Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Genesis 1:27-28 NLT So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it.” Genesis 9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.” Genesis 9:9 NLT “I hereby confirm my covenant with you (Noah) AND your descendents…” Genesis 17:7 NLT “I will confirm my covenant with you (Abraham) AND your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God AND the God of your descendants after you.” Genesis 18:19 NLT I have singled him out SO THAT he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised. Exodus 20:12 NLT Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 6:5 NLT Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NLT And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Judges 2:10 NLT After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel. Judges 21:25 NLT In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Malachi 4:5-6 NLT Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah… His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Luke 1:17 NLT He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children… Mark 10:14-16 NLT “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children”… Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on their heads and blessed them. Matthew 28:19-20 NLT “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.” Acts 2:42,45-47 NLT All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals, and to prayer… They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity— all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. Ephesians 2:19 NLT You are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Revelation 21:1-5,7 NLT Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared… And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!”… I will be their God, and they will be my children. Ephesians 6:12 NLT For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world… “How can we hope to see the kingdom of our Lord advance when His own disciples do not teach His gospel to their own children? Oh, Christian men and women, be thorough in what you do and know and teach! Let your families be trained in the fear of God and be yourselves ‘holiness unto the Lord’; so shall you stand like a rock amid the surging waves of error and ungodliness which rage around us.” “Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church, consecrated to Christ, and wholly influenced and governed by his rules.” Romans 3:23 NLT For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 1 Timothy 4:12 NLT Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. Joshua 24:15 NLT As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord. SUGGESTED RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES Primal Path (cty.lc/primal) “God’s Design for Sex” book series (available on Amazon) “Cell Phone Permit” video course (cellphonepermit.com) “Focus on the Family” podcast Tell your testimony to your kids this week