Main Scriptures: 1 Cor.13:1-end
More Scriptures: 1Jn.2:29, 1Jn.4:16, Jn.10:15
Yesterday by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit laid the foundation for the serial teaching on the efficacy of love to our flock. Today, let us consider the first strike. And it is that LOVE GIVES. The proof that you love your wife and children is when you give to them. You don’t just love your flock in words, you also show it by allowing something to leave you to them. Jesus Christ is the perfect example of a good and godly husband. In Eph.5:22-25, He equated His relationship with the Church with your relationship with your wife, when He said that husbands should love their wives as Christ loves the church. So, if you want to understand the extent to which He loves the bride, you must consider what He did. In verse 25 of Eph.5, the Scripture says, …..even as Christ also loved the church and GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT. Until you are a giver first to your flock, you don’t love them. In Jn.3:16, the Bible says, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…….. The only way God can prove to the world that He loves humanity is by giving. Not just giving anything, but something very special.
The question is what do I give to my flock? Firstly, you give them spiritual food. This means teaching them the way and life of Jesus Christ and helping them to develop good and godly values. In Deut.6:7, the word of God says, and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. As a husband and the head of the family, God has provided you the greatest platform to influence your wife and children for Him and good. You must therefore take advantage of every opportunity to teach them the word of God. Please note that when you teach your flock, you are actually giving them from what you have known of the word of God. Let me share with you something that I practice with my flock. Minutes before we drive out to school, we share from Destiny Seedlings, a daily devotional for children. The children coordinate the entire programme-opening prayer, word study, Bible reading. What I do is to summarize the study for the day. With my wife, I share with her my encounters with the word on various areas-faith, healing, communion, prayers, relationships, etc.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, by Your Spirit, reveal to me the power and personality of love.
- Father, by Your Spirit, take me deeper into love with You and cause me to reflect it to my flock.
- Father, by the blood of Jesus Christ, deliver me from every trap of hatred and bitterness towards my flock.
FAITH CONFESSION
The spirit of love is spread abroad in my heart and I extend same to my wife and children because that is what makes me a good and godly husband in Jesus name. Amen.
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