ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Wednesday February 28th, 2024.
Topic: Pay Attention To Your Children.
Memory Verse :Proverbs 22:8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Bible Reading :Proverbs 22:3-6. Key Verse :v6.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Children are precious gifts from God to us. They are like plain sheets in a man’s hands in an examination hall; whatever the holder writes on the plain sheets will at the end determine if he/she will do well in the exam. At the end of it all, people spend same time writing the examination and at the end they will have different scores or results, all depending on what each of them made out the time they spent writing the exam. Just as what we write on the plain paper given to us in an examination determines what we score at the end, in like manner parents determines to a large extent what becomes of their children, depending on things they exposed their children to by way of training or upbringing. The word of God is very plain about it here that they will always follow what they were taught (not depart from it).
There are many sides to child upbringing. One of them is providing their basic necessities like food, shelter, education, etc. for a child for proper development. Beyond that, the first important factor in child training that is very important is family values. There’s is need for parents to have a second look at the standards we set in our homes. What are the things ourselves do before the children who learns faster by what they see than what they are told? As parents, we should know that we are the first teachers the children learns from in life to shape their future. When parents therefore have weak or wrong value system in their home, it will take the special grace of God for anything good to come of the children. For example, if we have a family where money gotten anyhow or by all means is celebrated, children from such homes can do anything to make money, even if it means using others or any of their loved ones for ritual purposes. A second important factor in child training is the ability to teach a child what is right from the right time or stage, when it won’t be late. A child will never know what is right or wrong in life on his /her own from the womb, they will always learn such from their parents. One of the most ingredient here that we must not miss is correction or discipline, if the child must have a good future that can guarantee the peace of the parents. “Although rebellion is woven into a young man’s heart, tough discipline can make him into a man.” Proverbs 22:15 TPT.
When we talk about training the child or children, our mothers have huge responsibility here as the ones that spend more time with children most time and who understands them better and knows their deeper secrets more than anyone else. Many children became failures in life because their mum shielded them when they were learning or getting involved in wrong things. They withhold the rod of correction from the child till it becomes late. Some women go to the extent of not allowing their husband discipline their children when they do wrong things till it becomes late. That is one of the reasons some homes are in shambles because the man is unhappy that the wife didn’t allow him to correct the children at the right time and now they have grown to be a problem to the parents instead of giving them joy. “Make no mistake about it, God will never be mocked! For what you plant will always be the very thing you harvest. The harvest you reap reveals the seed that was planted. If you plant the corrupt seeds of self – life into this natural realm, you can expect to experience a harvest of corruption. If you plant the good seeds of Spirit-life you will reap the beautiful fruits that grow from the everlasting life of the Spirit.” Galatians 6:7-8 TPT.
Prayer:Thank you Father God for blessing us with children. Help me not to fall you in their upbringing. I receive grace to raise my children to love and serve you. I covenant them all to you today, they are for signs and wonders in Jesus wonderful name….. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Joshua 2:1-24.
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