Bible Texts: Gal.4:17-19, Gen.1:28, Eph.6:4, Jn.14:26
Yesterday, by the help of the Holy Spirit, we understand that it is profitable to intercede for your wife and children rather than fight them. So, today, let us consider the blessings that we enjoy when as husbands we ventilate upward. When you learn how to ventilate upward, you connect to the power of God which is capable of working through the hearts of your flock to change them for good and God. The Scripture says that the hearts of kings are in the hands of the Lord and He turns them in the direction that pleases Him. It pleases God when your wife submits and honours you (Col.3:18, Eph.5:22). God is pleased when your children obey you in all things (Col.3:20, Gen.18:19). Furthermore, as you ventilate upward, you build a spiritual fence around their lives to the extent that they lovingly learn to submit to you in all things.
However, there are two ways the answers come when you ventilate vertically. Firstly, God changes your heart towards your flock. Through the help of the Holy Spirit, God shows you where you have missed it. It may be in the way you conduct yourself, your attitude, the state of your heart, the words that proceed from your mouth, or even the things you ought to do that you have not done. The Scripture admonishes us to examine ourselves… In another breadth, it says, consider your ways. Secondly, God changes the hearts of your wife and children towards you. He does it by convicting them of their wrongs or what they should do that they have not done. Your wife and children are spirit beings because the word of God says that there is a spirit in man…….. So, God ministers to them by His Spirit. God nudges them to see their wrongs and apologize to you.
Therefore, when you ventilate vertically, open your hearts to receive instructions from God either to change you or to change your flock. You will always win talking to God rather complaining to man.
Prayer Focus: Prayer For Career Growth and Development (Day 56 of 70 Days)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, fight every contention of the enemy over my career and give me victory (1Jn.3:8)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, baptize me with uncommon wits and wisdom that will take me to the top of my career (Pr.2:6)
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, I take authority over ungodly influences working against my career (Lk.10:19)
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