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God's Ten Good Rules
if you have anything to do with small children. During my recent years as Worship Pastor of the Chapel Hill Bible Church, one of the more enjoyable and strategic worship-leading experiences happened every Thursday morning with a room full of 3- and 4-year-old children. While their mothers were in a Bible study, I had the privilege of leading these little ones in fifteen minutes of song, prayer and attention to God's Word. As a part of our worship time together, we would always recite "God's Ten Good Rules." Here's a picture of this precious event: www.wqotw.org/TenGoodRules.htm GOD'S TEN GOOD RULES When I do this with 3-year-old children, we start with the thumb of one hand and add one finger with each of the rules we recite. These children learned #1 the first week. Then we did #1 and #2 the next week, and on and on until the whole list was tucked away in their hearts-word for word, and in the right order. Give it a try. 1. Worship only God. 2. Do not make something and think it is God. 3. Do not say God's name in a bad way. 4. On God's day, please God. 5. Love and obey your mother and father. 6. Do not kill people. 7. Love truly your wife or husband. 8. Do not steal. 9. Do not lie. 10. And do not want what others have. - V. Gilbert Beers, from THE EARLY READER'S BIBLE, Gold and Honey Books/Queststar Publishing, 1991. Have a great week, Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu |