Monday, 12^th August, 2024

Bible Reading: Proverbs 22:6, Genesis 18:19

Memory Verse: Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)

I came across a very beautiful piece by an anonymous. Permit me to share it with you as I believe it will be a big blessing. The writer wrote: STOP RAISING AN OVERDEPENDENT GENERATION! MOST PARENTS OF TODAY ARE RAISING AN “OVERDEPENDENT GENERATION.” 

1. You cook their food for them so that they can read and enjoy.

2. You help them to wash their clothes and tidy their rooms.

3. You drop them off in school every day by yourself!

4. You lie on their behalf to get them out of trouble.

5. You arrange “expo” to help them pass their exams.

6. You protect them from every danger and difficulties.

7. You prevent them from any form of pain and suffering.

8. You don’t want them to suffer like you did as a child.

9. You hustle around while they watch films and play games.

10. They can’t go out alone because you’re always scared.

11. You take every decision for them, because you’re wiser.

12. You go to their schools to fight for them and prove rights.

13. You defend them even when they’re wrong and at fault.

14. You can not stand seeing them starve or go hungry for once.

15. You fight against those who try to correct them.

YOU ARE BUSY RAISING AN OVER- DEPENDENT GENERATION. You think you are showing them love? Sorry, you are wrong. By the time you’re no longer there and they face real life challenges, they will become helpless. At that stage, they will realise the havoc you their parents have done to them and probably curse you. STOP RAISING AN OVER-DEPENDENT GENERATION. Allow these children to face realities of life. Be careful and prayerful 

Quote: Before he can DECIDE to do good, his parents must CONDITION him to do good – Michael Pearl.

Prophetic Decree: Any altar erected to waste the destiny of your children shall roast by fire, in Jesus name. 

Prayer Focus 

1. Holy Spirit, please help me in areas where I need to make necessary corrections as a Parent, in Jesus name. 

2. My children shall not turn out as Hophni and Phinehas who were covetous and immoral, in Jesus name. 

3. I refuse to raise children like Nadab and Abihu who offered strange fire unto God, in Jesus name. 

4. I prophesy: My children shall be royal diadem in the hand of the Lord, in Jesus name.

5. My children (mention their names) shall be mighty arrows in the quivers of the Lord, in Jesus name. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 18-22