# Train Up a Child

January 19, 2026

Turn over to Ephesians, chapter number six, tonight. We briefly want to look at God’s word on this matter of children and child-rearing for just a bit tonight. It is interesting; Ephesians 5 talks about marriage, how marriage works, the last part of that chapter. And then four verses on child-rearing. And then several verses on employer, employee, and how that relationship should work. And then it finishes out the book of Ephesians. Of course, our theme verse, finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. We’re going to look at these just several verses, four verses about children tonight.

Ephesians 6. We’re going to start in verse number one of God’s word. Just briefly tonight, would you do this? Would you stand, if you’re able? We like to do that to show the Word of God respect. And I’m so glad we have God’s words, God’s truth, God’s thoughts that we’ve got it in writing. And His opinions, they change, and traditions change, but the Word of God doesn’t. And I’m glad we have the Word of God tonight.

Look at verse number one, Ephesians 6, verse number one. He says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth.” And, “Your fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

Let’s just take these verses. We’re going to real quickly just dissect these verses here. That first verse there: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” It’s right to have obedient children. By the way, not perfect children. You’re not going to have that. Children are going to be children. That’s fine, but obedient.

Now, here’s the thing about that. The ones that are going to teach or train them in this portion of the Bible, the main ones are going to be a mom and dad. Children are not just going to automatically obey mom and dad. Mom and dad have to train them. I was seeing one of the little ones down front here, and he was looking back, and I’ve seen Frankie saying, “Hey, look up front there,” you know. And that’s what parents do; they’ve got to be trained. And that’s part of her job. The children aren’t going to grow up just, “Well, you know, I can’t see a three-year-old or four-year-old. Well, the Bible says, ‘Children, obey your parents.’ I’ve got to obey the Bible.” No, mom and dad have to train them in that.

The Bible talks about that. It’s so very, very important that parents say, “Hey, by the way, you don’t teach your children to obey to make parents look good.” That ought not be the purpose of it. It’s not for the child, then it’s for you. No, no. It’s because it’s right. “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” It’s for the Lord, and it’s the best thing for your child. It’ll not be about us; it’s for them.

I remember talking to a man years ago. He was in our church for a while, and he had been in the ministry for over 30 years dealing with youth. I went to him, I said, “Hey, our youth… you’ve been in the ministry for over 30 years.” I can’t remember exactly how long. He had dealt with youth way, way back in the day. This was maybe 10 or 15 years ago when I asked him this. I said, “Do the children seem like they’re different in our day and time than they were 30, 35 years ago?”

He said, “No, all kids are kids. But parents are different now.” And children are going to be children, but parents—it’s our job to teach them in that.

Now, let me say this: Consistency is the key. Oh, that’s the key right there. If I’m very lenient one day and then the next day I’m very strict, that child—you’re training him—he’s learning from you. And if the line is always in different places, you’re going to have to give out much more punishment, if you will. And sometimes we talk about child abuse; sometimes I think, man, I’m just all over the place. Consistency is the key. That’s the hard part, but it’s so very, very important.

Now let’s keep going. We’re just going to go down through these verses fairly quickly tonight. Look at the next verse, would you? Verse number two. He says, “Honor thy father and mother.” Now, in the first verse, he’s talking to children: “Obey your parents in the Lord.” When you’re children, you obey Mom and Dad. This one here is not necessarily talking to just the children; he’s talking to everyone. Look, a 30-year-old person, if Mom and Dad says to do something, you ought to consider it, give weight to that. But you’re not obligated to obey Mom and Dad when you’re 40 years old. “Children, obey your parents,” but we’re all obligated to honor.

He said, “Honor thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with promise.” Now, this thing, “honor”—just briefly from God’s word tonight. Some, when you say “honor your parents,” some say, “Yes, that’s right.” And then some say they kind of bristle at it because maybe of a parent they have. By the way, it’s very interesting. Notice what he says: He doesn’t just say “honor your parents.” He’s very specific: “Honor thy father and thy mother”—both of them.

