Bring your children to church

Bring your children to church. Immerse their lives in the Word of God. Even if they lie on the floor. Even if they need 437 goldfish and a lollipop to stay quiet. Even if you stand in the back, swaying back and forth while holding them. Even when it’s difficult. Even when your row looks like a small hurricane just passed through. Bring them to church. Let them see you worship. Let them see you pray. Let them see you running toward the Savior. Because if they don’t learn these things from you, who will they learn them from?

The world will teach them that faith is not a priority. The world will tell them it’s okay to skip church and neglect their Bibles. The world will mislead them, confuse them, and convince them that just being “good” is enough. The world won’t teach them about Jesus. That’s our responsibility.

Bring them to church.

Matthew 18:5-6 says, “And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.” Teaching children about Jesus is a huge responsibility. We must take it seriously and do it well. Prepare well, speak truth, and remember they are God’s children first.