Romans 14:12 - (NLT) - Yes, each of us will give a personal
account to God.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 (KJV) - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by
the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets
between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts
of thy house, and on thy gates.
Genesis 18:19 (ESV) - For I have chosen him,
that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of
the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to
Abraham what he has promised him.”
ELI the priest, as a
parent to look at: 1 Sam. 2: 12-17; 22-25;
27.
- Honoured his sons more than GOD, thereby despising GOD – Chapter 2:29.
- Given the death sentence of his sons and nothing was done? – v 34.
- Threw the words of GOD’s reproof back to His face – Chapter 3:15-18.
- Brought doom to his household, which extended to his grandchild who became motherless – Chapter 4:10-18.
- Thank You Jesus for all that You accomplished and completed on the Cross at Calvary which brought us into reconciliation with our Heavenly Father, thereby giving us the grace to come and present ourselves and others – as parents – before You, in order for Your divine will to be accomplished.
- Let all Christian parents be in right standing with GOD, so that they will retain GOD in their knowledge and be able to do that which is pleasing unto Him. – Rm 1:28
- Let my acts/deeds as a parent not bring reproach to the name of the LORD. – Num 15:30
- Help me to obey your instructions Holy Spirit, so that the anger of the LORD is not kindled upon/against me in the responsibility or duty that He has committed unto my hands.
- Let the Cross cross-out every deafness in me to Your statues, so that the works of the flesh that needs to be decluttered, be decluttered so that I do not derail my children into perdition.
- In Your chastisement concerning my parental disobedience to Your statues, let Your mercy prevail so that I am repenting of my deeds and not blaspheming.
- “And she named the child Ichabod….” With my uncared-attitude, let me not destroy the glory of the latter days of my children and generations to come.
- O LORD, show me Your vision and Your purpose for my children’s life so that I am not truncating Your divine will for them. In the revelation of Your purpose for their life to me as a parent, help me to accept it, to continue in it and not to tamper with Your plan for their life.
- O LORD, let my heart be opened unto You to receive that which You are giving or have given to me concerning the children You are committing into my hands.
- Ps 78:5-7 – Help me, Holy Spirit, to pass Your commandments/deeds/truths about GOD unto my children, so that they in turn could pass it on to theirs, in obedience to Your instructions.
- Mk 10:14 - LORD Jesus, give unto us the mind and the heart You had for children. Help us to love them and spend time with them as You did.
- Are you familiar with this phrase when disobedience comes in – “The devil made me do it?” Help me Jesus, as a parent to create an awareness of the tactics of the devil in my children, and for them to learn and to know how to use the armour of GOD. Help me as a parent to imbibe in my children that the power of Jesus who lives in them, is incomparably greater – 1 Jn 4:4.
- Jn 15:1 - LORD Jesus, You are the true Vine. As a parent, let me daily find nourishment inside of You and be able to influence my children with this, so that they may abide in You and bear good fruits.
- Holy Spirit, teach us as parent to live every single day by the guidance of the Word of GOD, and let the light of Your Word propel us in bringing up our children in the way to go and to follow.
- LORD Jesus, since You are the Way, the Truth and the Life that is inside of me, direct me to teach and bring up my children according to the discipline and the instruction of GOD, so that the life of Christ is formed in them and so that they may imitate You – Eph 6:4.
- Josh 1:8 – Holy Spirit, help me as a parent to encourage and equip my children to build stronger relationship with the LORD by our daily fellowship [family fellowship, bible study, personal quiet time], as this will help them to encounter GOD on their own through the reading, meditating and application of the Word of GOD into their lives.
- LORD Jesus, You prayed “They are in this world but they are not of the world” – Jn 17. Holy Spirit, help me to daily bring them to the feet of the Cross, so that the exposition and the cares of the world does not prevail and overcome them.
- The rod and reproof gives wisdom – Prov 29:15. Help me as a parent to apply the rod at the right time and reproof at the right time.
- Prov 14:12 says “There’s a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is destruction” – O LORD, help me to succumb only to the will that You have for my children, and not my will or the will of others in the name of Jesus.
