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Happy Wednesday to beloved children of God. I am glad to be here to share God's word with you.
Today during my personal time in studying, praying and meditating, on the word of God, my heart had a better and more in-depth understanding of the scripture: In Timothy 3:1-15.
Word for today:
1 Timothy 3:4 he must be able to manage his family well and make his children obey him with all respect.
1 Timothy 3:5 For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
From our vocal scripture, the bible lets us know, as believers, our first ministry is our “family”.
Why is our family our responsibility
God wants to see if we will be able to manage the people he has entrusted into our hands, before going to the church ministry. God is after their spiritual and physical well-being, which is your responsibility to take good care of them with honour.
The children you are having is given to you by God. He loves those children that is why he gave them to you, to train them in the ways of the lord, as the bible declares in Proverbs 22:6.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Your responsibility is to train your child/children in the ways of God. He wants to see believers raising Godly children, parents, mothers, fathers, who are willing to submit to God's word.
The reason ministries are failing today is lack of home training. Many ministers, want their church members to submit to instructions while theirs are at home, not adhering to instructions. This is where the problem of ministries arises.
A family that receives no Godly counsel is certainly on its way to destruction.
Many parents and guardians have failed in this area because they are taking their office jobs, businesses, career more serious than caring for their family which is God given responsibility. They prioritize other things than what God has entrusted them with.
Moreover, you cannot be a responsive or effective minister of God, if you cannot take care of your family properly.
As a ministers who want to have a flourishing ministry, your family should be the first partakers of God's blessing in their lives before others.
Your children must know how to respect God, honor God and their responses in church activities. This is how to have a blessed ministry. And God honours this.
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