10-05-2019, 02:51 PM
*OUR DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER, 2019*
*TOPIC: YOU ARE NOT THEIR GOD!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: PROVERBS 13:15-25*
It’s been popularly reported that a rich Harvard university graduate said: “My one big mistake in life has been providing a trust fund for my five children. I’m very comfortable paying for an education for a long as long as they want to study
in a reputable university. However, providing additional funds so they could have a lifestyle beyond what they have achieved on their own was a mistake”. A leadership teacher, John Maxwell says “If you do everything for your children, what will they do for themselves?” By the time they finish university education, we have slaved and built houses for them, put car keys in their hands, bankrolled their weddings when they’re getting married. What then will they do for themselves? In the course of doing these for them, some people develop hypertension and all sorts of illness. Some slump and die. Some steal to achieve these luxuries for their children.
Inheritance goes beyond material things. Give them the right values, strong character and a revelatory knowledge of the power they carry as an extension of God; they will create water to sell in the desert and sell sand to the Arabs to build mansions for themselves. Do something for your children to make them have a softer take off but do not take over their lives.” The above is so true but the LORD wants you to know that YOU ARE NOT THE GOD OF YOUR CHILDREN.
You are their parent or guardian! Their ULTIMATE PROVIDER is Jehovah God! Let those you are helping know this. Yes! Proverbs 13:22 (NIV) says: “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children…” but balance it with Vs. 24: “He who spares the rod hats his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
So leaving an inheritance and USING THE ROD (meaning training, discipline and experience – NOT SPOILING THEM) must go together! If you leave and inheritance without training, then that inheritance will be ABUSED! Tell your children HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN MONEY! Allow them to make their own mistakes! *And let them know if God could do it for you, He can do it for them!
Always remind them that the only thing guaranteed to them is A GOOD EDUCATION and a FANTASTIC ROD (balanced training)! Nothing more!* If they get a house or cash from you, it is a privilege, not a right! Make sure you enjoy your little blessings or wealth as much as possible because your children might even go to court to fight themselves after your death – WILL or no WILL! Oh what a life! STOP PLAYING GOD!
*ODM is interdenominational! If you need deliverance, see your pastor or be at eh Manna Mountain this Saturday, 8am (OGUDU, Lagos), 9am (Lekki, Lagos).*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take any song of praise as led!
1. Thank the LORD for His care now! Worship Him now!
2. Repent from ways in which YOU HAVE ACTED AS GOD to your children!
3. Repent from thinking that MONEY can take the place of discipline!
4. Repent from NOT SPENDING TIME WITH THEM.
5. Pray seriously for your children today (mention names). Loose their success and salvation.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: MICAH 5-7*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM_
_A DEVOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR CHAMPIONS_
*DATE: SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER, 2019*
*TOPIC: YOU ARE NOT THEIR GOD!*
*BASIC SCRIPTURE: PROVERBS 13:15-25*
It’s been popularly reported that a rich Harvard university graduate said: “My one big mistake in life has been providing a trust fund for my five children. I’m very comfortable paying for an education for a long as long as they want to study
in a reputable university. However, providing additional funds so they could have a lifestyle beyond what they have achieved on their own was a mistake”. A leadership teacher, John Maxwell says “If you do everything for your children, what will they do for themselves?” By the time they finish university education, we have slaved and built houses for them, put car keys in their hands, bankrolled their weddings when they’re getting married. What then will they do for themselves? In the course of doing these for them, some people develop hypertension and all sorts of illness. Some slump and die. Some steal to achieve these luxuries for their children.
Inheritance goes beyond material things. Give them the right values, strong character and a revelatory knowledge of the power they carry as an extension of God; they will create water to sell in the desert and sell sand to the Arabs to build mansions for themselves. Do something for your children to make them have a softer take off but do not take over their lives.” The above is so true but the LORD wants you to know that YOU ARE NOT THE GOD OF YOUR CHILDREN.
You are their parent or guardian! Their ULTIMATE PROVIDER is Jehovah God! Let those you are helping know this. Yes! Proverbs 13:22 (NIV) says: “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children…” but balance it with Vs. 24: “He who spares the rod hats his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
So leaving an inheritance and USING THE ROD (meaning training, discipline and experience – NOT SPOILING THEM) must go together! If you leave and inheritance without training, then that inheritance will be ABUSED! Tell your children HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN MONEY! Allow them to make their own mistakes! *And let them know if God could do it for you, He can do it for them!
Always remind them that the only thing guaranteed to them is A GOOD EDUCATION and a FANTASTIC ROD (balanced training)! Nothing more!* If they get a house or cash from you, it is a privilege, not a right! Make sure you enjoy your little blessings or wealth as much as possible because your children might even go to court to fight themselves after your death – WILL or no WILL! Oh what a life! STOP PLAYING GOD!
*ODM is interdenominational! If you need deliverance, see your pastor or be at eh Manna Mountain this Saturday, 8am (OGUDU, Lagos), 9am (Lekki, Lagos).*
*PRAYER POINTS:* Take any song of praise as led!
1. Thank the LORD for His care now! Worship Him now!
2. Repent from ways in which YOU HAVE ACTED AS GOD to your children!
3. Repent from thinking that MONEY can take the place of discipline!
4. Repent from NOT SPENDING TIME WITH THEM.
5. Pray seriously for your children today (mention names). Loose their success and salvation.
*THE BIBLE-IN-ONE-YEAR: MICAH 5-7*
*BY BISHOP (DR) CHRIS E. KWAKPOVWE (CEK)*
_PUBLISHER/WRITER OF ODM_