CBCGB Child Dedication Covenant

WE COMMIT our lives to Jesus Christ and submit to His control.
"If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me."
(Luke 9:23)

WE COMMIT our home to God and pledge to make it Christ-centered.
"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
(Joshua 24:15)

WE COMMIT to a life of faithfulness in our marriage.
"Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral." (Hebrews 13:4)

WE COMMIT to reading the Bible and praying with our spouse and child daily.
"These commandments that I give today you are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children."
(Deuteronomy 6:6,7)

WE COMMIT to teaching and training our child to live according to God's precepts, principles and promises.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

WE COMMIT to nurturing our spouse and our child through loving encouragement.
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." (Hebrews 10:24)

WE COMMIT to admitting our weaknesses and seeking prayer support to change.
"Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16)

WE COMMIT to growing our family into a deeper relationship with the Lord.
"Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10:22-23)

Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, the undersigned couple, acknowledging that God is the true builder of our home, and that He had gifted us with our child, in light of the above truths, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead and with the intent of allowing God to make our marriage and family all He wants it to be, do hereby establish our dedication covenant with God. Amen.

Witnessed our hand and seal on this <day of month>, 2003

Mother __________________ Father __________________

Witnessed by

Pastor __________________