• Nehemiah 2:17-18
  • Psalm 127:1 – If God doesn’t build the house, it is built in vain.
    • From the very beginning, God built the home. Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:3-6
      • We need to rise up and building godly marriages!
  • We need to rise up and build godly children!
    • Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:8-10 – Command our children to keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice.
    • Train up our children in the way they should go.
  • Train up a child (Proverbs 22:6)
    • There is a way children should or ought to go (God’s teachings map out “the way.”)
      • Speech; euphemisms (“oh my goodness,” etc.)
      • Alcohol
      • Modesty – I Timothy 2:9; Genesis 3:7, 21; Exodus 28:3-4; Isaiah 47:1-3
    • Training is essential if children are to go the way they should.
      • Make the early years count. The early lessons are often the most influential.
        • Winning early
      • Proverbs 13:24
      • Proverbs 22:5
      • Proverbs 29:15, 17
      • Ephesians 6:1-4 – Honor father and mother
      • Colossians 3:20 – Children, obey your parents!
    • Diligently teach our children the Word of God – Deuteronomy 6:6-9; II Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15
  • Love your children – Titus 2:3-4
  • Joshua 24:15