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Clint's Corner
Are we teaching in the home?
When was the last time you had a Bible study with your children at your house?
Deuteronomy 6.4 reads “Hear O, Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.” This verse is the core of Jewish/Christian faith, and is simply referred to, by Jews, as the Shema. The Jews in Jesus’ day, and even today, recite this verse when they rise up and when they lay down. In this section of the book of Deuteronomy, the core of the Jewish and ultimately Christian faith, we find another interesting passage – Deuteronomy 6.7, which reads, “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.”
Thou?
Who are thou?
Parents.
Shalt teach them diligently?
What is “them?”
The commandments of God, the Shema, and the 613 rules by which the Jews lived.
Shall teach the commandments of God to whom?
Their children.
What is teaching them diligently?
The word has the idea of to sharpen. If we were going to sharpen a knife would we run our sharpener over it one time? Of course not. We could continually run it over our knife to ensure that it was sharp.
When we talk, sit, walk, lie down, and rise up? That sounds like a way of saying all the time!
The same principle is true for our children. If we want our children to follow God, we have to teach them diligently. We have to continually sit down, like God has commanded us, and read the Bible with them. We must daily sharpen our own children. It is not the responsibility of the preacher, the youth minister, or a Sunday school teacher, but of the parents to teach the children how to behave and follow God. As a matter of fact, the first 9 chapters of the book of Proverbs paints a beautiful of both the father and mother teaching their son the way of truth.
So, when was the last time you had a Bible study with your children at your house?
Saturday November 8 = Paintball in Paris! Brethren get ready! We are going to Paris, TN and we are going to play paintball! Be here @ 10.00 AM. We will leave, eat in Paris, and then get on with the fun! It will be about $20 a person to play!
Sunday November 9 = KFC Fellowship @ Pizza Hut! Right after Sunday morning service we are going to eat and have fun!
Monday November 17 = Monday night for the Master! We are going to study from God’s Word together beginning @ 7.00. Girls bring drinks, guys bring snacks.
Saturday November 22 = Junior High Fellowship @ 11.00!
Sunday November 30 = L 2 L Working Lunch after morning services!
Sunday November 30 = Eastwood is coming! The Eastwood church of Christ is coming to worship with us and to sing after evening services. Brother Matthew Vanhorn will be our guest song leader and will teach us a few new songs!
Monday December 2 = Monday Night for the Master @ 7.00!
Friday December 5 = Scavenger Hunt @ 7:30! Young people get ready to have some fun! We will divide you up in teams, and let you loose on the town until 9:30!
Sunday, December 7 = Youth Rally @ West 7th. The theme is “Whatever.” We will have lunch right after morning worship services and then travel to Columbia, TN for the afternoon. We should return sometime around 9:30 PM.
Saturday December 13 = Shopping for moms and dads in Jackson, TN. We will leave @ 10.00 AM!
Sunday December 14 = Singing for the Saints after morning services!
PEW PACKERS
Parents do not forget that every Sunday night at 5:35 is PEW PACKERS! Be sure to come and bring your little ones for singing, a message from the Bible, and fun!
SECRET SERVICE
We meet every Wednesday at 5:15. Please bring your friends and loved ones and get ready to serve!
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