How well acquainted is
God with the life of each person on earth?
"Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, 10, a Lord, thou
knowest it altogether." Psalm 139:2-4.
What is the beginning of
genuine wisdom?
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do His commandments." Psalm 111:10.
How are parents
instructed to bring up their children?
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4.
How important is it that
parents teach the Word of God to their children?
"And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: 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." Deuteronomy 6:6, 7.
What is the value of
careful early instruction?
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6.
How early was the Bible
taught to Timothy?
"And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which
are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15.
Why did God confide in
Abraham and commit important trusts to him?
"For I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment." Genesis 18:19.
Wherever Abraham
journeyed, what was his constant practice?
"And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name
of the Lord." Genesis 12:8. (See Genesis 13:4; 21:33.)
Should we thank God for
our food, and health and all that we have?
"In everything give thanks: for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians
5:18.