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Children Obeying their Parents, Part 4 (TMF:2851)

Monday, April 13, 2026
Peace to Live By: Children Obeying their Parents, Part 4 (TMF:2851) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s imagine for example that God showed up at your house one day, and he asked you, the child, how things were going. What are you going to say? “Well, my parents are just too overbearing. My dad makes me help cut the grass on Saturday mornings, and he doesn’t even pay me a fair amount. Sometimes he won’t let me go hang out with friends because he says there is work to do around the house. Then, on top of that, during the week my mom makes me sometimes spend two hours on my homework, not just one.” What do you think God would say to that? Aren’t they giving you everything you need to live? Don’t they sometimes let you see your friends? Isn’t your schoolwork important? Don’t you think you should do what they say? Suppose God asks another child what he thinks. Suppose that child responds, “Well, my parents really are fair to me. My dad only asks me to help him Saturday mornings, which isn’t even that much. He even pays me for what I do. Then, my mom helps me with my homework, and usually I don’t have to work on it that long, maybe an hour a night.” Which child do you think God will be happy with?