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Woman!
Proverbs 31:25-27 “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.”
We will start today’s devotional with our final thought from yesterday. Proverbs 13:22 “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.” (NIV).
Be Capable!
Ecclesiastes 9:11 “I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, neither is bread to the wise nor riches to men of intelligence and understanding nor favour to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.” (AMPC)
Note that the scripture is not saying do not be swift, or do not be strong, or do not be wise, or do not be intelligent. Some young people say they do not want to go to the university because Bill Gates did not go to the university.
Under Attack
Genesis 2:18, 22-23 “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” …Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. “At last!” the man exclaimed… She will be called ‘woman,’”
We are in a cultural moment where family is being redefined and devalued. How can two women posing as husband and wife raise a child? What kind of child would that be?
Undeserved
Psalm 103:8-10 “The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.” (emphasis added)
Do you know that some parents keep malice with their children? It will shock you that sometimes the child in question is a baby. Why? The baby did not let you sleep at night.
Love Gifts
Psalm 127:3-5 “Children are God’s love-gift; they are heaven’s generous reward. Children born to a young couple will one day rise to protect and provide for their parents …A household full of children will not bring shame… but victory when you face your enemies…” (TPT)
The family as a unit is so powerful. How we curate our children is so powerful regardless of where we are situated. The truth is that the outcome, the product of each family will be fundamentally
Identity
Ephesians 1:5 “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.”
The families we all are born into actually shape us and shape our idea of love. Do you know that some people struggle to receive love? When you try to show them love they are always deflecting.
God’s Kind
1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is large and incredibly patient. Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one’s achievements nor inflate its own importance.” (TPT).
1 Corinthians 13:2 “If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.”
On Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-6 “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.”
The first ‘F’ we will be focusing on is Family. You will agree that the family you were born and raised in determined the life you are living today. Your concept of life and your worldview is determined largely by the family you were born into. Therefore, if we have a problem with society at large and people that we are churning out in government and in leadership. We actually have a problem with the family because that is where all our concepts are learned, shaped, and formed. And the concept that is at the foundation of the family is love. The concept of love is learnt in the family. Read the rest of this entry
The Dynamics
2 Kings 4:3-4 “And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbours. Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” (emphasis added)
Please read 2 Kings 4:1-7. In this passage, we see these six components at play. We see Family at play, the woman and her husband had two sons. Read the rest of this entry
The Journey
Psalm 105:19 “Until the time came to fulfil his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.”
When we think about the word destiny, when we think about our destinies, most times we are thinking about a destination. And very often we are so fixated on the destination that we miss out on many things along the way. Read the rest of this entry
