Bible Texts: Rom.5:5, Eph.5:25, Jn.3:16, Heb.12:2, Philp.2:13, Gal.4:19, Lk.18:1, Mk.9:29, Col.3:19, Eph.6:4
And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us (Rom.5:5)
As the husbandman and the head of your family, until the love of Jesus Christ is shed abroad in your heart, you will have several reasons why you may want to walk out of the relationship you have with your wife and children, to hurt them and do them evil and wickedness. But when the love of Christ is firmly rooted in your heart, it becomes easier for you to extend that same love to your wife and children.
The Scripture describes God this way. For God is love (1Jn.4:8). If you truly love Jesus Christ and you are in pursuit of His perfect plan for you as the good and godly man, husband and father, you will delightsomely obey all the instructions from the word of God that build you into the godly husbandman.
But what will the love of Christ in your heart do for you and for your wife and children? The Bible provides the answer.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in truth. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things (1Cor.13:4-7).
The love of Christ in your heart will compel you to be patient and kind. It will deliver you from envying others. It will make you humble in heart. It will always motivate you to seek the good of your wife and children over and above yours. It purifies your heart from thinking evil of your wife and children. It empowers you to have empathy towards your wife and children when they fail and fall into iniquity. It builds your inner man to persevere and endure the weaknesses of your wife and children. It strengthens your commitment to hope for the best and believe only good outcomes for your wife and children.
But who should you look to for this unique nature that will help you lead your life and the lives of your wife and children as God commands?
Jesus Christ is the Person.
Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith…(Heb.12:2)
As the husbandman, Jesus Christ is your example of the good and godly husbandman. Jesus Christ is love defined and His life and conduct while on earth is in the word of God-the Bible. The more you give attention to and invest your time to the study of the word of God, finding out how Jesus Christ loved humanity, the quicker your life reflects His nature to your wife and children.
Very importantly, you must pray the nature of Christ into your life. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do his good pleasure (Philp.2:13). Loving your wife and children as Christ loves the Church will not come on you by chance or luck. You must be intentional about the desire by praying in the Holy Ghost for empowerment. You may not be transformed overnight but as you press on in prayers, in meditation in the word of God and declaration of His nature, you will begin to wear His life in your thoughts, words, action, relationship and responses in all things, to all people and at all times.
Jesus Christ is the true love. You can become like Him to your wife, children and in the marketplace.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower Your love to be shed abroad in my heart by Your by Your Word and Spirit.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to demonstrate Your love to my wife and children as You would.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to remain in Your word and help me to obey Your instructions for me as the husbandman
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FAITH CONFESSION
The love of Jesus Christ is firmly rooted in my heart and by the empowerment of the Person of the Holy Ghost, I manifest the fullness of Christ’s love to my wife and children because God has ordained me to live as the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
PRAYER FOR CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
(6TH FEB TO 15TH FEB 2023)
Neh.6:9, Deut.24:19, Ezk.5:8, 2Sam.22:35, Job 30:2, Ps.144:1, Ecc.2:11, Is.3:11, Is.5:12, Is.65:22, 1Cor.4:12, Ps.128:2, Ps.78:72, Ps.18:34, Ps.92:4
Day 59
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, set me free from every near success syndrome in my career
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, clothe me with Your favour and let it answer in my career in the year 2023
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, let those I do not know rise up to help me in my career in 2023
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