I received a Bible education from both my parents and the church all thru my early years.īIBLE VERSE MEMORIZATION THRU RURAL BIBLE CRUSADEĮarly in my life, my parents became acquainted with an organization called Rural Bible Crusade. These visitors had a big impact on my life spiritually.Īt our church, the lessons and sermons were always based on the authority of the Bible. If they had children, I and my older sisters and brothers would get to play with them in the afternoon. So quite often, on Sundays, we would have a preacher or missionary at our home for Sunday dinner. Mom and Dad always wanted to entertain guest preachers or missionaries in our home. Then after church we went home and opened all the gifts. We could always open one gift on Christmas morning before church. All of us kids knew that we were going.Īt Christmas time, regardless of the day of the week, we had church on Christmas day, even when Christmas fell on Saturday or Monday. We never questioned whether we were going to church or not. We arranged our weekend and evening schedules around church. Before it ever became personal to me, it was just a memorized prayer.Īs I grew older, she taught me to pray in my own words and pray specific requests.Īs a child, I do not ever remember a time when we did not go to church: Sunday School and Morning Worship, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. In Jesus name, Amen.” Of course, it became a ritual that we didn’t think about very much, but it was a reminder that God provided us with that food.Īt night Mother would help me with prayer. After reading, he or Mom, or some other family member would lead in prayer.īefore other meals, we would always say grace. Mom and Dad had a devotional book, along with Scripture, that Dad read from every morning. When I came into this world, the sixth of seven children, my parents were well along the way in establishing a Christian home.įrom the time I was little, I remember having family devotions at the breakfast table. SOWING THE SEED – THE GODLY INFLUENCE OF MY PARENTS My heart was in the wrong place until Jesus came in and Made Heaven My Home. An old saying proclaims “Home is where the heart is”.
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