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JOY FILLED PARENTING - 4 (TEACH YOUR CHILDREN PROPERLY)

“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

When little children grew up they look to their parents to understand the things that are happening around. As parents you have to train your child to seek God daily and always. 

Recently I have learnt that whatever we teach our child, we have to do it correctly and properly. In the previous week I took my little daughter out for a walk. As I was carrying her in my arms, I want to teach her something different. So I pointed my finger towards the cloud and said to her that the white things seen above are cloud. She was one year old and she just looked above and smiled. Then I told her about the sky and for that also she smiled.

Then I thought that I will relate God and so I said that Jesus Christ lives above the cloud and the sky. I repeated this for several times so that she could understand that clearly. 

Later when we reached home I asked her the question, where is Jesus Christ? Usually when I ask her a question she will answer it in her actions and single words that she knew. But on that day she didn’t answer my question. As she looked at me, I again pointed the fingers towards the sky and told Jesus Christ is there. 

Immediately my wife responded and said to me that I should not teach her like that. Then she came near to our daughter and took her little hands and kept it on her chest and said, “Jesus Christ is inside you and He resides in your heart.”

Actually I was proud on that day evening that I taught some valuable thing to my daughter but when my wife pointed out the mistake I understand I should be more careful and diligent while teach my little daughter about Godly ways she should follow. 

From that day onwards whenever someone asks my little daughter, “Where is Jesus”, she will quickly put her little hands on her chest repeatedly and say He is inside her. 

My dear young parents, teach your child the way they should go. And when you teach them, make sure you are teaching them correctly and in an appropriate way. God has given the responsibility to you to take care of your child and you have to do that properly.

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LORD WILL DEFEND AND DELIVER YOU

“Like birds flying about, So will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it.” – Isaiah 31:5

 

Few days ago as I had some work at night, I went to bed little bit late. As I entered our bedroom I saw my wife was sleeping and our little daughter was lying awake near her in the bed. As I went inside our little daughter saw me and so she came to my side and I was holding her in my arms. 

We both were sitting in the other corner of the bed. Suddenly our little daughter sneezed. Immediately my wife who was sleeping on the other side woke up all in a sudden thinking that our daughter went to the other corner of the bed unknowingly. As she thought that my daughter should not fall down, she woke up in a hurry and then moved so fast to hold our daughter in the direction where I was sitting along with our daughter. Then she realized that I was holding her in my hands and so with a great calmness she went to sleep again.

I was there for more than ten minutes and my wife was having a deep sleep. But yet even at that time she was so careful about the safety of our daughter. 

On that night Holy Spirit reminded me of the verse written in Isaiah 31:5 which talks about the way God protect His people. Usually birds fly above their nest to protect their little ones. Their eyes will be fixed on their little ones always. 

You might be surrounded by enemies and people who oppose you. You might feel like a prey. Unexpectedly many might have come against you to destroy you. You might feel like you are falling. Do not get discouraged. 

Jesus Christ is with you to protect you. He is on your side. No one can destroy you and your blessings. 

On that night my wife was sleeping but yet she cared about her child’s protection. But Bible says, “Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.”-Psalms 121:4. Then how much more God will care for you and protect you. Because He who keeps you shall neither sleep nor slumber. 

His eyes are upon you and He cares for you a lot. He will not let anyone to overpower you. He will not forsake you. No disease, no evil, no human plan, no problems can destroy you. You are God’s child. He will guard you and protect you. He will deliver you and defend you.

Have God as your refuge. You will live.

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DO NOT FIGHT WITH GOD FOR YOUR OWN DESIRE

“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.” – Deuteronomy 28:1

In 1 Samuel 15^th Chapter we read that God asked Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites. God wants Saul to kill everything and every one of Amalekites. The commandment was clearly given by God to Saul through Samuel the prophet. But Saul and his men failed to obey God completely. They were not willing to utterly destroy everything and spared all that was good. But they destroyed everything that was worthless. 

Saul failed to obey God and so God’s anger came upon him. God rejected Saul as king. God says in 1 Samuel 15:11, “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments...”

Because Saul disobeyed God he lost all his blessings and died miserably. 

Recently I heard a testimony from a woman who is currently working in a good position in a particular organization. Once she completed her schooling she got admitted in an Engineering college. During the years of her study as first year was common for everyone she had no option to choose her branch. But at the beginning of the second year she was allowed to choose her course of study.

She had scored good marks and so she preferred ECE as first choice, EEE as second choice and Civil as third choice. She was so sure that she will get her first choice preference because of her good marks. But the next day she found out that she was given the third choice and was asked to go to the Civil department class. As she was so disappointed she cried for the whole day without going to the department. 

The same evening she insisted her father to talk to the higher authority of that institution the very next day so that she can get her first choice. His father agreed to her request as he knew one of the higher authorities of that particular institution. 

The next day morning she was happy as she knew that her father will come and speak for her. As she happily came out of her home, she heard a voice of a preacher who was preaching in a radio program and through him God said, “I will give you what you want but later don’t ask me why I gave you that.”

She was touched by that word and she knew that studying Civil Engineering was God’s choice in her life and so she immediately surrendered her life to God saying she will continue her study in that branch itself. 

God blessed her abundantly and she said that she has completed her doctorate degree before 30 years of age and she became a Principal of an institution at an age of 31. Even today she is working as a head of the department in a particular institution. God has set her high because she obeyed God and set aside her own desire.

My dear young friends, even today if you set aside your own desire and accept God’s will in your life and obey His word, He will set you high. Jesus Christ will bless you richly and He will reward you. Do not go on your own way and do not fight with God for your own desire. Obey God and you will be blessed.  

WHEN YOU CAN'T HANDLE LIFE'S PROBLEMS, GIVE THAT INTO GOD'S HANDS

Recently I had learnt certain things from my little daughter. My grandmother is living with me and in her room she always had a torch light by her bedside. My little daughter loves to play with that. Initially we carried her to that room and later when she had started crawling she begun to go to that room by herself. 

But on the process I learnt few things from her. She crawls into that room even when no one was there. But as she crawls and reaches that room entrance she always turns back and make sure that I am coming behind her. She never enters that room if she feels that I was away from her. 

Similarly we have to ensure in our life that Jesus Christ is with us at all times. We might be going through any path but if He is with us we can easily overcome any hard thing that we face in our lives. God has promised us in Genesis 28:15, “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go...” Do not worry about anything. He will be with you and protect you wherever you go.

Once my daughter reaches to my grandmother’s bedside, she knew that she can’t climb on that and so she will stretch her hands towards me and ask her to lift me and keep her on the top of the bed. 

As we face some tough situations in our life, we have to learn to look to our Heavenly Father for His counsel. Psalmist says in Psalm 121:1,2 “I lift up my eyes to the mountains-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” 

When you look unto God for help, He will not let your foot to be moved. He will carry you and sustain you.

And then as she take the torch light in her hand she understand that she can’t operate it at all and so she will give that to my hands and as I switch it on and off, she will laugh a lot looking at the light. 

At times even in our lives we struggle to handle certain problems. All we have to do is give that particular problem into God’s hands. Because God has promised us in Exodus 14:14, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

 

My dear young friends, God cares for you and your life more than you do. So ensure that He is with you at all times and put your trust and surrender your life’s situation into His hands. He will do everything beautiful in your life. You will have peace and joy.