I remember one time asking about honor—it can be so different for different people. I remember a lady one time in our church; she came to me, and it was getting close to, I think, Father’s Day. She said, “Pastor, how can I honor her parents?” She was talking about her mom, seemed like a good, godly lady who raised the kids and spent time with the kids, loved the kids. But the dad was in jail for messing with one of his children years ago, and the lady that came was a grown lady. She said, “Pastor, what do you think?” Well, the dad had never tried to make anything right, and he was very belligerent. So, look, it’s going to look totally different, you honoring your mom and you honoring your dad. Now, you honoring your dad may be kind to him, respectful to him, maybe sending him a letter if the Lord leads you to it, a Father’s Day card. But honor can be very broad; it could be used in many different ways. For some, it might mean you’re not bitter against them.

It’s very interesting. The Bible says this in Proverbs 23:22: “Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.” Well, God put that in there for a reason, and it can look like so many different things. When I think of honor, the Bible told me to honor there, I think of a police officer. I honor them. I don’t know anything about them. I don’t know if they’re good or bad, kind people, nice people, or if they’re a jerk. I really don’t know, but they’ve got the uniform on. So I’m going to give them some honor because they’re wearing the police uniform. You understand? And I’m to honor my father and mother because they’re my mom and dad. Now, if I’m going to become a friend with that police officer, I may want to find out what his character is like, what his language is like, what he says, how does he treat his friends? I want to find a little more about him, and I’m going to give some amount of honor no matter what because he’s a police officer, you see. So honor can look different; it can be very, very different things.

But the Bible here, he said, “Now, children, obey your parents in the Lord.” Then he says, “Honor thy father and thy mother”—both of them. Then what is it saying in verse number three? We’re just going through God’s word, trying to learn from God’s word. He says, “That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

Now, that’s a pretty amazing promise. Notice he said there in verse number two: it’s the first commandment with promise. He’s talking about the Ten Commandments, and it’s the fifth one of the Ten Commandments, and it’s got a promise there. He told them, “Hey, you honor your parents, that it may be well with thee in the land that the Lord your God has given thee.” It’s in Exodus 20:12.

It was very interesting, by the way, and I don’t want to be too long tonight, but just leave it at this: He says, “that you live long.” Now, you say, “So if someone lives, they die early, does that mean they were a disobedient child?” I don’t think so necessarily. That’s what I think. Hebrews 9 says this: “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” So everyone has an appointment with death. How many have an appointment in the next month with a doctor or with a dentist? Anybody have an appointment? I’m sorry to hear that. I tell you what, me too, you know, that’s just not good. You have an appointment. All of us have an appointment with death. We don’t know what it is. Now, that appointment, we got that; that’s Hebrews 9:27.

Look over, if you will, in Hebrews—excuse me, to Proverbs. Proverbs chapter 10, Proverbs 7, and just something about this appointment that you and I have with death. We won’t be long, but I want you to see a couple things here out of this, teaching Ephesians 6. Look in Proverbs 10 and look in verse number 27. Proverbs 10 and verse number 27. He says, “The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.” So from the Bible, my days or my years can be shortened. All right. So I have an appointment, but it can be shortened. I have an appointment. Oh, man, goodness, as you get older, you’ve got too many appointments with doctors and dentists and all that. And I have an appointment with the dentist, and they said, “We can call if you would like to, if there’s an opening, someone cancels, and we can call you, get you in earlier.” I said, “No, let’s just think of what we have.” But if someone didn’t show up and they could call me, then it would shorten the time. Okay. Now he says you live wicked, you can shorten your time.

Look over in chapter number nine of Proverbs, chapter number nine. He says right there, “The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.” Look at Proverbs 9, look at verse number 11. Proverbs 9:11: “For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.” So I’m having an appointment that can be shortened if I’m living wicked. If I’m living for the Lord, it can be increased. And he said, “Hey, honor your parents,” and there’s a promise that your days may be long upon the land. It can be increased. All right.

I think of a missionary, good people, and they were on deputation, and they were in a car accident. They went home to the Lord early. Well, did they must have been disobedient to their parents? Well, you don’t know when their appointment was. So be careful about judging that, understand? And there’s a biblical principle that’s your days may be long upon, and God will lengthen that.

Let’s keep going. Look at verse number four, Ephesians 6, and verse number four. Y’all still out there tonight? We’re just looking at this portion about children obeying parents and honoring father and mother. That belongs on the earth. And then verse number four: “And ye fathers.”

