PIDGIN GODLY PARENTING!

Proverbs 22:6 “Make yu tish yor pikin how e go take live en life and wen e don old, e go still dey do di same tin.

 

To train pikin na one of di most sacred responsibility wey God put for our hand. Scripture teach us make we “train pikin for di way wey e suppose go,” meaning say make we start am early for di path wey God choose for dem. Di phrase “him or her way” dey talk about di God-ordained direction for their life—not di road of their natural likes, impulses, or immature desires. To train pikin na to put dem inside boundary of righteousness, wisdom, and truth, so that when dem grow, dem go know how to stay inside dat boundary by choice. 

Godly parenting start with intentional action. God call us to introduce our children into di way wey Scripture recommend and morality accept, so dem fit waka correct later for life and choose how dem go conduct themselves for every situation. This mean say we suppose show dem di duty, danger, and blessing of di correct path. E mean to give dem practical direction on how to do their duty, avoid danger, and collect blessing wey come from obedience to God. 

Deuteronomy 11:19 tell us make we fix God Word for our children heart every day—talk about am when we siddon, when we waka, when we lie down, and when we wake up. This repetition no be empty routine; na how truth take dey enter heart well well. As parents, we must lead dem into practice by slow, steady, and consistent steps until godly habits form. We no suppose train dem according to the way dem wan go because of their immature or sinful nature, but according to di way dem suppose go, di way God want for dem. If we truly love dem, we go desire dat path for dem pass anything else. 

Parenting no be ownership; na stewardship. Our children no belong to us—dem belong to God. We be custodians, wey God entrust to shape destiny, nurture soul, and guid life wey Him Himself don ordain. Parenting na both di greatest responsibility and di greatest reward wey God give us. Yet, for today world, many people dey neglect, mishandle, or misunderstand this sacred duty. 

Recently, I see one post wey break my heart and stir holy anger inside me. One mama, surrounded by other adults, dey smoke shisha with her three-year-old pikin wey sit next to her. Shockingly, the grandmother even give the pikin bottle of beer make e drink. This one no be one-off thing. Many parents today dey turn their daughters into sexualized objects and their sons into aggressive, emotionally unstable young men. Dem dey seek parenting advice from social media, expose their children publicly for validation, and use shame as discipline. This no be godly parenting. E no be love. E no be care. Na destruction. 

Children no be by-product of biology. Dem be divine assignment. Bible assure us say children no go depart from good training, no matter how life turn. But dat training must start early, intentionally, and consistently. 

We no fit leave the spiritual formation of our children to church, school, or society. We dey responsible to teach dem spiritual truth, moral discipline, and physical etiquette. Titus 2:1–5 remind us say godly discipline must dey loving, consistent, and rooted for sound doctrine. We must nurture our children, disciple, and show them how to live Christian life through both word and example. 

Sadly, many children today dey suffer wetin I call “orphan syndrome.” Like di sons of Eli for 1 Samuel 2, dem mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually abandoned by one or both parents. Dem dey raise themselves, shaped by peers, media, and culture instead of godly instruction. 

Parents, make we rise. Train your children for godly ways. Drill responsibility, duty, and fruit of the Spirit into dem. Stamp righteousness for their heart. Baf dem for prayer. Put fear of God inside dem so dem no go depart from Am. We no fit leave dem dey to roam like cattle and expect dem behave like princes. 

Parents, train—no ruin—your child life. 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 

·       Which daily habits I fit begin or strengthen to intentionally disciple my children for God ways? 

·       For which areas I don unconsciously allow culture, instead of Scripture, shape my child values? 

·       How I fit model the Christian life more consistently so my children go learn by example and no be only by instruction? 

PRAYER: Father, help me to train my children in the way wey please You. Strengthen me to ground dem for Christ, nurture dem with wisdom, and guide dem with love until dem waka with You enter eternity. Amen. 

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