Thread by @sam_adeyemi

1. Our children gives God some of the greatest opportunities for Him to answer our prayers for change. When a nation prays for change, God gives them babies, when babies are born, the future is defined and locked into them. #ChildrensDay

2. We have a very important role to play in preparing them to influence their world for good. Children do not need to be taught to sin, it is innate. We therefore need to deliberately put them on the right path. #ChildrensDay

3. WE MUST HELP OUR CHILDREN DEVELOP THE CAPACITY FOR LOVE. Capacity to love God and to love people #ChildrensDay

4. We should never assume that it will be natural for them to love. Everyone is born with the sin nature. We can see from the scriptures how hatred flared up in the first family. #ChildrensDay

6. WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. We should teach them to withhold Judgement. We need to groom them in such a way that their assumptions about people are positive. #ChildrensDay

7. Faith works through love and love does not give up on a person, it keeps hoping. (1st Cor 13:7) We need to forbid gossip in our homes & protect our children from prejudices. #ChildrensDay

7. Prejudices are transferred to children through the home/parents. As a country, we are often too focused on our ethnicity & tribes. This along with religion does not foster progress in our society. #ChildrensDay

8. WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO GIVE. Teach them to give gifts. Breaking the hold of selfishness is critical to the development of their capacity to love. #ChildrensDay

9. Let’s help our children to think about others and take the focus off themselves and give without expecting anything in return. (Proverbs 11:24-25) #ChildrensDay

10. WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO FORGIVE and let go of wrongs done to them particularly by forgiving others. A child that grows into adulthood without learning to forgive will create problems for our world. #ChildrensDay

11. WE NEED TO DISCIPLINE and guide our children in love. Guiding them in the path that is right and godly. #ChildrensDay

12. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN. We need to pray for them because we won't always be with them but the Holy Spirit will. #ChildrensDay

13. LEAD THEM IN PRAYER TO RECEIVE FREEDOM FROM SIN AND THE SIN NATURE AS SOON AS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT. Let us lead them in prayer to receive forgiveness of sin and receive Jesus Christ. #ChildrensDay

14. There are two Dimensions for helping our children develop the capacity to Love is for us to TALK to them and MODEL the right values for them. #ChildrensDay

15. Talk to your children consistently because words are seeds and they bear fruits. Even when it seems like they are not listening, continue to talk. #ChildrensDay

16. Our discussions with our children should be filtered through the prism of God’s word. Words are seeds and we should be deliberate about what our children hear. #ChildrensDay

17. Be a role model and worthy example to your children as a Parent. We should model God’s word to them, what we do rather than what we say, will go a long way in showing them how to behave. #Childrensday

18. I pray for us to receive divine wisdom for parenting, whatever is causing problems for this generation passes over our children in Jesus’ name. #ChildrensDay