Xiuling’s three sons—ages 8 to 15—have picked up the habit of reading God’s word regularly. It’s probably a parent’s dream—to have children so motivated to read the Bible and other Christian material, and to see them learning from God’s Word and applying the lessons they learn to their lives. Yet Xiuling will readily say that it’s only by God’s grace that her three sons have come to love reading His Word.

All she had done, she says, was to introduce the Bible and the devotionals to them when they were young, and to encourage them to read. So how did she manage to inculcate their love for God’s Word? Here are 7 lessons that she’s learnt over the years.