deuteronomy 6:6-9 " and these words which i command you today shall be in your heart. you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house when you walk by the way when you lie down ad when you rise up. you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes . you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

as a new believer this verse impacted me so much. it was one of the first verses i memorized as a young mom. it also impacted my decision to homeschool. one of the things i love about Gods word is that He didnt leave anything out. this verse covers every part of the day. we are to be diligent, proactive and constantly pouring Gods word into our children. God obviously values children so much. i even love to post scripture verses on the walls around the house. maybe verses they are trying to memorize or verses that relate to a life issue someone in the house is going through. yesterday as we were studying through phillipians 4, and we came to verse 6 and then 7 i was reminded of my daughter. she is worrier. she worries about all the details to the point of tears. i mentioned this to my cousin and she gave me a good idea to give this verse to my daughter and pray it with her. have her pray it when shes feeling worried...even do what deuteronomy 6 says and make a poster for her or a bookmark. this is something we can do with all of our children. whatever they are going through in life, whether it be a correcting verse or an encouraging verse, we can pray it over them, give it to them to pray and make signs for them to put up. and of course their verses can change as they go through different things. this is just another way we can pour Gods word into our children and teach them diligently!