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2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine
power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by
glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us
exceedingly great and precious promises, that through
these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge
self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance
godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to
brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours
and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he
should go, And when he is old he will not depart
from it.
Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from
the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Matthew 18:6 " But whoever causes one of these
little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be
better for him if a millstone were hung around his
neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the
sea.
Deuteronomy 4:9 " Only take heed to yourself,
and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the
things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from your heart all the days of your life. And
teach them to your children and your
grandchildren, 10 "especially concerning the day
you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb,
when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to
Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they
may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the
earth, and that they may teach their children.'
Deuteronomy 6:4 " Hear, O Israel: The LORD our
God, the LORD is one! 5 "You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength. 6 " And these words
which I command you today shall be in your
heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your
children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, when you walk by the way, when you
lie down, and when you rise up.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and
mother," which is the first commandment with
promise: 3 "that it may be well with you and you
may live long on the earth." 4 And you, fathers,
do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring
them up in the training and admonition of the
Lord.
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Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her
worth is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband
safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12 She
does him good and not evil All the days of her life. 13 She
seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food
from afar. 15 She also rises while it is yet night, And
provides food for her household, And a portion for her
maidservants. 16 She considers a field and buys it; From
her profits she plants a vineyard. 17 She girds herself
with strength, And strengthens her arms. 18 She
perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp
does not go out by night. 19 She stretches out her hands
to the distaff, And her hand holds the spindle. 20 She
extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her
hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of snow for her
household, For all her household is clothed with scarlet.
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Romans 2:21 You, therefore, who teach another,
do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a
man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who
say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit
adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob
temples?
Matthew 23:2 "The scribes and the Pharisees sit
in Moses' seat. 3 "Therefore whatever they tell
you to observe, that observe and do, but do not
do according to their works; for they say, and do
not do. 4 "For they bind heavy burdens, hard to
bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with one of their
fingers.
1 Peter 3:1 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own
husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they,
without a word, may be won by the conduct of their
wives, 2 when they observe your chaste conduct
accompanied by fear. 3 Do not let your adornment be
merely outward -- arranging the hair, wearing gold, or
putting on fine apparel -- 4 rather let it be the hidden
person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight
of God. 5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy
women who trusted in God also adorned themselves,
being submissive to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you
are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
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Remain
Revelation 2:10 "Do not fear any of those things
which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is
about to throw some of you into prison, that you
may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten
days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you
the crown of life.
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A mother held her
new baby and very
slowly rocked him
back and forth,
back and forth,
back and forth. And
while she held him,
she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The baby grew. He
grew and he grew
and he grew. He
grew until he was
two years old, and
he ran all around
the house. He
pulled all the books
off the shelves. He
pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he
took his mother's watch and flushed it down the
toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid
is driving me CRAZY!"
But at night time,
when that two-year-
old was quiet, she
opened the door to
his room, crawled
across the floor,
looked up over the
side of his bed; and if
he was really asleep
she picked him up and rocked him back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him
she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The little boy grew.
He grew and he
grew and he grew.
He grew until he
was nine years old.
And he never
wanted to come in
for dinner, he never
wanted to take a
bath, and when grandma visited he always said
bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell
him to the zoo!
But at night time,
when he was asleep,
the mother quietly
opened the door to
his room, crawled
across the floor and
looked up over the
side of the bed. If he
was really asleep,
she picked up that
nine-year-old boy and rocked him back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked
him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The boy grew. He
grew and he grew
and he grew. He
grew until he was a
teenager. He had
strange friends and
he wore strange
clothes and he
listened to strange
music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in
a zoo!
But at night time,
when that teenager
was asleep, the
mother opened the
door to his room,
crawled across the
floor and looked up
over the side of the
bed. If he was really
asleep she picked up
that great big boy and rocked him back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him
she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
That teenager
grew. He grew and
he grew and he
grew. He grew until
he was a grown-up
man. He left home
and got a house
across town.
But sometimes on
dark nights the
mother got into her
car and drove across
town.
If all the lights in her
son's house were out,
she opened his
bedroom window,
crawled across the
floor, and looked up
over the side of his
bed. If that great big
man was really
asleep she picked
him up and rocked him back and forth, back and
forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she
sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
Well, that mother, she
got older. She got
older and older and
older. One day she
called up her son and
said, "You'd better
come see me because
I'm very old and
sick." So her son
came to see her.
When he came in the door she tried to sing the song.
She sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always...
But she couldn't finish because she was too old and
sick.
The son went to his
mother. He picked
her up and rocked
her back and forth,
back and forth,
back and forth. And
he sang this song:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my Mommy you'll be.
When the son
came home that
night, he stood for
a long time at the
top of the stairs.
Then he went into
the room where his
very new baby
daughter was
sleeping. He picked
her up in his arms
and very slowly
rocked her back
and forth, back and
forth, back and forth. And while he rocked her he
sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.