CHILDREN!
FELLOW THE WAY
Memorise:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of
Read:
Ephesians 6:1-3, 6 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.
Bible in
one year: John 4:30-5:18, Job 30:16-23
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 al, 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.
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