TOPIC: Whom Are You Reflecting
MEMORISE: Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Ezekiel 16:44
READ: Ezekiel 16:44-46
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
MESSAGE:
Years ago, while I was a young pastor at the headquarters of the RCCG and also a lecturer at the university, it was common for people to bring those who were sick to my house or visit for other reasons. While praying for them, sometimes they will fall under the anointing and become unconscious for a while. One of my sons, who was less than three years old, was always watching. One day, we had a visitor who came with her child. My little boy went into my room, grabbed my tie, and hung it on his neck (to him, wearing a tie was what made one a pastor). Thereafter, he went to the visitor’s child, closed his eyes, and laid his hands on him. I watched him as he whispered, and then he opened his eyes and told the child, “Fall down now!”
You are a reflection of your parents, and people learn a lot about them through your character. If God is your Father, are you truly reflecting Him in your behaviour, or are you copying worldly trends that you do not know their origin? Beloved, be careful about who is influencing your character and what you’re reflecting to the world.
ACTION POINT
List out the not-so-good traits in your family and ask God for the grace to help you and the other members of your family to overcome them.
HYMN 38, God Give Us Christian Home
1 God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,
Homes where the Master’s will is sought,
Homes crowned with beauty Thy love has wrought;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!
2 God give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyous with love and song;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!
3 God give us Christian homes
Homes where the mother in queenly quest,
Strives to show others Thy way is best,
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!
4 God give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Obadiah 1:1-21, Revelation 4:1-11
AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE AND FOLU ADEBOYE