Children are a gift from the Lord

Afterwork, together with ladies from the Deborahs' fellowship, Alvin, Jeya and I visited couple who were blessed with a baby boy. They are not believers but when the lady was expecting she came to church for prayer as she had a previous miscarriage. She give birth to a pre-matured boy who weighed 780 grams. He was in hospital for almost three months and only came home today wishing 2.6kg. During this time our intercessors have been praying for her and the child.

This baby boy is a miracle and although they are still not christians, we can see how much the appreciated our prayers they are not far from the kingdom of God. We prayed for the young couple and the baby. We are praying the they will soon give their lives to Christ.

I was glad that even though to was past 9:00PM, eight ladies from the Deborah Fellowship, took their own initiative to visit this family. Passion always drives you forward. makes the sacrifices and gives God the glory. I saw it this evening.

I shared very briefly on Psalms 127. Highlighted two important points;


1.   Children are a gift from the Lord. “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him." (Psalm 127:3).  

  • They come directly from the hand of God. They are gifts of grace sent from heaven to earth. The Bible tells us that God takes personal responsibility for the creation of life in the womb. There is no greater pleasure that seeing our children grow in the Lord.  In this couple's case it becomes even more precious, beasue of what they had gone through the last few months. The mother agreed that she would not exchange the world for the child. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
2.   Children are like arrows that need to be sharpened and aimed. “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth” (Psalm 127:4). 
  • As the arrow needs to be sharpened, so much children be sharpened by the ways and the Word of the Lord. As parents we have a great responsibility to see that our kids are brought up in the fear of the Lord and that they remain true to His Word. What an awesome responsibility.
We praise God for our children. Praying that they will always remain true to our Lord and will not defile themselves with the things of the World. to God be the glory.

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