Exodus 20:12 – 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Ways to show honor:
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Proverbs 1:8-9 – 8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
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Proverbs 17:6 – 6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
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1 Timothy 5:8 – 8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Small group questions:
How is honoring God connected to honoring our parents?
What does showing honor say about a believer?
How should we submit to our parents?
Why should we pray for our parents?
Why does our attitude matter to God?