Train them up-Part 3: Teaching Them the Word, Every Day

In the first part of this series, we looked at the two paths set before our children—the way of Yahweh and the way of the world. In the second part, we focused on prayer as an essential part of helping our children walk in the way of Yah. Now we come to the foundation that supports it all: the Word of God.

Training up our children in the way they should go is not possible apart from teaching them Yah’s Word. Prayer flows from it. Obedience grows out of it. Discernment depends on it. If we want our children to walk in righteousness, they must first know what Yah has said—because His Word is His way.

When Scripture tells us to “train up a child in the way he should go,” it is not speaking about character in the abstract or values disconnected from truth. The “way” is defined by Yah Himself. It is His commandments, His instructions, His wisdom—not the standards or philosophies of the world. To train up a child is to teach them the Word of God and to show them how to live by it.

Yah gives us one of the clearest pictures of what this kind of training looks like in Deuteronomy 6:

“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
— Deuteronomy 6:6–9

This passage makes it clear that teaching our children the Word was never meant to be confined to a formal lesson, a Sabbath gathering, or a single subject in school. It is meant to be constant, intentional, and woven into everyday life.

Notice the order Yah establishes: the Word must first be in our hearts. We cannot pass on what we do not possess. Training our children begins with us loving, obeying, and valuing Yah’s Word ourselves. This echoes the words of Messiah when He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Love for God is not separated from obedience to His Word, and teaching our children to love Yah means teaching them to walk in what He has commanded.

Deuteronomy 6 does not describe a classroom—it describes a lifestyle. When you sit in your house. When you walk along the way. When you lie down. When you rise up. In other words, all of life becomes the lesson.

This is where homeschooling offers such a unique blessing. Learning doesn’t stop when the books close. Conversations about truth happen during math lessons, nature walks, chores, meals, and even hard moments. The Word of God becomes the lens through which everything else is understood. Our children learn not just what the Word says, but how it applies to their choices, their attitudes, their relationships, their struggles, and their joys.

Scripture is clear that we cannot walk in Yah’s ways if we do not know His Word.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
— Psalm 119:105

“How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.”
— Psalm 119:9

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17

If our children are going to walk the narrow path, they must be able to recognize it. That recognition comes from hearing the Word again and again—spoken, read, discussed, and lived out before them. The world is constantly discipling our children through media, culture, and peer influence. If we are not intentional about filling their minds with Yah’s truth, something else will gladly take its place.

Scripture places the responsibility for this training squarely on parents, not institutions.

“Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen… and teach them to your children and your grandchildren.”
— Deuteronomy 4:9

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”
— Ephesians 6:4

This kind of training includes instruction, correction, encouragement, and—perhaps most importantly—example. It is not about perfection; it is about faithfulness. It is about choosing, day after day, to point our children back to Yah’s Word rather than the world’s way.

Training up our children in the Word is discipleship. It is slow, daily, often unseen work. Some days it looks like reading Scripture together. Other days it looks like correcting a heart issue with truth, or reminding a fearful child of Yah’s promises. We may not always see immediate fruit, but Yah is faithful.

“My word… shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please.”
— Isaiah 55:11

Every verse spoken, every truth repeated, every conversation grounded in Scripture is a seed planted. Over time, those seeds take root.

Training up our children means more than teaching them about God—it means teaching them how to live in His Word. When Scripture becomes a natural, constant part of our homes, we give our children a foundation that will guide them long after the lessons are finished.

You are not just teaching academics.
You are not just managing a homeschool schedule.
You are teaching Yah’s way in a world determined to teach its own.

You are raising disciples—one lesson, one conversation, one faithful day at a time.