“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
A child's heart is soft soil. What you plant in the early years puts down roots that last a lifetime.
Training is not controlling every step; it is pointing the way. You set the direction and entrust the journey to God.
Children are not shaped by speeches but by repetition. The small practices of every day teach more than the big moments.
A child learns the way by watching someone walk it. Let your children see you with your Bible open.
The promise is long-term: he will not depart from it. Keep planting in faith even when the harvest feels far away.
Act: before breakfast, pray aloud for each child in your home by name — and for one specific virtue for each.