★ MY SERMON NOTES
Christian Couples Fellowship (CCF)
Couple's Annual Retreat
@ Miango Rest Home (MRH), Miango,
Plateau State, Nigeria
16th August, 2015 (Day Four)
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE/PRAYER FOR COUPLES
* Speaker: Mrs. Yinka Adeboye
* Topic: Raising Godly Children
* Text: Psalm 127:1 →"Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labour uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly."
* If you leave the aspect of the mercy of God out of your life, nothing will work.
* You can't leave God out of child upbringing
→ nothing will work regardless of the moral and academic principles that you employ outside God
* You cannot push the aspect of prayer aside when it comes to raising children.
→ You cannot raise godly children without prayer
* As you pray for your children, the power of God will transform them and they will become godly
* NOTE: This message is not only for those who have biological children:
→ God expects even mature Christian to have spiritual children (disciples)
→ If you are raising only biological children, then you are operating at less than your full God-given potential!
☆ Matthew 15:21-28
→ Note, that in the above passage, though it was the woman's daughter that was possessed, the woman asked Jesus to have mercy on her (as a parent) and she did not relent in making her request in spite of the discouragements she encountered
→ Jesus commended her faith on behalf of her daughter
* All that Jesus is looking for in a father or mother is faith, regardless of the state of their children
→ There is nothing that God's mercy and faith (in Him) cannot do
* What you say to your children is very important especially (when you are angry or disappointed with them)
→ Ensure that you speak positive words into their lives consistently
★ Proverbs 18:21 →"The power of the tongue is life and death— those who love to talk will eat what it produces."
⇒"Your words can kill or give life. They are either poison or life."
(the Massage translation)
* NOTE: What you say (to your children) is totally your choice & there are consequences
* Speak only positive words into the life of your children
★ SOME SCRIPTURES YOU CAN USE TO PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN:
☆ Luke 2:40 →"Meanwhile, the child continued to grow and to become strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor rested upon him."
☆ Luke 2:52 →"Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man."
☆ 1 Samuel 2:26 →"And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men."
☆ 1 Samuel 3:19 →"And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground."
☆ Isaiah 8:18 →"Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion."
☆ Isaiah 54:13 →"And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
☆ Isaiah 11:1-2 →"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD."
