Faith Filled Family Magazine July 2016 | Page 53

By Example Lead their younger years. That’s why we’ve been instructed in Proverbs 22:6 to “train a child in the way he should go, and when he is older he will not stray from it.” The incredible [and maybe scary] reality about our children is they watch and learn even our smallest, most insignificant habits and speech. How many times have we been floored by a response that was an exact quote from our own mouths? The old adage of “do as I say, not as I do” does not apply to parents who want to be positive, Godly influences before children - not just our own, but any other children as well. Therefore we must be vigilant in every situation, regardless of whether or not we think anyone is watching; because Someone is always