TRAIN UP YOUR CHILD 11
Memorise: Chasten thy son while there is
hope, and let not they soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 19:18
These days, even the children of pastors are not
exempted for the degeneration prevalent among youths. You are expected to train
up your children on the word of God. Some pastors could say one thing in church
and another thing at home, hence the children become confused, leading to their
rebellion against God.
Children, if your parents are pushing you aright,
glory be to God. If they are not, you can chart a course in life that goes
through God’s principles. My own mother did her best on me. She pushed me;
thank God I allowed her to push me. You must be hard working if you are not
banking on bribing your way through life. Bribing your way through can only
take you some distance. There is one thing that takes one to the top in life –
hard work. God is not going to promote lazy fellows. “There is no royal road to
success” they say. The elders will tell you princes have become slaves before.
Parents, some of your children spend too much time watching TV and playing
video games. Life is no bed of roses; there is a lot of struggles going on in
the world. Only the hardworking will reach the top, so sit up and work hard.
Some Christians are believing God for breakthroughs, but let me tell you the
truth; there is no breakthrough for a lazy man, because God knows if the
breakthrough comes by laziness, the breakthrough would slip out of his hand.
Children, be aware that you must obtain blessings from
your parents. Honour your father and mother so that they may bless you. I have
said it over and over again that I am where I am today by the grace of God and
by the blessings my mother pronounced on me. One blessing she used to pronounce
then which I did not understand was: “Son, because you have done this, you
would call one person but two hundred will answer.” Today, by the grace of God,
if I call one pastor and I do not mention any name, more than two hundred would
respond.
Finally, one
cannot be in sin and expect to be a star for God. How can one in sin rise in
God; how can God promote such? The Bible says we cannot continue in sin and
expect grace to abound. Parents, if you are not ready to be a star for
yourself, for the sake of your children, please surrender your life completely
to Jesus so that the future of your children will be secure in glory. Do this,
if you truly love them.
Prayer point
Pray for children of ministers of God
that they would be true to the God of their parents and that they will be
shinning stars in this generation.
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