Skip to main content

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.

 *_You can now listen on Spotify_* https://open.spotify.com/show/72q4KLmKs0KBPdVs8bUDSE?si=BeadDR2MTSqBMvufTDEFMg

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE GOOD FIGHT-2

Text:  1 Timothy  6:12   Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. Another thing to pursue in fighting the good fight of faith is Godliness. We understand through the Holy scriptures that godliness is profitable unto all things.   *For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.* 1 Timothy  4:8.  You will reap the reward of your godliness not only when you get to heaven, but from here on earth. And this is why we are admonished to exercise ourselves unto godliness. (1 Timothy  4:7), because godliness with contentment is great gain.1 Timothy  6:6. Godliness is the practice of conforming to the image of God by reflecting the nature of the kingdom of God in the course of everyday life. In other words, godliness is living and portray...
Post a Comment
Read more

IT IS WRITTEN AGAIN

Text: Matthew 4:6. He told Jesus, “Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written,   ‘God will put his angels in charge of you,’ and,   ‘With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.’ Jesus knocked devil off with "it is written" when he came to him with the first temptation. So, the devil too decided to use "it is written" for Jesus for the second temptation.  Don't be deceived, the devil knows the scriptures too. Second Corinthians 11:14 says,  "Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." So, it's no surprise when you see Satan's messengers masquerading themselves as Apostle of Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:14.  The word of God is perfect. Yet, many people can twist it to their advantage and ultimately to their disadvantage. A drunk, smoker, fornicator, liar and all sort can justify their sinful lifestyles with a Bible verse. See to it that you do not twist the word of Go...
Post a Comment
Read more

WHEN GOD IS SILENT(2)

Text: Matthew 4:1  *Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.*  We saw yesterday that God was not pleased with many israelites that left Egypt for the promised land  (Corinthians 10:5).  A good percentage of the Israelites were overthrown in the wilderness.   Wilderness experience is not what any child of God desires, but it is an experience God sends or allows his children go through. In Deuteronomy 8:2, God says that He *LED* the Isrealites through the wilderness for forty years to humble them, to prove them, and to know what was in their heart whether they would keep his commandments or not.  Our Lord Jesus Christ was also *LED* into the wilderness by the Spirit of the Lord to be tempted by the devil. You will  notice there is a similar feature of the number *40(forty)* between these two wilderness experiences. That is, that of the Israelites and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Israelites spent 40years, Jesu...
Post a Comment
Read more