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The Bible tells us there is a broad road that leads to destruction and a narrow path that leads to eternal life.

So how can parents guide their children toward the narrow path without frustrating them?

We'll take a closer look at the challenge of Christian parenting today on Truth for Life Weekend.

Alistair Begg is continuing a study in the book of Proverbs that he's titled Wise Words.

We're going to turn to Proverbs 22 and also put our finger in Ephesians chapter 6.

And as you do that, we will pray and then we'll study the Bible.

And now Father, we pray that as we study the Bible together, as we come to this most crucial part of our worship,

we have spoken to you, we have prayed, we have sung, and now we believe that you speak to us.

Through the Bible, by your Spirit.

Grant to us then, listening years we pray for Jesus' sake. Amen.

While we return to the book of Proverbs, although leaning fairly heavily as a cross-reference this morning,

as you will discover on Ephesians chapter 6, a little while ago we began to look at these proverbial

statements which of course come with a striking impact to us. I think one of the reasons that the

book of Proverbs is so desirable and so accessible lies in the fact that these proverbial statements

are ones that are called to, as as Kiddner says, from across the street. They're not particularly

churchy. They address the issues of our life, laziness, friendship, the use and abuse of words and

language, the place of sex, the privileges of learning what it means to be done with a jealous

heart. And then as we saw last time, the responsibilities, the peculiar challenges of raising children.

And in the course of my reading, I was handed these great truths about life that children have learned,

that adults have learned, and great truths about growing old, which are sort of proverbial statements

with which I think Solomon would have been able to identify. For example, great truths about life

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