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THE WAY

Text: Proverbs 22:6.

Train a child in the way appropriate for him, and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

It is an open revelation that the devil is targeting homes. This explains why we have many broken homes today.* 

*A broken home will produce broken and hurting children.* Obviously, you can only give what you have. It will be grossly improper to expect an incorrect parent to raise a correct child.*It takes a well trained parent to train up a child in the correct way.* 

A number of times, people think money is a major factor in raising a goodly child. If this is true (which Obviously isn't) then all the children of the so called rich people should turn out to be a well behaved, well cultured, and well trained children. 

But we don't need a research to know that this is not the case.

Expressly, the word of God told us that there is a way a child should be brought up, and once a child is set on this path, he will not depart from it, even in the absence of the parents. 

Our text says train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6.

It's clear from this verse that bringing up a child involves *training.* It takes a certified medical practitioner to train another person to be a medical doctor.
In the same vein, it takes a trained parent to train up a child correctly. 

Hence, our text today is addressing two categories of people- the trainer and the trainee. Today, we want to lay more emphasis on the trainer.

One major responsibility of parents is to train up their children.  If every child is well trained in the correct way, our society will be a peaceful, caring and beautiful place to live in.

Parents are earthly models of who God is to their children. So a good parent will be first and foremost a true child of God. 

 *The more of God you know, the more of His way you'll know, and the more of His way you will be able to teach your children.* 

Hear what God has to say about Abraham in regards to what He expects from parents-
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.(Genesis 18:19).

No parent can raise a wholesome child if he or she is not a child in the hands of God, and opened to learnings from the Holy Spirit. 

Psalms 25:12 says Who is the man who fears the LORD? God will teach him the way he should choose.

 *If you desire to raise a goodly and godly child, then you must desire to learn the way of the Lord.* 

Ephesians 6:1-9.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.Father God, I  receive the grace to be an obedient child in the school of the Spirit in Jesus name. 

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