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Teaching our children values should be done intentionally and as co-intentional parents, I will like to encourage us to share some or all the values listed here with your children. The more we train them to live a virtuous life (boy and girl) the more we have a sane community.
May God help us in Jesus Name 🙏 (Amen!)
Dear Child,
I hope you know that you are not just important to God and I, you are a very special being to your nation and this is why a particular day in the year is specially declared to celebrate you.
As we celebrate all children, I will like to let you know that some things are very important in life and you cannot afford to live without them. I will be sharing five of this with you today.
1. Be patient.
In today’s world, we all want to get it fast! We hardly find someone staying on the queue, most drivers do not obey the traffic light completely. We are always rushing somewhere and gradually, Patience is looking like a weakness.
I will like you to know that being able to wait patiently is a strength especially when it is the aspect of waiting on God. Patience is not a weakness neither is it laziness. Don’t let anyone tag you that you are slow. Your destinations are different and mind you, you cannot help God, you can only trust in Him completely. Remember Saul 😢
Fight the urge to get ahead of God and trust in His perfect timing in your life. When you are patient, the plans God has purposed for you, will be brought to perfection
Ps. 27:14 – Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD
2. Be mindful of your location. In as much as you have a destination (your goal, ambition, purpose, the promises of God…) where you find yourself determines if you will get to this location and how you will get there. You location includes your friends, the kind of influence you permit, your physical location not excluded.
The enemy knows where you should be and he knows how to tempt you when you are out of alignment
King David found himself in a location that made him famous when he took food to his brother. He also found himself in a wrong location that almost destroyed his generation. He was in tent/balcony at a time kings went to war.
Ps. 1:1 – Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers.
3. Your gifting and purpose are for God – to honour and glorify Him alone. Don’t start in the church and end in the world. Don’t stand in God and lean on others. Don’t wait for commendations or approval from those that knows nothing about the script.
Don’t let the enemy turn your purpose and gifting into your problem.
Pleasing the Giver of the gift is more important than pleasing people the gift. Don’t be distracted.
Yes I know that <span;>God’s gifts and calling can’t be taken back according to Rms.11:29 and this is why I am encouraging you to connect with the Giver and not be carried away with the gift.
4. Do not limit yourself.
I may not have been able to tour the world, but you can. I may not have been able to make so much impact, but you can. I may not have been able to place you on the kind of platforms you desire. However don’t be limited! No matter your age, it is never too early or late to start rising above the limitations set by your lineage and environment.
When you seek after and follow God in an intentional relationship, He will be found and lead you.
You have a Kingdom driven purpose and destiny, and if you look to Christ, you will be more than what the world sees in you.
5. Love God, love people, love yourself.
As simple as this may sound, sometimes it is difficult to do. Especially at those times when God seems to be silent and far away, when your friends and family members act annoyingly and when you think you have messed up. Remember, love conquers all and this is why Christ died for you and I.
I hope that you will be able to share these 5 values with your children. Looking forward to reading your comments.
