Family Movie Nights

Isaiah 38:19  “The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.”  NIV

I remember family movie nights from when I was young. My dad would set up the projector and bring out the old movies of our family. My mom would get the chips and dip.  We would sit and watch movies of our vacations, camping, boating, first bike rides, birthdays. We would laugh, memories would be refreshed. I remember those nights with great joy.  Nights like these helped to keep our family together, helped to keep our family strong.

This Bible verse speaks of fathers telling their children the stories of God’s faithfulness.   Fathers telling of how God has helped them in their own lives. Fathers telling their children the stories from the Bible, David slaying the giant, Noah building the ark, Elijah calling down fire from heaven.  Fathers telling the story of Jesus and His great love and sacrifice for us.

God created us as fathers to lead our families, to guide them.  God has given us the responsibility of teaching our children. To teach them of life, of love, and most importantly to teach our children of the faithfulness of the Lord.   Deuteronomy 11:18-21 says, “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.” God goes on to say in verse 25 “No one will be able to stand against you,” With God at the center of our families nothing can tear us apart, our families will flourish.

“Those who are wise will take all this to heart, they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.” Psalm 107:43