{"id":5463,"date":"2013-09-03T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2013-09-02T22:20:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T05:20:38","slug":"in-the-way-we-should-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/03\/in-the-way-we-should-go\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Way WE Should Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7035\" title=\"WayWeShouldGoSept32013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/WayWeShouldGoSept32013-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/WayWeShouldGoSept32013-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/WayWeShouldGoSept32013-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/WayWeShouldGoSept32013-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">There is <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">no way<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> we can raise children who love and follow Jesus if <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">we\u2019re<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> not loving and following Him. Our children can&#8217;t follow us somewhere if we&#8217;re not going there ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If we love Jesus, we\u2019ll want to listen to Him. If we listen to Him, we\u2019ll love Him even more. And if we truly love Him, that love will spill out onto our children, and draw them to Him in a way that just-our-words will never do.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Train up a child in the way he should go &#8211; but be sure you go that way yourself<\/em>.&#8221; C.H.\u00a0Spurgeon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-left rtsocial-icon\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon \"> <div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-button\"><a title=\"Share: In the Way WE Should Go\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F03%2Fin-the-way-we-should-go%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: In the Way WE Should Go\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=In%20the%20Way%20WE%20Should%20Go&via=@doorposts&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F03%2Fin-the-way-we-should-go%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/03\/in-the-way-we-should-go\/&media=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=In the Way WE Should Go\" target= \"_blank\" title=\"Pin: In the Way WE Should Go\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/03\/in-the-way-we-should-go\/\" title=\"In the Way WE Should Go\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"5463\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"69ea3c5a0b\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5463\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no way we can raise children who love and follow Jesus if we\u2019re not loving and following Him. Our children can&#8217;t follow us somewhere if we&#8217;re not going there ourselves. If we love Jesus, we\u2019ll want to listen to Him. If we listen to Him, we\u2019ll love Him even more. 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