“Godly parents are such as live a God-fearing life with their children. They bring forth their children in the consciousness that the Lord has counted them worthy to bring forth children for His covenant. Thus they live already before their children see the light of day, in expectant prayer and supplication before the Lord. They desire to serve the Lord also in the bringing forth of their children. For those children they pray. Those children they consecrate to the service of the Lord. On behalf of those children they also beseech the Lord for the grace of His covenant, in order that they may live to the glory of the covenant God in the midst of the world. If those children may grow up, then they instruct them in the fear of the Lord, in order that they may know the ways of His covenant and walk therein.” ~Herman Hoeksema
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