13/09/2024
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"I find the power - the brand new day, the brand new day."
"There's love - I only know, I only know..."
Those are the musical lyrics ๐ถ of the new release song titled "Joy" by the legendary Angelique Kidjo and the afro beats Icon Davido.
The attention of the people in Jesus Christ's day and their validation is never the determinant factor of the importance and the authenticity of Jesus Christ's message about his father's kingdom. This is ๐ฏ fact.
In fact, Jesus Christ knew and recognized at the same time that his mandate of the earthly assignment ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ is to preach the good news of the kingdom. Why? So that his message will make the blind(Spiritual blindness, not physical one๐คฃ) to see, the lame will walk and the captives will be set free.
Isn't that a great assignment for Jesus Christ never to toil with? And he never did toil with his assigned assignment on earth. That's why, at some point, he said "His father's work is more important to him than food."
It means that Jesus Christ acknowledged the key role he had to play in delivering humanity. He prioritized his assignment over anything else, even food. That's why he went as far as death to redeem mankind.
I've always found myself in the lecture rooms, listening to and learning from phenomenal teachers and great preachers of truth. And I currently listened to a preacher Dr MYLES Monroe Global in one of his sermons, where he talks about the kingdom principles of family. One of the interesting points I picked was, when he explained the word 'husband.'
He said the word 'husband' means 'house bond.' He goes further to say 'house bond' means 'the one who keeps the family or home together.'
Amazing definition of the word 'husband.' So many people may have struggled with their relationships and marriage simply because they don't know the meaning of the word 'husband.' Yes, knowing the meaning of the word 'husband' gives you the CLEAR IDEA of what's expected of you as a husband.
Husband doesn't mean who gets married. It doesn't mean the one who gets wife. Simply, he who keeps the family or home together. So an individual who got married is a true husband if he keeps his family together.
There is more to that. The question I could ask again is, what does it mean to keep your family or home together?
In my opinion, the fundamental role you should play in keeping your family or home together is not only the financial support you're assigned as a head to provide for your
family.
Keeping your family or home together as a husband even as a mother, means that your moral uprightness and values, ethics and principles should be clearly seen and notified by everybody around you including your kids irrespective of their age.
Yes, because studies have shown that your kids will always perceive who you are by your character and learn from your behavior or habit. This means that you have to live by example or be their first role model. This is no rocket sciences.
I've also learned from Dr Monroe's sermon that family is the oldest institution in the history of the human family, and it's not a product of the government. So you can't rely on the government for the safety of the family.
Dr MYLES Monroe said and I quote, "If the fabrics of society have fallen apart, you don't build more prisons. Build the clinics of family healing ", end the quote. This means that your government ain't going to provide solutions to your family issues and divorce. Dr Monroe also reasoned that the government isn't interested in your family. That's why the government issues you a license to manage their road, after you read the book, practice and pass the exam.
But the government doesn't care to give you a license when you go to the registrars for marriage. The preacher said, that's the reason your car and career even last more than your marriage.
Whom are you going to turn to then? The source or originator of the first human society - the first couple which is the first human history?
I've written to you here from time to time as my friends and my old time school mates. But I've found out that your reaction to my content I shared with you guys is zero equivalent.
I remember commenting on what a great brother and pastor shared on this same platform a few days back, and I saw that only one person in our midst here acknowledged my comment on that post of our honorable pastor.
Often, we have another brother living in the diaspora who has always appreciated me sharing my content with you in this group and my good brother who is a pastor.
Have I always sought validation by sharing with anyone what I've got from my knowledge jar? This is a question for myself to respond to. But how will you feel seeing someone drowning in the sea and you have everything it takes to rescue ๐ him/her? Keep watching him/her to be swallowed by the sea or will you act anyways?
I shouldn't be surprised, because three anonymous persons, of course in our midst here, have got some sort of spiritual education. In other words, they're learning from God on a regular basis.
The sweetest thing and the beauty about these three individuals are, they've once crossed borders. So, they could understand that NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ๐คฃ. Because there's a big risk attached to building an island with one man's knowledge.
I've always learned from and quoted Dr MYLES Monroe Global, because he's a great preacher and my mentor. He said, "If you want to be great, divorce your traditions and cultures", end the quote. The three persons I am representing understand this simple truth.
Your culture is you've got higher educational qualifications, so these don't permit me to learn, especially discovering new frontiers. No. Your tradition doesn't want you to unlock the ignorance that your educational qualifications have never helped to unlock. Hope these aren't the cultures and traditions of our dear country Togo.
Your traditions and cultures have never taught you that INFORMATION is the only key you need in this information age or CONNECTED REVOLUTION, and I am sorry. In the connected revolution you will thrive only with information. This culture is not teaching you that.
There's no hints or whatsoever you've got that information is more important than operation. And when an operation works with information, the rest will be history. You may perish because of the knowledge you may never have had. And what's knowledge? Simply put 'Knowledge' is information.
And the scriptures say "My people perish because of lack of knowledge (information)." If you want to succeed in any field or anything you're doing, the only thing you need is INFORMATION. This is the reality of the 21st century.
My pain is, I went through our country, at least a very few places I've reached, I am never seeing where there are discussions or movements or platforms to engage and motivate the younger generation for what lies ahead. There are no building platforms to awaken our youths' spirits, so that they can dream big. Sad!
We want our youths to be the stereotypes of the same cultures and traditions that have conditioned us to where we're right now and the defects we've experienced so far in society. Is this the same thing and conditions we want for our vibrant and energetic youths?
We've got to be careful whether we're parents or not. Our youths must learn from the things we're able to teach them. There's no miracle our youths can perform to get to the place we want to see them reach. No miracle there's!
So, they've got to learn a great deal, and who will they learn from? You and I. What this means is, we must be equipped to teach them. Like I said, there's no miracle that will cause our young ones (children) to learn. We have to teach them how they can live their life to benefit themselves and society at large.
That's why, as a father or as a mother, please display good conduct and moral values vis ร vis your kids in a practical way. Not by the words of the mouth. Don't tell them "don't lie", while you yourself lie. Diligently and proactively respect others if you would love your kids to be respectful kids. I am not a preacher but a realist.
Let's teach our young ones the good qualities we derive they should exhibit out there. This is the only way we'll enjoy parenting and our kids. A lazy father or mother can't enjoy parenting, and I strongly believe if you fail as a parent your child will fail. You should hereby be informed that parenting requires some level of commitment and it's a studious task.
The only thing you all need to handle this task is knowledge. Yes, knowledge makes you succeed in parenting. Therefore, instead of becoming allergic to knowledge or information, go for it rather because that's what every parent needs to soar higher in parenting. Help the youths. You can do better folks. Read and learn no matter your might and who you are.
This writer is currently and tirelessly cooking two different book projects that will be published in no distant time. So, please, all my fans should anticipate my work coming out in full force. My work is potentially dealing with parenting and child education amidst these tech and social media era.
To conclude, I would love to share with you the words of a phenomenal child education expert and author Racheal G. Onyemairo. I am quoting her. She said "Honour is the way to be in charge. Any other means will leave you unloved and impersonating your "head." Sis./bro. insubordination doesn't mean you're in charge. It means you're unloved and struggling", end the quote. When you honor people, you'll definitely be served honor in return. ๐๐๐ค ๐ค ๐๐๐พ๐ค๐๐ฝ๐๐พโโ๏ธ
Phenomenal KING ABOUDOU Lionel Global
Photo credit: Childhood photo of VIOLA DAVIS. VIOLA is an actress, a public figure who had bad childhood experiences and suffered the trauma of an alcoholic and abusive father.
