To my children:
I hope you remember the good morning prayers
And don’t ride stuffed elephants down the front stairs
I hope you remember the snuggles in bed
Reciting the books of the Bible we've read
I hope you remember the Sunday morning Bible classes and the Wednesday night class too
And to keep your hands still, and be quiet, and to not throw your shoe!
I hope one day you will sit through a worship service and pay attention
But until then we've still got the training room in which to serve your detention
I hope you remember the Bible stories at bedtimes
And forget that your Mommy makes terrible rhymes
I hope you teach your friends the way you teach each other
And that you'll always love your Mother
I hope you'll always love to sing the Bible songs
And that on your way you'll help others along
I hope you will teach my grandchildren as I have taught you
To follow the Bible and love others too
If you ever lose your way
I hope you remember to turn to the Bible. It will not lead you astray
And most of all, the last thing I'll cover,
I hope to see you all in Heaven, when our lives are over
And don’t ride stuffed elephants down the front stairs
I hope you remember the snuggles in bed
Reciting the books of the Bible we've read
I hope you remember the Sunday morning Bible classes and the Wednesday night class too
And to keep your hands still, and be quiet, and to not throw your shoe!
I hope one day you will sit through a worship service and pay attention
But until then we've still got the training room in which to serve your detention
I hope you remember the Bible stories at bedtimes
And forget that your Mommy makes terrible rhymes
I hope you teach your friends the way you teach each other
And that you'll always love your Mother
I hope you'll always love to sing the Bible songs
And that on your way you'll help others along
I hope you will teach my grandchildren as I have taught you
To follow the Bible and love others too
If you ever lose your way
I hope you remember to turn to the Bible. It will not lead you astray
And most of all, the last thing I'll cover,
I hope to see you all in Heaven, when our lives are over
Now on to the most important things. Thus far you are all too young to really worry about salvation, but in a few years you will need to know the answer to that most important question: What must I do to be saved?
When the time comes I will show you where to find the answer and let you read it for yourselves. But just in case you don't have your Bible handy while you're reading this here's the short version:
After Peter preaches the first gospel sermon convicting them of the death of God's son, Jesus;
Act 2:37 - Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
Act 2:38 - Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 - "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
Act 2:40 - And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation."
Act 2:41 - Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
Act 2:42 - And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Here are a few links with good articles that I hope are still around for you to use:
http://www.cartersvillechurchofchrist.org/
http://www.christiancourier.com/
I LOVE this post! :)
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