Luke 6:43 - 45“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt Fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good Fruit”“For every Tree is Known by his own Fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.”“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
Proverbs 20:11 “Even a Child is Known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.”
2.) To Grow a Tree (Child) that Lives for God you need to Provide Fertilizer, (The Word of God).Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
* Train - to develop or form the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child or other person) by discipline and instruction.
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* Train - to give the discipline and instruction, drill, practice, etc., designed to impart proficiency or efficiency.
Our Fertilizer should be the Word of God - our Training Manual to provide instruction, discipline, and form Godly habits, thoughts, and behavior in our children.
Deuteronomy 6:3 - 9 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 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. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
* Our Fertilizer the Word of God needs to be applied daily to our Children through devotions, talking, reading material, and even posting or hanging them on the walls of our homes.
1 Peter 2:2-3“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”
A Thought to PonderA plant or tree will grow better and produce more with Natural Fertilizer than with Artificial Fertilizer.
* What type of Fertilizer are you proving your Children? -
Natural Fertilizer - the Word of God
Artificial Fertilizer - the World and its Attractions
To Grow a Tree (Child) that Lives for God you need to Provide Fertilizer, (the Word of God)
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