“Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

Wear your faith wherever you go. You have been called to be a Godly man not just at church and at home but everywhere you go. You are called to be a Godly man at work by working as if you are working for the Lord. You are called to be a Godly driver on the interstate when someone cuts you off. You are called to be a Godly man in your basketball or hockey league as well as whenever no one is looking. Remember…WWJHYD! What would Jesus have you do? Christianity is not something you simply turn on and off. You are called to be like Christ in all you do.
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I can guess that you may be feeling a little overwhelmed at your role and responsibility of building faith in your child. You may be asking, “How am I going to do this? I never had faith conversations in my home with my parents. How am I supposed to do this with my child? What am I supposed to tell them?” Let’s look at the Deuteronomy passage again for the answer.

“Tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders—great and terrible—upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.  But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.’”.

What do you tell your child? The story. You don’t have to be a theologian. You simply have to know YOUR story of God has impacted your life and then simply tell that story to your children. Don’t be intimidated. You can do this. It’s not that difficult. And if you need help, then go to a Christian church because the role of the church is to be a life-long partner, not a replacement, to help you know and tell the story.

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I am a life-long Chicago Cubs, Bears, and Bulls fan. I have all the paraphernalia to prove it and I will never root for another team ahead of my beloved Bulls, Bears, and Cubs. I have lived in Minnesota Vikings country and I didn’t care. I wore my Bears jersey proudly. I now live in Los Angeles Dodger country yet I still put on my Cubs uniform and go cheer my Cubbies on whenever they come to play the Dodgers. Do I take a lot of grief and ridicule, especially when the Dodgers take the Cubs out in the playoffs, which just about killed me? Absolutely! But do I care? Not a bit. I am committed to my teams.

Can you be as committed to loving and serving the one true God as you are to your favorite sports team? Can you stay committed to following God even when you get ridiculed for it? You clearly have the ability to commit yourself to something. Will you commit yourself to God?

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Everyone has made bad choices at some points in life, choices you wish you could make over again. The choice you make whether to live your life God’s way or not is going to be the biggest choice you will ever make. You do not want to know the number of parents I have had in my office over the years saying, “I wish I could go back and do it over again.” Many of them live with the costly consequences of those choices still today. I do not want that for you or for your child. That is why I’m not watering this message down or holding back.

I do not want you in some pastor’s office years from now saying, “I wish I could go back and do it over again.” You have a huge opportunity in front of you right now, and it all comes down to a choice. “Choose this day whom you will serve. As for me, and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

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