Setting An Example In Daily Bible Reading

One of the most valuable customs that any family can establish-a custom that will benefit the parents and be an example for the children to imitate - is the regular reading of the Bible . If at all possible, do some Bible reading every day. It is not the quantity read that is most important. Far more significant is the regularity and the manner in which it is done. For children, Bible reading might be supplemented by listening to audio cassettes of My Book Of Bible Stories if they are available in your language. Reading from God's Word every day helps us to keep God's thoughts to the fore. And if such Bible reading is done not only by individuals but by families, this can help entire households to walk in Jehovah's ways. It is this practice that was encouraged at the recent "God's Way Of Life" Conventions in the drama Families - Make Daily Bible Reading Your Way Of Life! - Psalm 1:1-3.

Bible reading as a family is in harmony with what the apostle Paul write in his inspired letter to Christians in Ephesus, namely: " Fathers, do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah." (Ephesians 6:4) What does that mean? "Mental-regulating" literally means "putting mind in;" so Christian fathers are being urges to put the mind of Jehovah God in their Children - to help the children get to know God's thoughts. Encouraging the children to memorize key scriptures can help to achieve this. The objective is to have Jehovah's thoughts guide the thinking of the children so that their desires and conduct progressively come to reflect godly standards whether the parents are with the children or not. The Bible is the foundation for such thinking.-Deuteronomy 6:6, 7.

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