{"id":14116,"date":"2013-08-19T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=14116"},"modified":"2013-08-18T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:41:04","slug":"children-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/19\/children-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As of this past Saturday, I officially have a five year old son.\u00a0 We have tried to instill knowledge of God in his life since he was old enough to talk and attend children\u2019s Sunday school.\u00a0 My husband informed me that our son saw the Bible we used at our wedding (it is considered the family Bible), and it has our names and wedding date are on that Bible.\u00a0 Our son has requested his own Bible with his<\/em> name and birth date only printed on the front.\u00a0 My, my!\u00a0 He is only five and already asking for a Bible.\u00a0 Where does the time go?<\/p>\n

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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
\nPsalms 19:2-3<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Time flies…and life flies.\u00a0 We are busy with work, school, family, etc.\u00a0 Yet, a five year old boy can stop and ask for a Bible.\u00a0 Every Saturday night and Sunday morning, a five year old boy can stop and ask if we are going to church.\u00a0 If a five year old can stop and ask if he is going to church today or for his own Bible then so should we.\u00a0 We should seek the Lord so we have knowledge of Him. We should pass this knowledge on to those who do not believe.\u00a0 We should help God place a yearning for Him in our kids and those around us.\u00a0 Pass the word along.\u00a0 It spreads the knowledge of God to the ends of the earth.<\/p>\n

We should seek God daily.\u00a0 Noah and Moses looked for His guidance during their trials.\u00a0 The prophets listened to God, and spread His message upon command. \u00a0Jesus commanded his disciples to spread the word and the knowledge of Jesus to the world.\u00a0 Thanks to the Internet, telephone, airplanes, cars, boats, trains, Skype, etc., we can spread the knowledge of God to every language, nation, and culture in the world.\u00a0 We can use our knowledge that was passed down from the disciples to spread the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n

But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
\nMatthew 19:14<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

My son has asked for his own Bible. \u00a0I know that is mainly because of having his own name on there, but I also know that he yearns for God. \u00a0It never fails that he asks on Saturday nights if we are going to church tomorrow. \u00a0I hope that when he gets his own Bible in four and a half months that we can continue to help his yearning grow to the point he becomes a child of Jesus.\u00a0 We are not going to hinder him or his sister from becoming a child of God.<\/p>\n

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Dear God, please give us the strength to spread Your word. \u00a0Bless us in our work for You. \u00a0Be with us as we spread Your word.\u00a0 Thank You for the tools You have given us to finish the mission You have given us.\u00a0 \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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