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HO PE FO R T HE NEXT G ENERAT I O N
It went further to explain what is expected of us at this present age
and as we look forward to His coming;
2 Peter 3:11 Since everything will be
destroyed in this way, what kind of people
ought you to be? You ought to live holy
and godly lives.
And the testimony of the church in Pergamos shows that we do
not have an excuse in
Rev 2:13 ''I know your works, and where you dwell,
where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name
and did not deny my faith even in the days in which
Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you,
where Satan dwells”.
And even the Child Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli
with so much evil around him in the house of God yet Samuel did
what is right before God (1 Samuel 2 – 3). We can only achieve
much in our children life if we shepherd their hearts;
Proverb 4: 23.''Above all guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it ''.
It is certainly fitting then that we heed Solomon's wise counsel to
train them appropriately in Proverb 22:6 and in Psalm127:3 –7.
Training a child in the way he should start with God. Because