Sobre ter filhos
Filhos são uma dádiva do Senhor, uma herança que Deus confia aos pais. A Bíblia celebra a maternidade e a paternidade como vocações sagradas e fontes de bênção.
Filhos: herança do Senhor
A Escritura declara que os filhos são bênção de Deus. Cada criança é um presente precioso confiado aos pais para ser cuidado com amor.
3 Look, sons are a heritage of Yahweh; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the sons of youth.5 Happy is the [noble] man who has his quiver full of them: They will not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your sons like olive plants, Around your table.
9 He makes the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah.
28 And God blessed them: and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Instruir nos caminhos de Deus
A Bíblia orienta os pais a instruir seus filhos nos caminhos do Senhor desde cedo, com dedicação, disciplina e exemplo.
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18 Therefore you{} will lay up these words of mine in your{} heart and in your{} soul; and you{} will bind them for a sign on your{} hand, and they will be for frontlets between your{} eyes.19 And you{} will teach them to your{} sons, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your{} children, that they not be discouraged.
17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul.
Cada vida é preciosa
Deus conhece e forma cada criança no ventre. Antes de nascer, Ele já nos separou e preparou um propósito para cada vida.
5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
13 For you formed my inward parts: You knit me together in my mother's womb.14 I will give thanks to you; because of your awesome works I am distinguished Wonderful are your works; And my soul knows that very well.15 My frame was not hidden from you, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have established strength, Because of your adversaries, That you might still the enemy and the avenger.
14 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight: