Ephesians 6:1-4

1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord:  for this is right.

2.  Honour thy father and mother;  which is the first commandment with promist;

3.  that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

4.  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:  but bring them up in the numture and admonition of the Lord.

This Scripture is special to me;  for I was taught it in my childhood church.  It was drilled into us.  I always believed it.  So, therefore, I have always tried to obey it.

This is not only the formula for a good, long life;  but also the way to have a peaceful and happy home.

This is much needed by parents and children today.  In our society, we are seeing young parents deceived into thinking their children are on the same grounds as them selves.  They think it is wrong to make their children mind and honour them.  But, see by God's word that it is to their own good;  for it will bring them a good and long life.

If the parents would love and quit provoking their children to wrath, the children would be happier and the home more in peace.  This is a healthy atmosphere to be in.

Parents, make those children mind and respect you.  It is good and right.  This brings the child a good long life.  It makes the home a good place to be in while the children are growing up.

Teach them again that this is a promise from God.  This is the first commandment with promise;  so teach it to those children.

Jo

p.s.  while I am in the back pages of this community, I wanted to bring back up some of the older messages.  Some really good teaching is back there.  It takes so long to get this far back, that I want to bring a good many of them up while I have worked my way back.

Hope they are a blessing to someone.