Bible Texts: Matt.16:21, Jn.3:3-7, 2Cor.5:17, Jn.14:6, 2Tim.2:15, Jn.5:39, Jn.14:26, Jer.33:3, Jn.8:32, Jn.15:5, Philp.2:13, Lk.18:1, Mk.9:29
Today is the 30th day of the 70 days of fasting and prayers. It is also the end of the 3rd 10 days, when the focus has been on the family both immediate and extended. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that our families shall experience the goodness, mercies and favours of God in all aspects. Amen.
Now, there is one important responsibility that the husbandman has and must be conscious of. And that is that he is the way maker in his sheepfold just as Jesus Christ is.
From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again on the third day (Matt.16:21)
Jesus Christ who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman showed his disciples the way, the truth and the life. He provided guidance for them. And this gave the disciples the assurance of a great and fulfilled future as they followed Jesus Christ. This is what God expects you to do as the husbandman and shepherd to His sheep (wife and children) in your custody. God wants you to lead them and and this you must do by using the word of God as your compass.
But how do I show my wife and children, who are my disciples, the way to go?
For you to be able to show them the way to go, you must first know the way (Acts 3:6). And you can only know the way when you have a relationship with the Person who knows the way, Jesus Christ (Jn.3:3-7, 2Cor.5:17). The word of God says this about Jesus Christ. I am the way, the truth and the life (Jn.14:6). The more you know Him, the more He reveals Himself, His truth and His ways of life to you. And this is how you become empowered to show your sheep the ways to go and the truth to know.
Secondly, you must give attention to studying the word of God to discover the way, the truth and the life of God and engage the weapon of prayer to be established in the way (Jn.5:39, Lk.18:1, Jn.14:26, Gal.4:19, 2Tim.2:15). The more of God’s word you have in your spirit man, the better your ability to lead in truth (Jn.8:32).
As the husbandman, God wants you to do so much for your life, and for the lives of your wife and children. God wants you to represent Him well as the good and godly man, husband and father. Therefore, you must make yourself available for God, through Jesus Christ and the Person of the Holy Spirit, to teach you the way, the truth and the life so that you can become the good and godly leader.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, pour upon me the spirit of truth and revelation as I study Your word.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, reveal Your truth, Your ways and Your life to me by Your Spirit.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live by the truth of Your word and make me to lead my wife and children in the way and life of Your word.
FAITH CONFESSION
I search the word of God to know the way, truth and life for my life, wife and children and by the word of God I show and lead them because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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70 DAYS OF FASTING WITH PRAYERS (16th December 2023 to 23rd February 2024)
PRAYER AND INTERCESSORY GUIDELINES 2023/2024
- PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY
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 30
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, contend with every force of ungodliness and frustration threatening my family in the year 2024
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, make the lines over my family to fall in good and pleasant places in the year 2024
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, announce my family and make us famous and prosperous.
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Jesus Christ is Lord over all.
Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure
Head of Mission
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