Wanted…

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FATHERS like Abraham: “He will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord” (Gen. 18:19).
MOTHERS like Hannah: “As long as he (her son) liveth he shall be lent to the LORD” (1 Sam. 1:28).
BOYS like Jesus: He returned with His parents to Nazareth and “was subject unto them” (Luke 2:51).
GIRLS like the little maid who told her mistress that God could heal Naaman’s leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-3).
BROTHERS like Nehemiah and Hanani, who served God together (Neh. 7:1, 2).
SISTERS like Mary and Martha, who received Jesus into their home and lives (Luke 10:38, 39).
PREACHERS like Paul, who “in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling” (1 Cor. 2:3) presented the truth in the power of the Spirit.
SERVANTS OF GOD like Barnabas: “He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith” (Acts 11:24).
LOVERS OF THE BIBLE like the Bereans: “They received the word (message) with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily” (Acts 17:11).

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