A mother was trying to get her young daughter to study her Bible class lesson. The mother took her Bible from the shelf, dusted it off, and told the daughter to read her Bible lesson before she could go out and play. “All right, Mother,” the little girl said, “but let’s study out of Grandmother’s Bible. It’s more interesting than yours.”

“Why, what makes you say that Sweetie?” replied the mother. “My Bible is exactly like Grandmother’s.” “Oh no, Mother,” the observant little lady insisted. “I’m sure Grandmother’s Bible must be more interesting than yours because she reads her’s so much more than you do!”

Friends, it is hard to teach what we do not practice. Our children will learn from what we do much more than what we “say.” What are you “saying” to your children by your actions?

Ephesians 6:4 says, “do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”