Category Archives: Parenting
Relax!
Psa.116:7 (VOICE) “O my soul! Return and relax. Come to your true rest, for the Eternal has showered you with His favor.”
I can confidently tell you that God loves me. God does not love me because I preach a good sermon or because someone gives his or her life to Jesus. Yes, He is happy but that is not the reason why He loves me. I know this truth like I know my name –it is engraved into every fibre of my being. So, I do not have or feel any pressure! Read the rest of this entry
What is Important?
1 Cor.3:7 “It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow” [with emphasis]
To know the ways of God you need to know His formula [that is His ordinances and His heart]. “It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow”. And guess what? This God loves you and He wants you to have abundant harvest. But He does not want you to ever forget that He, God is the one that brings the harvest. The Voice Translation of 1 Cor.3:7 reads, “So the ones who water and plant have nothing to brag about. God, who causes the growth, is the only One who matters.”
Antidote II
Ps. 27:10 “Even if my mother and father forsake me, the Lord will receive me.”
Most times, people that struggle with the pain of rejection, particularly from people they are most vulnerable to, start to think there is something wrong with them. If you are in this category then this message is for you. I am here to tell you that there is nothing wrong with you but something is wrong with them. It is possible that you have spent years trying to get your father’s approval. I am here to tell Read the rest of this entry
You Will Prevail!
“The Lord is with me, so I will not be afraid. No one on earth can do anything to harm me. The Lord is my helper. I will see my enemies defeated” Ps.118:6-7 [ERV]
Take responsibility for your life. What happens when we raise a generation that is not strong because they are not accustomed to pain? I have not proven it but I can tell you the greater you are as a person or as a leader is directly proportional to your capacity for pain. The greater you become as a leader is directly proportional for your Read the rest of this entry
Take Responsibility
“Train up your child in the way he should go: and when he old, he will not depart from it” Prov.22:6 [KJV, emphasis added]
Your children are smarter than you think. It is unwise to over protect them or shield them from pain. Think about your own life and growing up. Did you become who you are today because your parents shielded you from pain? Absolutely not, but by interacting with pain, you learnt to rise above it. Parents today are shielding their Read the rest of this entry
Domestic Affairs V
“Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged” Col.3:20-21
How often should children obey their parents? Always obey your parent for this pleases the Lord. So children should always obey their parents for it is pleasing unto the Lord. Just obey! However, where is the boundary in this? The boundary in this is simple, in our culture it is not uncommon to hear a mother speaking to a married man and telling the married man this is what you do Read the rest of this entry
Leadership
‘So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him. Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes’ 2Sam.19:8
Permit me to reiterate yesterday’s conclusion by way of emphasis. In leadership, the attitude of the leader affects everybody else. Leaders we have to be careful, you are carrying a lot of weight. I know that you are carrying things that if the people around you knew about they will be more sensitive to you. They won’t just open their mouths and say rubbish but they don’t know. Yet it is still your duty to maintain the right atmosphere in your house, in your Read the rest of this entry
A Father’s Love
‘And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom”. And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders’ 2 Sam.18:5
‘Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot. He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was to heavy…’ 2Sam.14:25-26. God set Absalom up and while he was chasing David, that same hair that was his glory was what hung him on a tree. Every time you chase your father, the same thing that brought glory to you will hang you. David understood this and that is why he couldn’t Read the rest of this entry
Absalom Spirit I
‘Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech’ Prov.4:24
There is so much to be learnt from the life of David. It is my prayer that even as we study, we will take note of the sins we need to repent of and the errors to avoid. The story of Absalom is filled with errors to avoid especially in parenting. So Amnon raped Tamar and the lust turned to hatred. This is the sorrow of every fornicator. You think your dreams of marriage will end if you do not sleep with him before marriage? If you give in to lust, hatred would Read the rest of this entry
I See A Gift
‘Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it’ Prov.22:6 [AMP].
As a parent, whether spiritual or biological, it is important to be discerning. For some people, the enemy is trying to push their gifting in directions that do not glorify God. This is where you come in as a parent; nurture your child back into the way of the Lord. There was a lady I used to disciple. This lady could lie. She could tell you that it’s dark outside at noon even though you can see its bright outside. And she would shed hearty tears and you will be forced to reconsider that maybe it is Read the rest of this entry
