Bible Texts: Eph.6:4, Gen.18:19, Deut.6:7-8, Pro.19:18, Is.61:9, 1Tim.3:4, Mk.9:29, Ps.112:2-3, Num.6:22-23, Is.61:9, Ps.127:3
Have you prayed to God, today, to help you fulfill your covenant obligations as the husbandman so that you can become the good and godly man and husband? If you have not prayed, I encourage you to do so because without the help of God through Jesus Christ, you cannot do anything that will amount to good works as the husbandman (Jn.15:5).
Today, the prayer focus is how to pray to God for help so that you can become the good and godly father.
As the father, your relationship is with your children and you hold the first right over them. You are also their source of strength, motivation, inspiration, direction, protection, leadership, influence and righteous living (Deut.6:7-8). Your children are the link between your today and your tomorrow. They are your earthly ambassadors, representing who you and what you stand for.
This is why the Word of God commands you to take personal responsibility for the lives of your children.
And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Eph.6:4)
You must take ownership to train, nurture and invest in your childrens’ spiritual, emotional, mental and physical growth, development and establishment. These responsibilities are what make your children good and godly seeds. Your children are gifts from God. They are not a burden to you but a blessing. God gave them to you to demonstrate His fatherhood nature. God wants your children to experience the father’s love which God has given unto us through Jesus Christ (Ps.127:3, Ps.112:2-3).
But you cannot fulfill the above stated commitment as the father without the force of prayer for yourself and intercession for them (Philp.2:13, Mk.9:29). You must pray to God to give you the wisdom you require to lead your children until they become all that God has ordained for them from the beginning (Is.61:9, Gal.4:19). Your prayer for yourself is what gives you knowledge, wisdom and understanding to be the good and godly father indeed to your children. And your influence over their lives is what keeps them on track and saves them from distraction and ungodly influences.
God wants you to be intentional about your duties as the father. Are ready to pray for yourself as the father?
Let us pray.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me wisdom to lead my children in Your way.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, give my children hearing ears, seeing eyes and the heart of obedience to Godly instructions and counsel I give them.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to function as the father, indeed to my children.
FAITH CONFESSION
I am made in the image and likeness of God and I take responsibility as the father to nurture my children in the way and admonition of the Lord because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen
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