As a Christian mother with two young children, my desire and prayer for my children is that they grow up to become strong active Christians. When my daughter, at the age of four, asked us how she could become a friend of God and be His child it was a thrilling day for me. When I thought about how she had come to this point and as Christian friends asked what we did right, I began to ponder the importance of passing down the faith to the next generation. I wondered if the Bible gave us a model as to how best to pass on the faith.

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