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I want to remind the parents today that you have the ability to pass on spiritual blessings to your children. You know,

we can speak the blessing to our children, encourage them, lift them up. But there's another

transfer that the Bible talks about, and it's one of the very first transfers of blessing.

And it's called personal touch. You know, think about when your baby was born,

or there's a baby in the cradle, you pick that baby up, and before that baby can ever understand

your voice of approval, he senses your touch of approval. You hold that baby, you bring that baby close to you, and you just

show the warmth and love to that child. And research shows that when a baby is cared for and loved

by their parent, that their brain literally begins to develop emotionally and they begin to develop properly physically. See,

the power of touch is so important. It transfers a blessing. We see this in Matthew 19

when the parents brought their children to Jesus. They brought their children to Jesus so that he could put his

hands on them and bless them. You see, he could transfer the blessing to them. Now, we know that

Jesus can speak a blessing. He healed people without ever touching them. But this case shows that there is a transfer of blessing

also when you feel that personal touch, when you have hands laid on you. Now, I know that from the

time that our children were very little, Joel and I would put our hands on them when we would

pray for them. We'd touch their shoulders, we'd hold their little hands. We'd put put our hands on them when we would pray for them.

We'd touch their shoulders, we'd hold their little hands, we'd put our hands on their head,

and we'd begin to pray for them.

Ever since they were very young, and they experienced this transfer of blessing so much

that even now, when they're 21 and 17, and they're going to leave the house and we're

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