Let’s just stop for a second. I really wanted to get to this verse here, is what I’ve been trying to get to: “You fathers.” A little bit of the philosophy can be that the dads go to work and make all the money, and moms raise the children. That’s not a biblical philosophy for you. I was shocked when I started studying the Bible years ago about this thing of childhood, and I was shocked how often the Bible talks to dads about raising children. I was like, it’s all through there. And yes, moms—and maybe the Bible doesn’t talk about it as much because moms are typically more engaged in raising children—but dads must be involved in child-rearing. “And ye fathers.” Dads. Very, very important. Both parents are important.

They say this—this is not viable, but this is from their study: They say mothers help to regulate sadness, fear, and distress in a child. Fathers help to regulate excitement and aggression. Now, that’s from their studies, and I’m just saying you notice how both parents are very important. “And ye fathers.” Sometimes that’s why you get a little fellow and he just has no control over his impulsiveness and over certain emotions. Well, sometimes—not always—but sometimes no father interaction. You need them both. That’s God’s plan for the home.

Let’s keep going. That verse number four, verse number four right there. He says, “And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.” Now, there are a lot of ways that can happen that a father will provoke his children to wrath. I would say probably the most harmful and the most common way is with words. Remember what the Bible says: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Words. Can I just say something, dads? Your words are very weighty. They’re very strong. They’re very powerful. One time I was listening to thinking about leadership, and they said, “Leaders, for the most part, your words carry more weight than you think they carry.” And that got me thinking about that thing, and there’s a lot of truth to that, and especially, Dad, your words carry weight.

If you’re always belittling—“How in the world did that macho man, that macho dad, get such a feminine child?”—son, to talk about? Well, often because he’s just always putting that boy down. And that boy says, “I can never measure up to that dad right there.” And so he kind of a little bit goes the other way, and sometimes even to homosexuality. “Provoke not your children to wrath.” By the way, they need Dad, especially boys; they need you to affirm them into manhood. And those girls need your words to show that girl, “You’re lovely, you’re valuable.” They need that. So very, very important.

It could be words. We mentioned that. We’ll just mention two things very quickly. But then, “Provoke not your children to wrath.” It could be time. You know how children spell love? They spell it T-I-M-E. Time. And when you never have time for your children, or you’re just going—parents, I’m telling you, specifically dads, moms, you’re good at it, but you’re important. I’m not trying to say that you’re not needed. But dads—he’s talking to fathers—he said, “Hey, provoke not your children to wrath.” If a dad never has time for a child, well, that’s giving them a message: “You’re not valuable enough for me to have time for.” They’re not going to understand. They’re not going to—we’ve got to make this certain money, you’ve got to pay this—but they’re not going to understand all that. They just know you don’t have time for them. And it’s so very, very important.

This is the interesting thing: James Boswell. Anybody ever hear the word James, the man, way back of the James Boswell? Do you know who James Boswell? Nobody? Wow, I’m shocked. He’s a famous writer back in the day, well known in his day and time, and he always talked about a day that his dad took him fishing. I mean, if he just was there around James Boswell, this famous man in his day and time, he would always talk about this day that his dad took him fishing. And so when the dad died, somebody went and got his dad’s journal and looked up, the best they could find, the day that he took his son fishing. And this is what he wrote in his journal that day. Pretty sad. And I quote: “Went on fishing today with my son. A day wasted.” And that’s the day he influenced the world more than any other day—the day he took his son fishing. Because the son that was a very known influence in the world, that’s the day he always referred back to. But if I’m going to bring them up, I don’t want to bring them up where I’m provoking them to wrath. They need time. They need that.

And so very, very important. And then what does he say? What does he say here in this verse number four? He says, “And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture.” That nurture. Strong’s Concordance will say this about that word; it’ll say “tutelage.” It’s kind of like when Jewish families, when the son would get 12 or 13—it’s kind of changed back and forth from time—then that son would go into an apprenticeship with the dad, and he would learn a trade that the dad knew. If the dad was a watchmaker, a watchmaker, that son would go into the tutelage, the apprenticeship, and learn from the dad. Once he grew up, he knew that craft. If he chose something else, that’s fine, but he always had that craft that he learned from his dad to fall back on. But bring them up with the nurture. It’s kind of like Dad saying, “Hey, I’m going to pull you by my side, and we’re going to walk through life. I’m going to train you in some things. We’re going to be together. We’re going to spend time together.” That’s so very, very important.

