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Father & Mother
“There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother” (Proverbs 30:11).
This is a serious statement! Stop, young person, and consider whether this applies to you! There is a special blessing promised to those who honour their parents, and we are told, “Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” (Ephesians 6:2-3).
Parents aren’t perfect, and they certainly make lots of mistakes, but that does not change the fact that they are in a place of God-given authority, and that they are to be honored and respected in spite of their failures and shortcomings.
For those of you who have godly parents the Bible gives further exhortation through the writing of King Solomon: “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother” (Proverbs 1:8). He also wrote, “A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother” (Proverbs 10:1).
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