Hello, my friends, Michael Yusuf here, and I just wanted to thank you for connecting with leading the way.

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richly bless you as you seek to serve him. The family in America is under a relentless attack.

I know some of the parents that I talk to are overwhelmed at the bombardment that we are receiving from every corner.

Literally, there is a war that is waged upon our children's minds and heart and

spirit and soul, from the media, from government policies, from schools, and from the culture

at large. And that is why I want to speak to you about the importance that the Bible places on family and on children.

And if you turn with me, please, to Psalm 127.

You're going to notice that verse 3 says, children are a heritage from the Lord. In fact, this is only one of two Psalms

that under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit was written by King Solomon, the son of King David,

who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. And so he says here, children are heritage of the Lord.

And I could not help but think of the various stages in which my wife and I were parenting

our kids.

And I thought, you know, wonder those of you young moms and dads when you are knee-deep in diapers. You wonder,

children are what? And those of you who have new drivers just started when you're staying up late,

and I've done them many times when I'm staying up late until I hear the car pulls in the

driveway, you will say, children are what? And I'm sure that when you get frustrated with

the school problems and the relentless financial pressures and all of the difficulties

that we face, and I'm sure that at these and many

times you must have wondered, what does the Bible exactly mean by children are heritage from the

Lord? The statistics that I read now, there's a vast number of couples who marry never want to have children

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