1 Timothy 6:18

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1 Timothy 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

I cannot help myself these day but to be thankful. Before we go on, what can you thank God for?

Lift your gaze because around us we see sicknesses of every sort; lack; violence; creative wickedness; distress,but when we embrace our paradigm shifts and behold the things above we will see victory; we will see that no weapon formed against us will prosper; we will see that we are the head and not the tail; we will see that we are more than conquerors and that His grace is sufficient.

A paradigm shift of the sort will cause us to see things differently and spur us to be thankful when it seems that nothing is going on in our favour.

I am super thankful for this journey. Are you?

The chosen scripture for today will be our prayer focus.

Let us pray.

Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to You. I pray that my children and I will do good and be rich in good works.

We will be ready and happy to give and to share our space, our wisdom, our time, our wealth and all that You have blessed us with.

Help us to constantly remember that by doing this, we are saving up treasures for ourselves which will be a strong foundation on which to build our future.

We desire to live life that is true life, Amen.

Thank You, Jesus!

This scripture is capable of unlimited applications. Today, let us see together that delight in the Lord is a strong refuge.

Of course, you will experience difficult and unpleasant times. Some of these seasons may even be sustained, yet we will break forth like the dawn because our gaze is fixed on what is happening around God.

We know that weeping endures for a night but joy is certain in the morning. Hallelujah!

We, therefore, we will count it all joy when we fall into temptation because we know that in Christ we are overcomers. Take a moment and listen to this song. Click on the link below.

http://www.deezer.com/album/50793082

It is important for you and your children to experience the joy of the Lord. It is His delight that we function in that strength that is ours when we delight in Him.

Read His Word; read it out loud at times and unlock divine strength.

Today’s declaration

I am full of joy, joy that is far beyond temperament.

God’s plan for me and my children are good and not evil.

He will lead us into paths of righteousness and victory.

We are destined for greatness!

We are about to experience a paradigm shift.

This shift in paradigm will change the way we see, the way we act, and the way we go.

Thank you, Lord. We are strong because of You! The flood waters will not overtake us nor will the fire burn us.

Amen.

Social Expectation

Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Help me find the parent who has never been bitten by the bug of social expectation. Until then, let me ask. ” How many more bites will you endure?”

Social expectation can ruin us and our children alike. Lord, help us! Fitting our children into social molds can be brutal and we can only escape this mode of slavery by setting our eyes on what is happening around God. We are eternal beings. We can spend so much time on the here and now that we forget to prepare ourselves and our children for the real deal- eternity.

Today, go aside and assess the impact of social expectation on the way you have raised your children and even the way you have been conditioned. Have you spent that much time and interest in gospel pleading?

What could the road ahead look like for you?

Take up your Bible and pray out as many verses of Psalm 46 as you like.

http://www.deezer.com/track/423683922

Have a great day. See you tomorrow.

Thank You, Jesus! What a journey it has been to this point!

Certainly, I have become a better parent. How has it been for you?

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Parental internal insecurities are real and invade the best of us regardless of our fortified parental structures.

Yes, our feelings of worth may be too attached to our children’s performances one way or another. For some of us, it is quite obvious while for others it is entrenched in the subconscious.

We must find other sources of security and the best of them all are the lifelines available in the scriptures.

Today’s scripture is just one of them.

Let us pray.

Wow,God!

Today I am casting all my cares- that is- all my anxieties, all my worries and concerns on You once and for all.

I repent for every lack of humilty that I have entertained and displayed in hanging on to my cares as premiums.

Today I choose to humble myself under Your might hand that in due season you will honour and exalt me.

Hallelujah!

My life and that of my children are entrusted to my Faithful Creator. Amen

I appreciate you checking in today. Have a care-free day.

Matthew 6:22

“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.”

Let us pray.

Sovereign King, Ruler and Creator of the universe, You are above all. You continue to awe us with Your majesty and magnificence.

Our eyes remind us that we are more than physical beings. The fact that, of all the things to see, we can only see wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation between approximately 380 and 760 nanometers which is light.

We thank you for the ability to see beyond natural realities and to see the realities of the Spirit. You have so enabled us to see beyond the natural realities. We tap into that frequency now and see what You see for us and for our children.

Yes, Lord, we will see the way of escape that You have already set for us to prevent us from being trapped by the forces of darkness.

We lift our eyes to the hills and look down our generational line and cancel, by the blood of Jesus, every accursed transaction.

We rebuke the devourer from our bloodline, our financial line, our integrity line, our social climate line, our academic line and our creativity line , in the name of Jesus. Amen

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Who Pays the Most for Social Mileage?

Hi, we are continuing from the thought we started to explore yesterday. I have a few more questions for us to explore today. Are you ready? Then let’s go!

• Do we have our children enduring things to bring us social mileage?
• What are the things from A to Z that your children are involved in currently and have been involved in?
• How much of it has inspired the truth about them?
• How much of it has been about you?
• Have you ever stopped to scrutinise your children’s educational process?
• Is the path they are on now for them or is it that you do not know of any other way?

All this could be influenced by the way we are seeing- our perception. The thing is, God’s will is the way. If we are blinded to His will, we will not see and will walk in other paths.

I do know that social comparison motives can get the better of us and force us to love our children conditionally. This will affect the harmony of our deeper values and bring us social values or goodwill rather than doing good for our children

Today, let us renounce from our lives every spiritual blindness that will prevent us from seeing eye to eye with God.

Go ahead and talk to God on your own today. Tomorrow I’ll provide a prayer.

Please view this link below.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/72361/15-famous-people-who-picked-careers-their-parents-disapproved

Proverbs 14:12

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

My son’s shipment of textbooks arrived today. The excitement was high, we didn’t know which one to peruse first. I believe it was the Holy Spirit that had us decide on a particular one authored by Stephen R. Covey.

We read for about ten minutes and I was consumed by what I read for the rest of the day. I could not help but think of asking you this question, “What is your honest perception of your children?”

We have been making declarations and unearthing issues and situations that could and will negatively impact our children if we do not take deliberate actions.

Between you and me, “What are your perception of your children?” Are you so caught up in their weakness that you are blinded to their strengths; their person and their truth.

Are you forcing yourself to see them through the eyes of your friends, your parents and or your colleagues?

Are you cheering them on though they are being forced down a path that is only right for some others and can only bring peril to them? If this is the case, it must be tearing you apart.

Covey shared a scenario where his son that, to me, seems to have special needs was playing baseball and was a spectacle to onlookers. He and his wife tried to soften the blows of ridicule and humiliation that hit him constantly by saying things to him that they truly did not believe. Although they encouraged him, they believed that he was inadequate.

Through what lens do you see your children?

Let us pray

Philippians 4:8

Father, in the name of Jesus, I come to you today for help. My help comes from You. You are my Help.

My children are good gifts.

Help me to feed my mind with and meditate on the things that are true about my children.

There are noble things about them, help me to see and to embrace each of them.

Each one is authentic, compelling and full of grace.

Let me see the best, not the worst. The beauty, not the ugly and things to praise not to curse.

Help me to put into practice that which I have seen heard and learnt so that You can make everything work together for my good.

Amen.