"As the home goes, so goes the nation" 

Sis Joanne brought this thought out during her lesson and how true these words are.  In light of this, one thing we are endeavoring to focus on is our families – teaching our children the principles of God and why we believe what we do.  In Deut. 6:4-8, God wanted the Israelites to surround their children with good teaching.  Unfortunately, over time, their observance became mere rituals and by the time Jesus came on the scene, the scribes were only copying the law, but didn’t really know what it was all about. 

Our aim, by God’s help, is to give our children a good foundation so they will go on and choose to obey Him on their own.  We want them to actively pursue God, just like in a game of hide and seek. Seek God until you find Him.  True love for Him is shown, not in our emotional response, but by our actions of obedience.  Once we get this type of relationship, it will spill over onto others and that same love will be shown to them.