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A scribe once asked Jesus,
"What is the most important commandment of all?"
Jesus replied,
"The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'"
Jesus was not making this up. He quoted Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (one of the books of the Law). Obviously, he took this commandment pretty seriously. And no wonder: look at the next two verses:
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
This Family Resources section will help you to diligently teach your children about God's love and how we in turn can love Him with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength.
Over the coming months we'll post resources and material for family devotionals, Bible study, observance of the Church calendar, and what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
Click here for our first resource, Keys for Kids, a daily Bible verse and lesson that you can use with your elementary school age children.
Click here for Luther's Small Catechism for young children.
Remember to use the Family Resources Menu in the left column to navigate through these resources.
Check back here periodically for new additions.
One Solitary Life
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He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in a carpenter shop Until he was thirty He never wrote a book He never held an office He never went to college He never visited a big city He never travelled more than two hundred miles From the place where he was born He did none of the things Usually associated with greatness He had no credentials but himself He was only thirty three His friends ran away One of them denied him He was turned over to his enemies |
And went through the mockery of a trial He was nailed to a cross between two thieves While dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing The only property he had on earth When he was dead He was laid in a borrowed grave Through the pity of a friend Nineteen centuries have come and gone And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race And the leader of mankind's progress All the armies that have ever marched All the navies that have ever sailed All the parliaments that have ever sat All the kings that ever reigned put together Have not affected the life of mankind on earth As powerfully as that one solitary life Dr James Allan Francis © 1926. |
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“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
—Romans 15:5-6