OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-29/02/2016-CHILDREN!
FOLLOW THE WAY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
My son, hear the instruction of thy
father, And forsake not the law of
Thy mother:
Proverbs 1:8
Read
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents
in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour
thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise ;)
3 That
it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
KJV
MESSAGE
The Bible
teaches that children have mandatory responsibilities to their parents. As a
matter of fact, Children owe their parents certain important duties that
include the obligation to respect honour and obey them. Children are the
heritage of the Lord and God has a special interest in their well-being. Meanwhile
God is a disciplinarian as revealed in Revelation 3:19
“As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
God has decided to commit the discipline of children
to their parents as caretakers for Him; therefore, children must cooperate with
their parents to make easy for their own benefit. Obedience in this respect
attracts long life and prosperity.
If you invested so much in your children, but have
retired and they are gainfully employed, yet they ignore you, will you be happy
with them? Some fathers have placed curses on their children for neglecting
them. A righteous child will not neglect his parents at any time. He will make
sure that those of them that are not saved are led to Jesus. After all, that is
the greatest gift he can give them. Besides that, he will ensure that they have
a roof over their heads and their needs are met in the area of feeding,
clothing, healthcare, etc.
God has joined children to their parents as partners in progress. For
two people to work in agreement, they must see and mind the same thing. They
must be focused on the same goal.God’s focus is that children have
parents that will be godly examples to them, while making efforts to bring them
up in the way of the Lord. God wants parents that will introduce their children
to Him at very tender ages, so that they may learn to obey God and become
familiar with His commandments, worship and fellowship. Children should be
careful not to be a source of sorrow and pain to their parents. Proverbs 17:25
says:
“A foolish
son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”
I pray that God in His mercy will visit every
Christian home and intervene in the life of every wayward child today in the
Name of Jesus.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to always accept correction joyfully in Jesus’
name.
Bible in one year
John 4:30-5:18, Job 30:16-23
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