TRAINING CHILDREN

Not long ago I picked up a brochure from one of the banks here in town (ASB).

What I read in the pamphlet reminded me of a verse in the Bible, in the Old Testament.

The information in the booklet is all about training children to save money and the Headstart account is advertised.

The emphasis in the brochure is on two things. First of all to train children to save money from an early age and secondly to train them to save money regularly.

I really like that!

Readers who know their Bible will know by now that the verse in the Old Testament I am reminded of is Proverbs 22:6:

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

P1060838 150x150“YOU MUST TEACH WHAT IS IN ACCORD WITH SOUND DOCTRINE.” – Titus 2:1

Titus 2:6-9; Titus 2:15

Intr.:

A.  “Similarly, encourage the young men

1.  to be self-controlled.

2.  In everything set them an example by doing what is good.

3. In your teaching show

a.  integrity,

b.  seriousness and

c.  soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

B.  Teach the slaves

1. to be subject to their masters in everything,

2.  to try to please them,

3.  not to talk back to them, and

4.  not to steal from them,

5.  but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.”

End:

These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

 

QUOTE

IMG 0228 150x150“When the sun goes below the horizon he is not set; the heavens glow for a full hour after his departure. And when a good and great man sets, the sky of this world is luminous long after he is out of sight. Such a man cannot die out of this world. When he goes he leaves behind him much of himself. Being dead, he speaks.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“This is our Place”

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