I love this saying it’s over in Genesis. Remember when Rachel, she was giving birth to the twelfth son? Remember that’s Jacob and had the twelve boys? Man, can you imagine the Walmart bill there, you know? Twelve boys. And that last one, as Rachel was giving birth to that last one, she died during childbirth, kind of sad, Genesis 35. And as the mom was dying, she said, “Hey, I’m going to name him Ben-Oni, son of my sorrow.” But Jacob, the dad, said, “Uh-uh, uh-uh. He’s going to be Benjamin,” that’s the son of my right hand. It’s like he’s going to be my right-hand man. It’s a little bit of that thought: bring them up in the nurture. You’re pulling them alongside. We’re going to travel through life together for a bit. And it’s so very, very important they need that.

Bring them up with the nurture, and what’s the last part of this verse here? “And admonition of the Lord.” That’s so important that we bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. You’re training them; you’re admonishing them in the ways of the Lord.

You know, I’m so thankful my mom and dad, they had me in church. It was never a question of whether we’re going to be in church; we’re going to be in church. I was in Sunday school, in church, and it wasn’t because of me; I tried to get out of it. We were just going to be there. Camps. I mean, we did. And later on, I look back and I say, “You know, were my parents perfect? No.” They’re like all of us. And by the way, I’m old enough now as a parent to wish I had done a little bit more of this, a little bit less of this. I wasn’t a perfect parent and all that. And same time, my parents—but I said, “Praise the Lord, they had me in church where I heard truth. They had me in schools and camps and everywhere.” Well, I was told what was right, and I’m so glad for that. And I was admonished in the things of God. I learned the things of God. Well, I appreciate that. So the older I get, the more I appreciate that I was just brought up in the things of God. It’s taught. That’s what he’s saying there.

You know, the Bible says, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” I understand it’s over there in 2 John, I believe it is, 3 John, one of those. And over there, he’s talking spiritually, but I think it has a little bit to do with physical also. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” And there’s just a joy in hearing your children walk in truth; there’s nothing else that can compare to that.

In just a bit here, we’re going to dedicate Skylie to the Lord. And Skylie, when she gets older, she’s going to have a mind of her own; she’s going to make her decisions. But a little bit, this is Frankie and Ketty saying, “We’re going to raise her in the things of God.” And it’s going to give her such a better opportunity to live for the Lord. And when she gets old enough and she learns, “Hey, I’m a sinner”—I hope Sarah doesn’t mind me mentioning her, using hers as an example, excuse me, by the way—but when she, as an example, excuse me, by the way, you know, this request thing, man, you know who that’s tough on? The pianist and the organist. Man, they did a good job. You got to play all those different songs; they did a good job. Pray a little for a talented wife and daughter, amen.

But look, when Sarah was a little girl, she didn’t want to admit she was a sinner for a while. I mean, John, her brother, for sure is, you know, and everybody else. But once she got that—all right, I’m a sinner—boy, it wasn’t long she wanted to get saved. But she had to make that decision. When she got older, between years, she remade the decision to make it settle, you know. But when that child gets old enough, they’ll have to make a decision: “All right, I realize I’m a sinner. I can’t go earn my way to heaven. Jesus died for me,” and that child will have to make that decision. But the more those parents have that child hearing the things of God, the much, much better opportunity that child has to make the right decision. They’ll have to make it on their own. But he says, “Hey, bring them up with the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” It’s God’s plan. I love it.

I love to see families come to church and bring in their little ones. That’s just actually, I love it. Mom and dad, the whole family walking in the sidewalk down there, you know, and they’re coming in. And boy, like the family tonight, man, they were—I told a lot of those men look like preachers, man, they’re dressed nicer than I am. I won’t get them up here to preach, you know. And I love it. But that’s why families ought to be coming to the House of God together. Man, that’s just awesome. And they come to the House of God, and they’re learning about the things of God, they’re learning about God’s word. And when those children, they’re learning all that, when they make their decisions, they have such a greater opportunity to make the right decision.

