Deuteronomy 11:18-21 “ 18 ’You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 19 You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. 20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth.’”

Can I ask you a question this morning? Where is your Bible? Do you even know where it is? Is it on a shelf somewhere covered in dust? When you come home from church on Sunday, does it stay right where you put it until next Sunday when you pick it up to go to church?

For many that is the sad truth. But according to this passage we should have it with us at all times. We should “bind it” to our palms and forehead. Now we can’t literally walk around all the time with the Bible in our hand or tied to our forehead. I mean, we could, but we would have hard time getting anything done. So, how can we teach our children this truth?

We must be quick to pick up our Bible (bind it to our palms) when we need an answer. The Bible truly has the answer to all of life’s questions. But in order to find the answer we have to read the book. We must be able to lay our hands on it at anytime. With today’s smart phones and Bible apps, that is so easy.

We also must have the Word of God memorized (bind it to our foreheads). Scripture memorization is difficult for some. I know the older I get the harder it becomes. But when all else fails – hard copies, apps, computer software – we can always have the Word in our memory. Help your children memorize Scripture, maybe just one verse a week!

I will admit that I wasn’t consistent about teaching my kids the Word when they were young. Sure, we read the Bible and they were in church, but I don’t believe I did all I could have done to impress on them the importance of God’s Word in their life. Christopher and Casey, forgive me for not being more diligent about that.   Don’t be like me, Parents. Use God’s Word daily in your kids’ lives. After all, verse 21 promises a blessing to those who do!