[The Mayor]

December 20, 2006

The “Mom Box”

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READ: 2 Timothy 3:14-17

From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, . . . able to make you wise for salvation through faith. —2 Timothy 3:15

Each Christmas I give both of my daughters a “Mom box.” Each box contains items to encourage them to be the best mothers they can be. It might have craft books or special projects, devotional books or tapes geared toward young moms, first-aid kits, recipes for cooking with kids—and often something personal like bubble bath for a little pampering after a tough day of mothering! It’s become a tradition that Rosemary and Tanya have looked forward to every year for the last decade.

Encouraging our children to be good parents can begin even earlier. The best way is to start equipping them with the Word of God while they are still young.

The apostle Paul wrote that “from childhood” Timothy had known “the Holy Scriptures” (2 Tim. 3:15). And 2 Timothy 1:5 mentions the “genuine faith” of Timothy’s mother and grandmother. That faithful teaching and spiritual influence helped to enable Timothy to be a godly man.

The Bible is our richest resource to help us raise children who will know and love Jesus. Nothing is more essential than “the Holy Scriptures” to equip them for all of life’s challenges.

What are you doing to make the next generation “wise for salvation through faith”? (3:15). —Cindy Hess Kasper

Parents, give your children guidance
And instruction from God’s Word;
Then with wisdom and compassion
Teach them how to love the Lord.  —Sper

The character of our children tomorrow depends on what we put into their hearts today.

Bible in One Year:   Micah 1-3; Revelation 11

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good evening mr. Mayor.
Thank you for the daily lesson.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[luvie]

Good evening, Rus! Is the good weather holding up there on the Lake?

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God's Word. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it". Prov.22:7

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mayor, for today's sustenance for body and soul.