MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE, MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL (VOLUME 7, JAN-DEC) SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 2022:- PARENTS AS GOOD SHEPHERDS (2)

MFM 2022: MY YEAR OF BECOMING DIVINE SPECTACLE

Written by Prof D.K. Olukoya, General Overseer, MFM worldwide

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MFM Topic, SAT 10-12-22:- parents as good shepherds (2)

Welcome to MFM Devotional, 10/12/22

PRAISE & WORSHIP

God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught
Homes where the Master’s will is sought
Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

God give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong
Homes that are joyous with love and song
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

God give us Christian homes
Homes where the mother, in caring quest
Strives to show others Your way is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes

God give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Zechariah 12, Zechariah 13, Zechariah 14, Revelation 2:1-17, Proverbs 30:1-10

MEMORY VERSE: Nehemiah 4:14b- “Remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
Children are the heritage of the Lord and the fruits of the womb are His reward.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR 10/12/22:
I decree that you and your children shall be for signs and wonders, in the name of Jesus.

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Matthew 2:13-22

10/12/22 MESSAGE:
Yesterday, we identified five key areas that parents can serve as good shepherds to their children and discussed two. Today, we will look at the remaining three areas.

The third way a parent can shepherd his or her children is by guiding and motivating them to serve God and make right choices in life. How can a parent achieve this good-shepherd role?

First, it is by being his or her children’s best example in serving God. It is by becoming a parent they can imitate. Paul said, “Imitate me as I imitate Christ.” Your life and values must be a good epistle for them to read and obey. You must guide them to a good pasture (Ezekiel 34:13-14).

Attend church with them regularly and ensure that they are being spiritually fed with God’s word and prayer. Let them know that you serve God in church in one or two capacities with your gift and they will follow in your steps.

Similarly, as a good shepherd, it is your parental responsibility to protect your children. Moses’ mother defied Pharaoh’s order and hid her baby (Exodus 2:1-2).

Similarly, in Matthew 2:13-22, Joseph was warned of God to flee into Egypt with Mary and Baby Jesus, and only to return when it was safe. This responsibility of protecting children spans both the physical and spiritual areas of life.

During the Passover in Egypt, it was parents who ensured that their children and wards were well protected by applying the blood of the lamb upon the doorpost and the lintel of their homes.

Dear parent, you must defend your children from spiritual wolves – satan and his demons. In Nehemiah 4:14, the Bible says, “Remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.” Remember that you are to imitate the Good Shepherd who gave His life for the sheep (John 10:11-13). Fulfilling God’s demand of shepherding your children is achievable. The reason is that God has promised to help you.

He said, “I will contend with him that contendeth with thee and I will save thy children (Isaiah 49:24-25). Isn’t it that wonderful?

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Father, help me to be to my children the best example in serving You, in the name of Jesus.

2. Father, give me the wisdom and grace to protect my children from evil, in the name of Jesus.

3. My Father, contend with those that contend with me and save my children, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. Spirit of waywardness and juvenile delinquency, my children are not your candidates, die, in the name of Jesus.

5. Any evil covenant assigned to derail my children, break now, in the name of Jesus.

6. Curse of perversion, my children are not your candidates, die, in the name of Jesus.

7. My children and I are for signs and wonders, in the name of Jesus.

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