Developing a strong relationship with Jesus is so important to the spiritual life, and bringing children to Jesus is the main goal of Catholic parents.
Jeff connects Scripture passages from Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Proverbs that deal with parenting and setting a good example for our kids, and give practical advice on how to bring children to Jesus.
Snippet from the Show
“Parents have such a significant role in bringing their kids to Jesus. Nobody else can take up that role.”
SHOWNOTES
Matthew 19:13-15 – “Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; but Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’ And he laid his hands on them and went away.”
Deuteronomy 32:1-3 – “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God!” read more of Deuteronomy 32
Genesis 18:19 – “ … for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 – “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it; that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them; that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and 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. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
Proverbs 25:11 – “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”
10 Ways to Bring Your Children to Jesus
- Baptism
- Confimiration
- Study the Catechism
- Family Prayer
- Weekly Mass
- Confession
- Adoration
- Reading Scripture
- Praying the Rosary
- Shape your own life to be centered on Jesus
Resources
- The Great Adventure Storybook
- “2020 Vision” Young Adult Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
- Holy Land January 2020
- The Great Adventure Bible in a Day — Presented by Jeff Cavins
Connect with Jeff
