.Likewise Timothy had a godly mother and grandmother who greatly influenced Him,Paul writing to him declared,'How from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures,which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus' (2 Timothy 3 v 15) His mother and grandmother are mentioned in 1Timothy 1 v 5,Paul writes ,'I am reminded of your sincere faith, which lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice. One thing saddens me greatly is that the young people in are country know nothing of a godly influence in their lives, there are many things that influence them ,not for the better. Don't be overawed in bringing your children up in the knowledge and fear of the Lord,Proverbs 22 v6 we reads, 'Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old,he will not depart from it'.
'Do your best and leave God to the rest'
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