RAISING GODLY CHILDREN
Memorise : And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nature and admonition of the lord.
Ephesian 6 : 4. Read Ephesian 6 : 1-4.
MESSGE!
When God gives you children, He expects you to
raise them in a godly manner. For this season, He
sent you this express command in Proverbs 22:6:
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
This passage of Scripture tells us to “train up a
child”. In other words, even when God gives you
several children, each of them requires personal
attention. Every child is different from the other.
Never lump children together without making out
time to teach, instruct, correct, rebuke, discipline
and lead them by example individually. Every child
that God gives to you is hungry to take something
out of you. Let them take the life of Jesus out of
you. Personal attention is very crucial to the
development of your children and wards.
Also, carry along with you when you are going for
church programmes. There are parents who leave
their children at home when they are going to
church. When you ask why they do that, they say
their children are already youths and should be left
to decide things for themselves. That scenario
suggests that the parents are carefree. If you fail to
bring up your children in the way and admonition
of the Lord, you will be courting trouble. Joshua’s
resolve in Joshua 24:15 is very important to us
here. He said both himself and his household would
be devoted to the service if the Lord. In other
words, he must have made serving God an
attractive thing to his family. There are some
pastors’ children whose primary desire is to
become pastors; other careers or professions are
secondary options to them. Their desire shows that
their parents have done a good job on them. But if
you are a pastor and your child says the last
profession he will ever consider is to be a pastor,
check it out, something must have gone wrong in
the training of that child. Do you always paint the
ministry in bad light to your children? How do you
present the Christian faith to your children or wards
– as interesting or as a burden? Do you just dole out
dos and don’ts to your children, or do you take out
time to patiently explain why things should be done
the way you want them done, and why certain
things should not be done? It is your responsibility
to raise your children to fear and love God.
Key Point
While some families are raising leaders and
builders of nations, others are raising
miscreants and misfits. Everyone will give
account of God over how they raised their
children.
Memorise : And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nature and admonition of the lord.
Ephesian 6 : 4. Read Ephesian 6 : 1-4.
MESSGE!
When God gives you children, He expects you to
raise them in a godly manner. For this season, He
sent you this express command in Proverbs 22:6:
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
This passage of Scripture tells us to “train up a
child”. In other words, even when God gives you
several children, each of them requires personal
attention. Every child is different from the other.
Never lump children together without making out
time to teach, instruct, correct, rebuke, discipline
and lead them by example individually. Every child
that God gives to you is hungry to take something
out of you. Let them take the life of Jesus out of
you. Personal attention is very crucial to the
development of your children and wards.
Also, carry along with you when you are going for
church programmes. There are parents who leave
their children at home when they are going to
church. When you ask why they do that, they say
their children are already youths and should be left
to decide things for themselves. That scenario
suggests that the parents are carefree. If you fail to
bring up your children in the way and admonition
of the Lord, you will be courting trouble. Joshua’s
resolve in Joshua 24:15 is very important to us
here. He said both himself and his household would
be devoted to the service if the Lord. In other
words, he must have made serving God an
attractive thing to his family. There are some
pastors’ children whose primary desire is to
become pastors; other careers or professions are
secondary options to them. Their desire shows that
their parents have done a good job on them. But if
you are a pastor and your child says the last
profession he will ever consider is to be a pastor,
check it out, something must have gone wrong in
the training of that child. Do you always paint the
ministry in bad light to your children? How do you
present the Christian faith to your children or wards
– as interesting or as a burden? Do you just dole out
dos and don’ts to your children, or do you take out
time to patiently explain why things should be done
the way you want them done, and why certain
things should not be done? It is your responsibility
to raise your children to fear and love God.
Key Point
While some families are raising leaders and
builders of nations, others are raising
miscreants and misfits. Everyone will give
account of God over how they raised their
children.
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