Teaching our children

“Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:7-9
Teaching children the things of God is a privilege and responsibility that, the Bible clearly says, belongs to parents. It isn’t the job of your Sunday school teacher to teach your children about God and the Bible. And, it shouldn’t only be limited to Sundays, or saying grace at meal times. It should be a natural part of family life, every moment of every day. That’s what Moses is getting at here. Unfortunately, in later generations the Jews took these verses literally, making little boxes to tie on their hands, foreheads, doorways, etc. that hold a small piece of paper with a Scripture written on it (usually Deut. 6:4, “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one”). The instruction to integrate God into everything you do as a family, largely became a impersonal tradition.
Our relationship with God is not a part-time one. If we have committed our life to Him, then we should be conscious of Him everywhere we go and in everything we do – and we should demonstrate this to our children. Proverbs 22:6 tells us, “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” That's a promise, but it's also a command.