Happy Friday, This is my 3,868th Friday here on planet earth and I thank God for keeping me this long.

Our devotion on this Friday is called, ” Obedient children ” Colossians chapter three and verse 20 says, Children, Obey your parents in all things, For this is well pleasing to the Lord. The Bible says that we are children of the Lord and I was thinking as I was getting ready to write this about how we should be obedient to our Father in Heaven. Here of course it is speaking to the family. The verse right after this says, Fathers, Do not provoke your children, Lest they become discouraged. As I am watching my little grandchildren from Jerek and my daughter Melanie I see how they are so quick to catch on to everything we say and do. I call Julian little fella and he started calling me little Papa. They are much like a sponge when they are little. For our little children to be obedient to us we need to be a great example to them and train them in the ways of the Lord. Disciplining our children should always be done in love and never in anger. If they are doing something we disagree with we need to sit them down in love and talk to them about it and if they continue, then deal with them in a way that they will not want to do that again. Children are just like us. They will try to get away with as much as they can. They are little sinners and they need to be taught that sin is a bad thing and that punishment is going to come because of being disobedient to parents. Hebrews chapter 12 and verse six says , For whom the Lord loves He chastens , And scourges every son whom he receives . We love our children, so we must Discipline them promptly. When we have our children in line and doing the things they should do The Bible teaches that this is well pleasing to our God. Why? Because it is going to be an example to everybody we get around. And it’s going to be a blessing to the parents or parent. Children will be obedient when parents are obedient to God! If your children are already grown then pass this on to them for your grandchildren.

Have a blessed weekend and always remember that Jesus loves you!