Holy Trinity Adoration Ministry Int'l

WORD FROM TRINITY
22nd December 2023

DEPENDABLE COMPANION

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction (PSALMS 119:92)

Priscilla J. Owens, a renowned hymn writer, taught in a public school for 49 years. As a member of the Union Square Methodist Church in Baltimore, she composed at least 253 hymns with focus on the power of God's word. Of note is "Give Me the Bible," a hymn she composed in 1883.

At large, the hymn shows the Holy Scripture is dependable and powerful. It is what every believer needs at this trying time when it is becoming difficult worldwide to have a dependable companion. We have cases of people tricking their friends to be kidnapped for ransom. Some gave up their blood relations for money. Security has broken down in many countries, particularly in developing nations, so much that life is almost meaningless, while justice is a mirage.

Our text acknowledges the efficacy of God's words. Also, it acknowledges the immutability of the Almighty in whom there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. God's faithfulness from generation to generation lends more credence to the durability and reliability of His word.

Malachi 3:6 further confirms the dependability of God's word: "I am the LORD, I change not." Scriptural proofs suggest that the eternal quality is not subject in any way to the elements of nature. That explains why the psalmist always found solace in the powerful influence of the Word in his affliction. The word of the Lord is a pleasant companion at all times.

The best evidence of our love for the word of God is to read and live by it daily. The more of His word you have in you, the more His abiding presence is assured. Like the psalmist, all believers need to consciously read and meditate on God's words daily; honor and keep all His commandments.

A man is vulnerable when he forsakes God's words.

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WORD FROM TRINITY
21st December 2023

BABY KING?

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Ecclesiastes 10:16

In the previous study, the father was rightly described as the priest of the home. He is however, also the king of the home. What a father does will have an effect on every member of his family. As a father, you cannot afford to act like a child. From our memory verse, we see that it is the family that would suffer for the childishness of their king (the father). Remember that everything you do is an example for your children. When you drink or send your son to buy you ci******es, you are already introducing him to that lifestyle.

When your children see you having an affair with a strange woman, you are sowing a terrible seed in their hearts. The way you talk to their mother is probably how your sons will talk to their wives too. The low self-esteem of their mother due to how you treat her will probably become the self-esteem of your daughters too. As mentioned earlier, you are the priest of the home; when the priest is spiritually asleep, God help that home!

There are some demonic issues that a father needs only issue a command for them to disappear, but if he is a spiritual baby, such issues would linger. As a father, how often do you pray for and on your children? Are you deliberate about teaching them the word of God? Another reason for you to watch your spiritual life is that children could reap the harvests of the spiritual seeds their fathers have sown.

In 1 Kings 11:34, God softened Solomon’s punishment for misbehaving because of David his father. "Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake whom I chose because he kept my commandments and my statutes." Jonathan on the other hand was a good boy, but he partook in the punishment of his father and died a shameful death.

I pity any child who has a baby as a father and I pray that God will rescue such children from any danger that their father’s ignorance or childishness can cause them in the mighty Name of Jesus.



Are you a mature father or a baby one?

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