Do You Love Your Children?

Your answer to that question will determine how you define the word "love". Jesus said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments". (John 14:15). Teach your children these and you will have sown great seeds of wisdom in them for life. First, teach them the Ten Commandments which are essential to every Christian. They are so important because they lay out a blueprint for living life God's way. Begin with these.

Later, teach them the only two commandments that are in the New Testament found in Mark 12:30-31 "30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”

These are the greatest commandments, but don't throw away the baby with the bathwater! The Ten Commandments have been tossed aside today as if they do not apply to us, but ALL scripture is essential for the Christian life! 

God's love is not mushy or romantic, it is just and full of mercy!