Soulful Serenity: Daily Devotions for Inner Calm

WEDNESDAY, 5 JUNE 2024

 

TEXT: PROVERBS 22:1-16

 

1: A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

 

2: Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.

 

3: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

 

4: Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.

 

5: In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

 

6: Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

 

7: The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

 

8: Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

 

9: The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

 

10: Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

 

11: One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

 

12: The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

 

13: The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

 

14: The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.

 

15: Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

 

16: One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

 

(New International Version Holy Bible)

 

TOPIC: GODLY CHILD UPBRINGING.

 

God ultimately rules in the affairs of men. But we are responsible for the choices we make regarding the upbringing of our children.

 

Verse 6 compares helping an infant to discover the power of his or her taste buds with the ability to eat and drink.

 

When a new born child is to be introduced to food, honey is placed on the upper palette and the tongue to stimulates the taste buds to healthy eating.

 

In the same manner, every parent is expected to make their children godly through sound teaching by what is taught in their daily living.

 

The first influence of a child is the parents. Therefore, parents must be careful about what they do because it serves to shape the child's life.

 

QUESTION: As a child, how have your parents influenced your life?

 

PRAYER: Your response to the question above should guide your prayers.

Remain Blessed      

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