Bible Texts: Jn.10:9-10, Eph.5:25, Deut.6:6-10, Is.61:9, Gen.12:2-3, Col.3:19-20, Eph.6:4, Gal.4:19, 1Cor.13:4-8
As the husbandman, you are a christ. But how is that possible? The word of God says so. Husbands love thy wife AS CHRIST has loved the Church (Eph.5:25). Now, what did Jesus come to do? The Scripture in John chapter 10 and verse 10 provides the answer.
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly (Jn.10:10). Jesus Christ, who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman came to give abundant life. He did not come to steal, kill or destroy. And since you are like Him, He wants you to give meaning and value to your life, and the lives of your wife and children.
Now, what kind of life does God demand that you give to your wife and children? For your wife, God wants you to love her as Christ has loved the church and gave Himself for it (Eph.5:25). God wants you to be kind, patient, supportive and encouraging to your wife. God wants you to add value to her life, ministry and assignment. God wants you to defend her from all forms of attacks. God wants you to lead her to her place of fulfillment and happiness. God wants you to pray for and with her. God wants you to be a cheerleader. That is what the abundant life means and that is why God sent you into her life.
Fathers, nurture thy children in the way and admonition of the Lord (Eph.6:4). God wants you to be the guiding light in the lives of your children. God wants you to be a positive influence in their lives. God wants you to protect, nurture and correct them so that they become righteous and blessed seeds to you, their mother and the earth. God wants you to teach them His word and principles. God wants you to lead them from the front, provide for them and motivate them to fulfill God’s plan for their lives. God wants you to continue to intercede for them in prayers so that Christ is formed in them. This is what the abundant life means and that is why God has made you their father.
As the good and godly husbandman, you are a blessing and not a burden to your life, wife and children. You are not a disaster waiting to happen but a channel of blessing to them (Gen.12:2-3). You must take responsibility to give the abundant life to them.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, fill me with the virtues of the good and godly husbandman.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to give value and meaning to my wife and children.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to serve the interest of my wife and children with delight and joy.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am a christ and I give value and meaning to my life and the lives of my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name Amen.
Force of Change 2022/2023: 70 Days of Fasting with Prayers
- PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY (7TH JANUARY TO 16TH JANUARY 2023)
Gen.2:15-18, Gen.12:1-4, Ps.1:1-5, Deut.4:9, 1Cor.16:19, Gen.45:32, Deut.14:26, Nah.2:1, Is.33:16, 2Chro.26:9, Gen.49:25, Gal.3:14, Deut.15:6, Lk.1:42, Rev.22:2, Ps.127:3, Ps.104:13, Ps.92:14, Gen.41:52
Day 26
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, destroy every form of barrenness in my family and make my family fruitful
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, wherever my family’s fruitfulness has been tied by the enemy, recover them for us this year 2023
- Father, in the Name of Jesus judge with Your fury every man or woman who has stood against my family’s fruitfulness
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