Keeping God's Word Alive

This morning I am thinking of the importance of keeping God's word alive in our lives.  Have you ever wondered just how much what you do affects what goes on in the lives of those around you?  If you are a sullen, sad person, it affects those around you and makes them unhappy.  If you are a happy person with a smile on your face, others are uplifted by your attitude.  I believe we should apply this concept to our everyday lives and how we keep God's word alive in our homes.  The bible teaches us that his word is to be a constant part of our lives.

Deuteronomy 6: 6-7
⁶ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deuteronomy 11: 18-19
¹⁸ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
¹⁹ And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Children mimic what they see parents do.  They are like sponges soaking up water.  The bible teaches us that God's word should be talked about and taught to our children.  We are to teach his commandments to our children by obeying them ourselves.  We are to apply his word to every aspect of our lives and by doing so we are ensuring that our children will know to trust in God for all things and will do the same with their own children. I would love to see bible study taught in school, but it is not the school's responsibility to teach our children about God, it is not even the churches responsibility, it is the parents sole responsibility to teach our own children.  God placed them in our care and it is our responsibility to teach them about God and help them to become good, moral adults.  If we allow someone else to do what God said we should do, we are slacking in obeying God ourselves. 

Proverbs 22:6
⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

You can be sure that your children will learn all about sin from the world.  If they are not learning about God at home, then they are left with nothing but sin in their lives and the wages of sin is death. 

Romans 6:23
²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In order to keep sin out of our lives, we are to keep God's word alive in our hearts.  We are to pray without ceasing.  We may not be able to be in our prayer closets all day long, but we can have our minds upon the Lord.  We should keep a song in our hearts and talk about God's goodness at every opportunity.
1 Thessalonians 5: 15-18
¹⁵ See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
¹⁶ Rejoice evermore.
¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.
¹⁸ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Act 12:5
⁵ Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

2 Timothy 1:3
³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

Author:  Kathy Wellman

Reference:  King James Bible