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Feasting on God’s Word, September 22
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou
walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up.
Deuteronomy 6:6, 7
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Our heavenly Father, in giving His Word, did not overlook the
children. In all that men have written, where can be found anything that
has such a hold upon the heart, anything so well adapted to awaken the
interest of the little ones, as the stories of the Bible? In these simple
stories may be made plain the great principles of the law of God.
The Sabbath school affords to parents and children a precious op-
portunity for the study of God’s Word.... Parents, set apart a little time
each day for the study of the Sabbath school lesson with your children....
Parents, as well as children, will receive benefit from this study. Let
the more important passages of Scripture connected with the lesson be
committed to memory, not as a task, but as a privilege....
Observe system in the study of the Scriptures in your families.
Neglect anything of a temporal nature; ... but be sure that the soul is fed
with the bread of life.
Many are the benefits derived from feasting on His Word.... Habits of
self-control are formed and strengthened. The infirmities of childhood—
fretfulness, willfulness, selfishness, hasty words, passionate acts—
disappear, and in their place are developed the graces of Christian
manhood and womanhood.
We need to recognize the Holy Spirit as our enlightener. That Spirit
loves to address the children, and discover to them the treasures and
beauties of the Word. The promises spoken by the Great Teacher will
captivate the senses and animate the soul of the child with a spiritual
power that is divine. There will grow in the receptive mind a familiarity
with divine things which will be as a barricade against the temptations
of the enemy.
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