So he says there, he says, “Hey, children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with promise.” Well, what’s the promise? “That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth.” Then he says, “And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

I’m excited. We’ve got Skylie here and her family here. Maybe dedication is for parents, Frankie and Ketty, and they’re bringing their daughter officially in front of God’s people, the church, and say, “We want Skylie to grow up and live for the Lord.” We want, in a proper sense, give Skylie to the Lord. It’s a—we did it with both our children. That’s no daughter just playing the piano, and our son lives in another state, married and whatnot, got kids and all that. But it’s also a little bit of us parents. I know when we did it, it was a little bit for us saying, “All right, we’re dedicating ourselves to raising these children for the Lord.” And it’s a—it’s a sacred time, a sweet time.

And I want to do—I would like for the church family to pray for Skylie. Can we—could we get Frankie and Ketty and Skylie? Can y’all come up here with us? And can you come on—could you come on up? Just be careful with those stairs. Good deal. Yes, sir. Yeah. And listen. Can everybody—can everybody wave at Skylie there? If she’ll see it. She says, “Who are all those people?”

Do you think she would come to me for a second? Okay. That’s good. Hey, Skylie. Hey, dear. Hey, dear. Hey, what you know there, huh? Yeah, what a precious—nothing more precious than that. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. She said, “Forget that bow.” What you know there? Hey. Boo-b-b-b-boo. Hey. She’s not going to look at me. B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b. La-ha.

She’s precious. I’m going to give her back to you, Dad. And I want to—can we get—where’s Brother Chip? Brother Chip. Can I get Brother Chip? I want Brother Chip. I want Brother Chip to come up here. And I want you to pray for Skylie, Frankie, and Ketty. And I’m going to pray for them too, but he’s going to lead us, and then I’m going to lead us. But I want us all to pray. There’s something about when a church family prays for something; it’s special. God hears God’s people. And I want you to pray. Pray for them, wisdom for them. Brother Chip, you’ll know how to pray. And then when she grows up, she makes decisions for the Lord. Would you lead them? Then I’ll finish praying for that if you would, please.

Raising their children the way that they used to be pleasing to you, Lord, even Levinsky, and seeing all the rest of the family all coming together, how close they are. Lord, and we love you. We’re so thankful to see that Skylie is being dedicated. Lord, it doesn’t save her, but it does mean that we are all behind this family and that she’s being raised in a Christian home in a way that would be pleasing to you. When she gets old enough, Heavenly Father, Lord, we’re asking you to reveal yourself to her at an early age. And Lord Jesus, may she never turn you away. May she reach out and call upon you for the covering of sin, Lord, and to be a Christian at that moment. But until then, Lord, thank you so much for this family, just raising her the way that would be pleasing to you. We pray all these things in your name, Lord Jesus. Amen.

Father, Lord, I come to you, Lord, for Frankie, the dad here, Lord. Lord, would you give him just incredible insight in raising Skylie? Lord, how to raise her for you. Lord, I pray you’d give him a special love for her. Lord, help her to feel valued by her dad, protected by her dad. Lord, I pray you’d use him to turn her heart to you, Lord. Give him wisdom in that, Lord. Father, for the mom here, Ketty, Lord, I pray you would just give her much love and patience, wisdom, and how to just connect and bond with her daughter in a special way, Lord. And, Father, I pray that she would just be a great role model for her daughter and give her a special love and unselfish, just a deep love for her daughter, and let them, Lord, have a great mother-daughter relationship. And Lord, as Skylie gets older, a friend-friend relationship, Lord. And then, Father, I come to you for Skylie here. Lord, this precious little girl, Lord, I do ask—I’m asking, I’m not just going through ritual—I’m asking, Lord, you put your hand on her even now. Would you draw her heart to you? Lord, let this little girl grow up to be a godly lady. Would you gift her and empower her for you? Lord, as was prayed, when she gets old enough, Lord, let her make the right decision and get saved, trust you as her Savior. And Lord, let her grow up living for you and being pure and clean and godly and right. Let her be a mother one day, a godly mother one day, a sweet wife one day. Bless this family, Lord. Thank you for them, just wanting to set their sights on you and living for you and raising their children for you. Bless them tonight. And we’ll thank you, Lord, for what you do. Father, we ask for these things in the name of Jesus. We pray. Amen.

