{"id":3129,"date":"2019-05-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2019-05-11T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T00:05:16","slug":"have-i-ever-told-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/have-i-ever-told-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Have I Ever Told You\u2026.?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"Have I Ever Told You....? 5\/15\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/9yqu8-b0e9f5?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/9yqu8-b0e9f5?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>To all parents and grandparents<\/u> \u2013 \u201c<u>Have you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids<\/u>?\u201d <\/strong>Many people I know respond, <em>\u201cWell I took them to church and to religious education, but they just stopped going to church when they got older. Anything with religious meaning has no value to them now.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Have you ever put your own precious faith into words so as to have a real impact on their lives<\/u>?<\/strong> Here\u2019s what a friend of mine on occasion will share with his child or grandchild when they are alone in the car or somewhere together:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHave I ever told you that Jesus is a really good friend of mine? When your grandmother was so sick I\u2019d talk to him everyday. At first I\u2019d plead with him so she\u2019d get better. After awhile I said: \u2018Jesus, it\u2019s all in your hands.\u2019 After grandma got out of the hospital I was hooked. <\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI started talking to Jesus throughout the day, but usually not out loud. \u2018Lord, what a beautiful day you\u2019ve given me, thank you.\u2019 \u2018Those poor people in Somalia, they are starving. Please help them.\u2019 And going to church only makes it easier to be friends with Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We pass our faith on to our kids and grandkids by doing it in a very personal way, <u>what our faith and our life with Jesus means to us down deep<\/u>. Preaching to them rarely works, even good example doesn\u2019t always work. <u>But when we share what \u201cmakes us tick spiritually\u201d it often works<\/u>. Try it.<\/strong><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; To all parents and grandparents \u2013 \u201cHave you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids?\u201d Many people I know respond, \u201cWell I took them to church and to religious education, but they just stopped going to church when they got older. Anything with religious meaning has no value to them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured.png",100,100,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1557618868_featured-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"&nbsp; &nbsp; To all parents and grandparents \u2013 \u201cHave you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids?\u201d Many people I know respond, \u201cWell I took them to church and to religious education, but they just stopped going to church when they got older. 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