Baby Dedication 獻嬰禮－Pauline

上周日小蘿在火把教會參加了獻嬰禮!

獻嬰的意義是
基督徒的父母親按著聖靈的感動，甘心樂意地願意遵照聖經的真理教養自己的孩子，並將自己的孩子奉獻給神，讓神親自掌管孩子的一生。在眾人面前領受教會、牧者的祝福禱告，憑信心相信神必眷顧、保護、供應孩子的一切需要。

獻嬰禮不等於洗禮。是出於父母的意願，非嬰孩個人的決定。

A Baby Dedication is a ceremony in which believing parents, and sometimes entire families, make a commitment before the Lord to submit a child to God's will and to raise that child according to God's Word and God's ways.

Christian parents who dedicate a child are making a promise to the Lord to do everything within their power to raise the child in a godly way, prayerfully until he or she can make a decision on his or her own to follow God. Parents who make this vow of commitment are instructed to raise the child in the ways of God, and not according to their own ways. Some of the responsibilities include teaching and training the child in God's Word, demonstrating an example of godliness, disciplining according to God's ways, and praying earnestly for the child.