Fear thou not, for I am with thee ……..yea I will help thee…For I thy Lord will hold your thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not, I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, and ye men of Israel, I will help thee (Is.41:10-14).
Rejoice, again I say rejoice (Philp.4:4)
LOVE YOUR CHILDREN
Main Scriptures: Deut.6:1-9
More Scriptures: Eph.6:4, Ps.78:4-6, Gen.18:19
This admonition is directed to every husband and father and it has become very timely and relevant especially in this age we are in, where everyone seems to be very busy and in a hurry.
As the head of the family, you must realize that your children are your seeds. They are your kind, just the same way every plant and animals produced after their kind. It is very necessary for you to appreciate that the greatest investment you will ever make in the lives of your children is not the money you have saved in your bank accounts or the properties you have built for them. Infact, it is not even the quality of secular education that you give them or the material clothing you buy for them. Your greatest investment is the quality of time you invest into their lives at their young age and unto their adult life.
From our main text today, particularly verse 7, the Scriptures say,
And you shall whet and sharpen them so as to make penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the minds and hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up (Deut.6:7).
From this verse of Bible, you would note that you have no excuse to give for not having time for your children. As the head of the family and the father of your children, you must keep investing your time into the lives of your children. And that is what your children understand as love. To love your children is more than taking them to amusement parks or restaurant. It is far more than sending them on vacation abroad.
But you may want to ask, how do I invest my time in my children? You invest your time by taking advantage of the God-moment as provided in Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verse 7, and teach the precepts of the word of God.
The Word of God is the power of God that can keep your seeds (children) from the corruption of this generation. And God has graciously handed over the mandate to you, the shepherd of the family.
Always remember that the glory of your children is not in your wife. It is in your name. They bear your name, and that is what will forever remain the world’s reference point. Let the value of your time investment speak louder in their lives than the material value because time value is the expression of your love for your children.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, by Your Spirit, help me to value my children as You would and help me to invest my time wisely in them.
- Father, by the blood of Jesus, deliver me from the spirit of busyness and help me to invest my time into the lives of my children.
- Father, empower me by Your Spirit to give attention to my seeds for maximum impact on the earth.
FAITH CONFESSION
I vow to invest my time into the lives of my children because that is what increases my value as a good and godly father in Jesus majestic name. Amen.
(Culled from IN TUNE WITH GOD devotional of Thursday November 17, 2016)
Force of Change 2022/2023
70 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING
Ps.95:1-7, Ps.89:1-3, Ps.85:1-3, Ps.103:1-10
Day 3
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, we thank You for Your divine presence in all our activities in the year 2022
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, we thank You for showing us the way to go throughout the year 2022
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, we thank You for ordering our steps to our place of promotions and breakthroughs
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