Week#5 Let Your Children Be Taught By The Lord Himself
- Isaiah 54:13 “All Your children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of Thy children. In righteousness, they will be established. They will have nothing to fear”
- Psalms 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you.”
- Psalm 25:4,5,9,12 “Show me Your ways O Lord, teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are my God my Savior. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. He will instruct those who fear the Lord in the ways they should choose.”
- Psalms 27:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a level path.
- Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way Lord that I may rely on Your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.
- Psalm 119:66 “Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandment.
- Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do your will for you are my God.
- Job 34:32 “Teach me what I can not see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so again”
- Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom”
- Exodus 4:15 God told Moses, “I will teach you what to do”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 “You have been taught by God to love each other.”
Prayer: Lord God, be the teacher for our children. To be taught by you is to become intimate with you, disciplined, and wise. Lord let them be accustomed to your voice and willing to obey you. No matter how much Godly teaching and training we give our children, they have to know God for themselves. Lord help them to develop the habit of spending regular time with you and thus be your students and pave the way for a bright future. Let them know the one who created them is faithful. Let your anointing be there to strengthen them to do right over wrong no matter what the circumstances. Help them to confess the word of God. Help them to see their future and possibilities by leaning on the Lord. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen
Week# 6 – Let The Children Love The Word Of God
- John 1:1, In the beginning, was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
- Psalm 119:127-130 “Because I love Your commands more than pure gold and because I consider all Your precepts right I hate every wrong path. Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. The unfolding of Your words gives light.”
- Psalm 119:9,103,105,111 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to the word of God. His words are sweeter than honey in my mouth. His word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Deut. 6:7 “Impress the word of God on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up”
- Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, “man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God”
- Eph.5:26-27 Washed with water through the word to present us holy and blameless before the Lord.
- Psalms 33:4 The word of the Lord is right and true.
- John 15:3. The word cleanses us.
- Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.”
- Hebrews 4:12. The word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit; joints and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- Psalms 12:6. The words of the Lord are flawless like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified 7 times.
- Psalms 1:2 Blessed is the one whose delight is in the law of the Lord….
- Luke 11:28 “Blessed are those who hear the word and obey it.”
- “Meditating the Law gives spiritual stability, depth of character, and divine blessing.”
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we commit Your children before you, teach them Your word and great will be their peace. Let them learn to treasure Your word more than wealth. Teach them to live Your word and base their lives on it as their standard of life. Give them understanding as they humbly seek You in your word. Teach them to apply Your promises and to defeat all the lies of the enemy as Your truth is revealed in Your word. Lord help us to teach Your word diligently to Your children and talk of it when we sit in our house or walk by the way when we lie down or rise up. To You be all glory and honor forever and ever. Amen
Week#7 – Let The Children Trust In The Lord With All Their Hearts And Not Lean On Their Own Understanding
- Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
- Jeremiah 17:7-8 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its root by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit”
- Hebrews 11:6 “Without faith it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to Him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
- Psalm 28:7 “The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusts in Him and I am helped.”
- Psalm 9:10 “ Those who know Your name will trust in the Lord, You have never forsaken those who seek You”
- Isaiah 26:3-4 “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in the Lord, the Rock eternal.”
- Isaiah 12:2 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.”
- Psalm 146:3 “Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, in whom there is no salvation”
- Psalms 32:10 “The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him”
- Psalm 20:7 “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord.”
- Proverbs 28:26 “He who trusts in himself is a fool”
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 “Walk by faith, not by sight.”
- Nahum 1:7 He cares for those who trust in Him.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we pray that our children will trust in you and lean not on their own understanding. Let You be so real to them and seek You earnestly and experience Your presence with them. Let them acknowledge You in all their ways. Help them walk by faith, not by sight. Let them be like trees planted by the water that sends out its root by the stream bearing fruit. Keep them in perfect peace because they trust in you, the Rock eternal. Let them live in the assurance that Your unfailing love surrounds those who trust in the Lord. Give us the wisdom and strength daily to train Your children in the way they should go. May your name be glorified. We pray these in your precious name. Amen.
Week#8 – Let The Children Grow In The Grace And Knowledge Of Jesus And Thus Grow Into The Maturity In The Lord
- Luke 2:52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
- 1 Samuel 2:26 Even in the midst of the spiritual darkness of the nation, “the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.”
- Genesis 6:8 “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
- 2 Peter 3:18: “Be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men, but grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.”
- Hebrews 5:13,6:1 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity.
- 1Corinthians 3:11-12. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now, we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- Ephesians 4:13-15. It was He who gave some to be apostles, evangelists, pastors, and teachers to prepare God’s people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth, blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, Speaking the truth in love we will in all things, grow up into Him, who is the head that is Christ.
- 2Peter 1:2 “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord”
- 2 Peter 1:5-8 To escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love (God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit). For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Colossians 2:6-7. As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him strengthened in the faith, as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we pray that our children will be built solidly on the foundation of Jesus and grow in your grace with a conscious sense of your presence conforming them to be like you. That they will continue to be built up with your wisdom, favor, truth, love, faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection, and thankfulness. Even in the midst of spiritual darkness, the boy Samuel could continue to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and men. Noah lived in a corrupted world, but he was able to live a righteous and blameless life and he walked with God. Thus Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Just like Noah and Samuel, our children are also living in a corrupted world, help them to be different from this world and help them continue to grow in Your grace and lead a holy, righteous, and blameless life. Let them not be carried away by the evil forces of this world, but grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord. Help them to be disciplined so that they can find a personal quiet time every day with You and help them use every opportunity that they get to hear the word of God so that they can grow in the knowledge of the son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then they will not be blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Grace and peace may be theirs in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. To You be all glory and honor forever and ever. Amen