OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-27/06/2016-GOOD PARENTHOOD-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
GOOD PARENTHOOD
Memorise
And
ye fathers, provoke not your Children to wrath: but bring them up in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
Read
Deuteronomy 6:4-9,
4 Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And
thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And
these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when
thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets
between thine eyes.
9 And
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
KJV
MESSAGE
Effective parenting must be properly planned
if you will be really rewarded by God at the end. There are many people today
who are leaving the responsibilities of parenting to strangers, and at the end
of the day, the children also turn out to be strangers. Godly parents do not
leave their responsibilities to chance; they make deliberate sacrificial
choices, having an expected end in mind. Today, it is increasingly becoming
very difficult to raise godly children because Western culture and ideas have
infiltrated our background. God is longing for fathers who will love and care
for the home. God is longing for mothers who will help the children become the
best that God wants them to be. One of the people I will eternally be grateful
to God for is my mother. She did a great job on me, she would never allow me
gallivant around like others were doing. There is always a need for parents to
re-adjust their lives in order to accommodate the demands of their children.
Most men in the world do not understand the unique role that God wants them to
play in the home and this is why you see all kinds of children today, who are
causing problems all over the world. Parenting must be intentional, no good act
of parenting happens by accident. There is always a price to pay.
Who is helping you to nurture your child
today? Who is responsible for the growth of your children? It is the mandate of
God for parents to produce righteous and godly offspring within the context of
marriage. The nation of Israel was in trouble because they had abandoned their
covenant with God. They were engaged in ungodly practices that were disrupting
God’s plan for their children. Every parent who loves God should be concerned
about how to go about raising godly children who will be great vessels of
honour in the hands of God. Don’t allow your children to follow the
instructions of the world system that contradicts the Word of God.
God is assuring parents that when they train
their children in the right way, they will serve God for ever and they will
give peace to them. There are many parents who do not know peace as a result of
the trauma their children are bring to them. There are parents who have been
defrauded by their children. Parents are to train their children to possess
good characters and godly behaviour. Children should be exposed to the wisdom
of righteous living; however the father should not become a tyrant or a
dictator in the home. There is nothing good in creating fear and anger in your
children just because you want them to know that you are in charge. Every child
should have a loving relationship with their parents. You have to open the
lines of communication with them, so that they can share the challenges of the
different phases of their lives with you and with this, you can guide them
through the Word of God and you will be amazed at how they will respond to the
love of God.
Key Point
You owe it to God and your
children to be a good parent.
Bible in one year
Act 9, Songs of Solomon
2:1-7
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