{"id":8895,"date":"2022-05-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2022-05-03T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:30:00","slug":"have-i-ever-told-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/have-i-ever-told-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Have I Ever Told You&#8230;.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Have I Ever Told You....? 5\/14\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=4r7hv-12192a1-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To all parents and grandparents<em>\u2013 \u201cHave you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids?\u201d<\/em><\/strong>  Many people I know respond,\u00a0<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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Have you ever put your own precious faith into words so as to have a real impact on their lives?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Here\u2019s what a friend of mine on occasion will share with his grandchild when they are alone in the car or somewhere together:<\/p>\n\n\n\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 Jesus every day. 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.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\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 Ukraine, they are really hurting. Please help them.\u2019 And going to church only makes it easier to be friends with Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We pass our faith on to our kids and grandkids by doing it in a very personal way, what our faith and our life with Jesus means to us down deep. Preaching to them rarely works, even good example doesn\u2019t always work. But when we verbally share what \u201cmakes us tick spiritually\u201d it often works.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Look for an opportunity to share YOUR relationship with Jesus and YOUR faith life with a young person.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRIENDS COME AND GO, BUT JESUS COMES AND STAYS!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To all parents and grandparents\u2013 \u201cHave you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids?\u201d Many people I know respond,\u00a0\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\u00a0 Have you ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8896,"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\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing-150x110.png",150,110,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing.png",170,110,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing-140x100.png",140,100,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grandpa-Sharing-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":"To all parents and grandparents\u2013 \u201cHave you passed your precious faith on to your kids and grandkids?\u201d Many people I know respond,\u00a0\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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