Securing The Destiny Of Our Children - Prayer Points

Prayer 1                  Thanksgiving                              Psalms 115:1, 12    Psalms 127:3         

§   Lord, we thank you for your strong hand in this assembly and for all the testimonies we are enjoying in this place.

§   Father, we also express our gratitude for gift of children in our families and in this assembly. To you be all the glory.

Prayer 2                  Training Up Our Children             Isaiah 54:13,      Psalms 33:11                         

§   Jehovah, we raise your banner in our families and invite you to teach our children yourself.

§   Let all our children be taught of you and let them never turn against your counsel all the days of their lives.

Prayer 3                  Inviting God In Our Homes           Revelation 3:20, I Kings 6:13                       

§   Jehovah, I open the door of my home and invite you to dine and dwell with my family forever.

§   Father, Let your presence dwell with us and our children generation after generation.

Prayer 4                  Securing The Souls of our Children  Matthew 16:26,      Genesis 7:1

§   Jehovah, we commit the souls of your children into your able hands. Let all our children be saved for you own glory.

§   Father, rain righteousness in my family and let the same righteousness distinguish my family with others for many generations.

Securing The Destiny Of Our Children - By Blessing Them

Anchor Scripture:
Genesis 27:1 -4, 33 - 34, 38
1  And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Some Major SPECIFIC Things To Teach Our Children

1.     Bless Them With You Presence

God has given us the best example:
Exodus 33:14 - And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

1Kings 6:13 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

2. Bless Them With Affection (Love)
   Nothing is comparable to the love of a parent.
   1Corithians 13:3 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
   
   Let Love Be The Silver Code Bidding Your Family Together.
   

3. Bless Them With Spiritual Deposits.
   Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
   
   Deuteronomy 11:18 – 19
   18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
   19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
   
   
4. Bless Them Verbally.
   Children love to hear you speak blessings over their lives
   
   Proverbs 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love.
   
   Job 22:28 - Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
   
   Priestly Blessings
   Numbers 6:23 – 26
   23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
   24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
   25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee
   26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
   
   

Conclusion
When You do your part In Blessing,
God will do His part of Establishing The Blessings!

Securing The Destiny Of Our Children - By Teaching Them

Anchor Scripture:
Deuteronomy 11:18 - 21
18  Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Some Major SPECIFIC Things To Teach Our Children

1.     Teach Them To Know God
Daniel 11:32 - …but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

David Knew God And That Is Why He Faced Goliath Confidently
I Samuel 17:45 - Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

2.     Teach Them To Obey
Job 36:11 - If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Deuteronomy 28:1 – 2
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3. Teach Them To Honour Their Parents (Both Biological & Spiritual)
   Ephesians 6:1 – 3
   1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
   2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
   3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
   
   Matthew 10:41 - He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
   
   
4. Teach Them Covenant Practice.
   We serve a covenant keeping God.
   Psalms 89:34 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
   
   - Teach them about the covenant of Tithing – Malachi 3:10
   
   - Teach them about the covenant of Service – Exodus 23:23
   
   
   
5. Teach Them To Walk By Faith.
   Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
   
   Lois and Eunice taught Timothy to walk by faith
   2Timothy 1:5 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned (Genuine) faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
   
   
   

Conclusion
When You do your part of Teaching,
God will do His part of fulfilling!
Their Destiny Will Be Fulfilled!

Securing The Destiny Of Our Children - By Considering Their Souls

Anchor Scripture:

• Mark 8:36 - For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Luke 9:25 - For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
• Matthew 16:26 - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  
  

Soul Focused Training

1.     Train Your Children To Know The Bible (The Word Of God)
Caution: - You cannot make your children love the Bible!
 
That is the work of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 24:45 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Your work is to make them get ACQUAINTED with the Bible
Job 22:21 - Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

God Has Magnified His Word.
Psalms 138:2 - for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
  - God gives special blessings to all those who magnify His word

The Word Maketh Wise.
2Timothy 3:15 - And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are ABLE TO MAKE THEE WISE unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

2Timothy 3:16 - All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness:

2.     Train You Children To Hate Sin.

- Sin is a killer of Destiny!
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death

- Sin defiles! It separates people with God
Isaiah 59: 1 - 2 -
1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

3.     Train Your Children To A Habit of Prayer.
- Jesus taught His disciples.
Luke 11:1 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Jesus says men ought to pray always.
Luke 18:1 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Prayer Is  Distinguishing Mark between the people of God and The World.
Genesis 4:26 -  And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.


Be patient with them. Remind them about prayer often.