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EXAMINE YOURSELF, CONSIDER YOUR WAYS

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Main Scriptures: 2Thess.3:7-8

More Scriptures: Gen.8:22, Rom.10:10, Jn.3:16

Today’s devotional topic is a response to a write up I read sometime back. And I want you to please pay attention to every detail. This is because many husbands have wondered why their sheep have no respect for them. Some have beaten their wives and children for disobeying them. Others have used force to make their sheep respect them. So, if it is true that your wife and children do not respect and honour you, there is an urgent need for you to examine yourself and consider your ways. If you sincerely and deeply think about your action toward your wife and children in time past, you may just realize that you have sown the seed of disloyalty, dishonor and disrespect into the lives of your sheep. And very assuredly, your sheep are only responding to the seeds you have sown. As the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, cold and winter……shall not cease (Gen.8:22).

As the head of your family and the spiritual leader over your wife and children, you must understand that inside you is a nation-your wife, children and others that may be following you. So, beyond you are the lives of your wife and children, hence you must be very careful what you do to them. If you sow hatred, you will reap same. If you sow disrespect, you will surely reap disrespect. If you keep dishonouring your wife and children, be sure that you are only preparing the path of dishonor for your life. Let us look at a classic example of this principle from Scriptures. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him will not perish but have everlasting life (Jn.3:16). God demonstrated the reality of His love to you and I as husbands. He sowed love by giving His only begotten Son and He is harvesting billions of believers around the world today. Therefore, the next time your wife or child disrespects you, please don’t get angry with them. Examine and evaluate your conduct. The word of God admonished you to examine yourself……… It may just be that your conduct both in word and in works is responsible for their reaction towards you. But you may want to ask, what if my conduct is not the reason why my flock disrespects me, what do I do? Firstly, you must deal with it on your knees. Husbands who have learnt how to kneel before God will always stand tall before men. Why is prayer necessary? Prayer is the weapon of victory for you because it is the most important platform for you to break every stronghold of the enemy in the lives of your wife and children. The weapons of your warfare are not carnal. You are also not warring against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers in high places of the earth. Secondly, keep declaring the promises of God over the lives of your flock and never be discouraged (Rom.10:10).

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

  • Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for the wrong seeds I have sown and save me from the consequences.
  • Father, in the Name of Jesus, search my inward heart and reveal myself to me.
  • Father, in the Name of Jesus, fill me with the Spirit of meekness to turn from my old ways.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am committed to continue to honour and respect my wife and children because that is the trigger to earning honour, respect and loyalty from them as the good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.


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2 Comments

  1. George George

    This devotional is a huge resource for me in my recovery. I also turn all my sponcees onto it. Thanks for producing it and making it available.

  2. Paul Albert Paul Albert

    Awesome Word of God that blessed me at the right time.

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