• You Can't Stick Your Tongue Out At God's Children!

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 12, 2023 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  1 John 4, 1 Corinthians 13

  Tags:  Kids, Love, Father, Holy Spirit, Anger, Bitterness, Hate, Critical Spirit, Division  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A busy young father came home late from work and his two young daughters ran to the car to meet him. The oldest daughter got their first and jumped into Daddy's arms telling him how much she loved him while the youngest watched.

As they walked into the house, the oldest daughter looked back at her broken-hearted younger sister and stuck her tongue out. She thought no one saw her but her sister, but her Daddy saw the whole thing.

Daddy stopped what he was doing and let his oldest daughter out of his arms. Then he turned her face toward him and said, "I want you to know that I saw the whole thing that you did to your sister and I am not very pleased. Remember this for the rest of your life. You can't love the Father and stick your tongue out His children at the same time".

They will know that we are Christians by our love.

- Dr. Larry Petton