Thread by @sam_adeyemi

1. God in His plans and purpose for our planet knew that He needed billions of people so in Gen 2:18, God orchestrated the birth of the family. #Marriage

2. God’s ultimate purpose for every human being is that they should be in His image and after His likeness. It is those who are in the image and the likeness of God that can fulfill God’s purposes and agenda on this planet. Acts 10:38 #Marriage

3. You The ultimate goal as God gives us children is to see them developed into the image and likeness of God. God wants Godly children with God's character and attributes. (Mal 2:15)
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4. Godly character can be summed up in one word; LOVE. Hence, we want to raise children that have capacity to love; to love God and love other people. Galatians 5:22-23.
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5. We also want to raise children that are filled with the Spirit of God. It is the Spirit of God that produces sound character in our lives, and the important dimension to producing this character is through LOVE. #Marriage

6. We’ve got to model love to our children. People can’t give what they don’t have. Children who are treated harshly will largely end up treating other people harshly. Like it is said, hurting people hurt other people. #Marriage

7. God created a family to primarily be the place where from the point of birth, human being begins to experience love. But Satan attached the first family and infused hatred and sin. He grew human capacity for evil and from there the first murder happened. #Marriage

8. We may not be conscious of it but Satan wants the family institution to be dysfunctional with hatred, betrayal, anger among others. #Marriage

9. I believe children should not be exasperated. We should not put negative emotion in them to the extreme limit. Rather, as Christians, we’ve got to train, teach, correct and discipline them in order to maintain boundaries for them through love. #Marriage

10. Also, as parents, we’ve got to love our spouse because the children are watching and they absorb what they see. #Marriage

11. Children must also develop God's competence. We don't want to raise children that are selfish. They must develop capacity to solve problems. So we have to invest in them and train them to develop skills in order to serve their world & meet the needs of other people #Marriage

12. We must give them the best training possible and expose them to as many opportunities to learn as we can.
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13. What are you modeling to your children? We cannot afford to model complacency and laziness. Proverb 31 talks about a mother who deliberately prepared her son for royalty. #Marriage

14. The family is the primary leadership production institution of the society, we must raise our children with the goal of raising leaders in the society in mind. #Marriage

15. I pray the power of the Spirit of God will rest upon you for godly parenting. Malachi 2:15 (MSG) #Marriage

16. I pray the Spirit of God will rest upon each and everyone trusting God for a suitable partner to fulfill their marital destiny. #Marriage