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FAMILY MATTER

Text: Psalms 127:1 

Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

Raising up children is like constructing buildings. Everything you do is either adding one block to the building or removing from it.

Essentially, it is the responsibility of parents to train up their wards. This parental duty can never be overemphasized. Proverbs 22:6 says, Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 

God testified concerning Abraham, He says, "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 has spoken of him."Genesis 18:19.

Dear father, can you honestly answer these questions? Can God boast about you the way He did about Abraham? Are you giving your children and your entire household Godly commands? Are you even familiar with these commands yourself? Are your children keeping the way of the Lord? How many of God's commands are you keeping yourself? Remember, you cannot give what you don't have. God is counting on you to model Him(God) before your children.

Dear mother, what role are you playing in the raising of your children? Some women are fond of going behind their husbands to breakdown the bricks their husbands had built in their children. Remember, Proverbs 10:1 says, *A wise son brings joy to his father,  but a foolish son grieves his mother.* Don't cooperate with the devil in building foolishness in your child in the name of love. A child that is not properly trained will eventually bring grief to his mother.

Dear son and daughter, are you really teachable,? It is the duty of parents to train, but it is your duty to accept the training. Hear what God's words say concerning training in Hebrew 12:11, *No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.* The training you are receiving now may not really be palatable, but it is for your good.

Even if you do not have worthy parents to model good parenting for you, when you submit to God, He will raise you up  as a good parent for your wards.

The devil has been focusing on family from the very beginning, he is doing more than ever before to bring families down. See to it that your own family is not a victim and endeavor to help other families too.

 *Bible reading:*

 Ephesians 6:1-4.

 *PRAYER FOCUS*

Father, I receive the grace to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in building Godly home.

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