PLEASE AND THANK YOU

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.  And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”

Deuteronomy 11:18, 19

King James Version

I don’t know about you but I don’t always say please and thank you to God when I am praying and I’m sure it hurts Him and breaks His heart.  The verses for this devotion instruct us to teach our children about God but I think we forget to teach our children to say please and thank You to God for what He does for them.

We help them with their homework, we buy clothes and other things that they need but we neglect to teach our children how much God loves them and all that He has done for them.  We can buy our children expensive clothes and toys and take them where they want to go but if we aren’t teaching them to say please and thank You to God, we are not only hurting God we are also not doing what He has told us to do.

The best way to teach our children to say please and thank You to God is for them to hear us pray and thank God for what He does for us and for Who He is, a loving and protective Father.  Think how you would feel if your children thanked you and told you they love you without asking for anything.  You’d feel pretty good, wouldn’t you?  Let’s make a special effort to thank God for all He has done for us without asking Him for anything.

Heavenly Father, I love You so much.  Thank You for all You have done for me and for giving me the privilege of serving Your Son. Dear Heavenly Father, You are so precious to me and You take such good care of me.  I appreciate all You have done for me.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

October 19, 2019