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WHAT LEGACY FOR THAT CHILD?
( 1 SAMUEL 3:11-14; PROVERBS 22:6).
Years ago, I read from a tract, a story about a chils who boarded a bus unaccompanied. When it was time to pay his fare, he only replied: “Jesus paid the fare.” The bus driver listened in awe as the boy narrated the story his mother (who was late) had told him that a “man” named, “Jesus Christ” once came to the world and was crucified to pay all the debts he could owe! Very funny, but can you imagine the awesome power of teaching a child? The question the Holy Ghost is asking you today is: “What are you doing with the children God has put in your care?” You may not be a biological or adopted mother yet, but there is a child near you!
Our 2nd basic scripture says: “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Despite your busy schedule, when was the last time you told a child a Bible story or prayed together with a child? They may not necessarily be your biological children! Don’t forget that the Father of former USA 2nd President, Bill Clinton, died while he was in his Mother’s womb. Other relatives and the Mother brought him up. By worldly standards, is he a failure today? A lot of us are so caught up in our daily activities that we hardly have time for our children! We forget about THE “NEST PHASE” of life – a time when these children wiil be separated from us and we will have empty “NESTS” ( rooms) without them.
At that time, it is the training we have given them that will remain with them as they face the world. In case of Eli, God judged his family because of his children! Yes! That means to an extent, your children can affect God’s plan for your destiny! What will the children remember you for in the years to come? Listen to Paul Richter: “What a father says to his children is not heard by the world; but it will be heard by posterity.” Close with the bombshell from Stacie Tauscher: “We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, but we forget thatbhe is someone today.”
In 2017, let God use you to be a great blessing to a child. You can start by sowing the CHILDREN ODM this quarter! Get copies this week for children around you and you will never suffer shame concerning your own or future children! Amen!
PRAYER POINTS: Take any song as led.
1. Thank God for today’s word and pray as you are led!
2. Worship God! Pray for your children as you are led now.
3. Make a promise to God that your children must give him pleasure. Ask for the grace to start again in their training.
4. Pray for those believing God for the fruit of the womb.
5. Pray for those believing God for marriage partners. Pray about today now!
BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)
PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM AND
REV (MRS) FLORA E. KWAKPOVWE (FEK)
CO-PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM.
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