Children are a blessing from the Lord. They are an inheritance designed to transfer the kingdom of God from one generation to the next. Children should be welcomed gladly into our marriages and should be taught to know the Lord from the start. They need to learn who God is and who they are; that they are made in the image of God, born under the Fall, and need the gospel to restore the fallen image. Children born into Christian homes receive the blessing of Christian instruction, and parents should be hopeful and joyful as we teach and disciple in that direction. We are always looking to the prize, which is entering the new creation with our loved ones. The little years are filled with short nights and seeming monotony, and yet these are the years when adults are shaped. These are the years when self-control and discipline first get put into practice. Parents, your charge is to faithfully and carefully shape and mould and shepherd the hearts of your little ones to King Jesus. Teach them that the most obvious, natural, and realistic way to live is in accordance with God's blueprint. Teach them that their sin hurts them, but that through the gospel there is always a way back to the Father.

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