We’ve got Skylie’s first—uh-oh. We got her first Bible. We got her a Bible there. There you go. There you go. And we got her just her certificate. Mom and Dad, we got to get you to sign it too, but just dedicating her to the Lord. And congratulations. Y’all are making wise decisions wanting to raise your children for the Lord. Amen. Thank you. God bless y’all. Love y’all. Love y’all.

And then Levinsky. Levinsky, a little—I don’t know how long ago it was—but Levinsky, I think in junior church, Brother Chip talked with him and told him just the Bible truth: we are all sinners, and there’s a penalty on our sin, death and hell. But that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for that debt, and Jesus wanted to save Levinsky if Levinsky wanted Jesus to save him. And Levinsky bowed his head and asked Jesus Christ to be his Savior. And he’s got his earthly dad and mom, which is wonderful, but now he’s a child of God. He’s born into the family of God. He’s got his heavenly Father now also. And now baptism, he wants to follow his heavenly Father in baptism, and he’s going to represent Jesus to the world, and he’s going to represent Jesus’ death and burial when he goes down in the water and represent his resurrection when he comes up out of the water. So we’re excited about that. We’ve got a baptism certificate we need to get to you too for Levinsky here. I’m going to go back and get ready to baptize. They’re already getting ready back there. And Brother Adam’s getting a song. He is already ready to go. I’m glad for it too because I’d forgotten about that part. But he’ll lead us in a song, and we’ll baptize here in just a minute. Man, what a great night. Praise God for families raising their children for the Lord. That’s just great, and that’s a blessing. Amen. Number 249, 249, “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus.” 249.

This is Levinsky, and we mentioned already, but you may be seated unless you want to stay standing; you can’t. Hey, that family is excited; they’re ready to go, but no problem with that. That’s a good deal. But Levinsky asked Jesus Christ to be his Savior. When Levinsky did that, he was, as Jesus said, he was born again, born into the family of God. Being saved is the miracle of the moment. When you get saved, you ask Jesus, He saves; it’s done. But then growing as a child of God is a process of a lifetime. And this is part of Levinsky growing. You remember those little ones when they take that first step? You’re like, “Man, I missed it.” You get your phone out; you’re trying to record it, you know, and you’re calling everybody, “Hey, they took the first step.” You know, it’s just exciting time. This is a little bit of a Christian’s first step; they’re getting baptized. And the world can’t see Jesus in his heart, so he’s giving an outward picture of Jesus on the outside of death, burial, resurrection.

Levinsky, did you ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior? Yes. Good deal, good deal. All right, we’re going to turn you like this. Are you ready to represent Jesus to the world? Good, good, good. I’m very proud of him, and the Lord is too. You ready? All right, good deal. Here we go. In obedience to the command of our Lord and Master, and upon your public profession of faith in Him, I baptize you, my brother, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, buried in the likeness of His death, raised in the likeness of His resurrection.

Good job. Good job. Amen. Amen. I think he’s a little cold, right? He says he’s not. All right. Good deal. Come on, Levinsky. That’s wonderful. I love it. I love it. I’d take about a thousand more of those right there. Amen. That’d be all right.

Let’s stand, if you would, please. We’re going to pray and be dismissed. Thank you, family, for coming to be with us tonight. We’re honored everybody’s here. Thank you for coming, and just thrilled to have you. Baby dedication and a son getting baptized in one night. That’s awesome. That’s wonderful. Praise the Lord for it. Be back tonight. Missionary with us on Wednesday night. That would be special. Make sure you’re in your place for that. That’d be great. And just for God to get it. By the way, I appreciate Brother Josh working on these things for a lot of hours, a lot of time. I appreciate that very, very much. And what a blessing that is, that people work in the bus ministry and things and doing a great job at it. That’s a blessing. Brother David McCord back there, would you dismiss us with a word of prayer, please, brother?

Original File: 2026-01-19 - Pastor Paul Chisgar ＂Train Up A Child＂ Sunday PM 1⧸18⧸2026