The early years of child training are primarily spent on discipline, and with that groundwork laid, the later years should be focused on training. Training does not have to be fun or spontaneous to be effective. In our family, we have established the habit of reading and talking about Scripture around our dinner table. We must see that spiritual training is more than something we do at set times. It is a lifestyle.
Spiritual training takes place at the dinner table and in the family room.
It also takes place at the mall, on the camping trip, at the ball game, and when working with Mom in the kitchen or with Dad in the back yard. In all these venues, Mom and Dad reproduce, not so much what they say, but who they are. Suddenly, his pole doubled over. The fight was on and it was glorious. Within a few minutes he pulled from the water the largest bass that he or his father had ever seen.