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What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations. I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them! “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.” Genesis 17:5-8

God’s kingdom title is Father. “And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth” – Luke 11:2. God has a will which must be done both in heaven and on earth not because he is a God but because he is a Father.

God conferred this great kingdom title on the male gender. “Your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you” – Genesis 17:5. A nation is a kingdom. So, God by conferring fathership on the male, has made him father of kingdoms.

Jesus has taught us to say: “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom” “come” . Why should God’s kingdom come to earth? It is because he has given the male the capacity of a father to take care of his kingdom on earth.

So, to be a male is a responsibility rather than just be an opposite sex. Jesus has taught us that, God as a Father sets the pattern for his children to imitate. “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise” – John 5:19.

The job of the earthly father therefore is to set the example for his children to follow. If he sets a good example for his children, like Jesus they will do likewise. But if he sets a bad example, his children will do likewise.

If children see good character traits in their father, society will be affected with those traits. But the challenge of most children today is that of absentee fathers. Some don’t even know their fathers until they’re grown to marry. We have fathers who don’t look after their children but are alive to take dowries from suitors.

Today, fatherlessness has damaged our society so badly that fatherless children rather imitate those seen in social media with no one to correct them. That is how come, some people in society talk anyhow, insult the elderly with no conscience.

No one advises fatherless children. Everyone is wrong except them. Any position of power they get to, they mind themselves more than the people they represent. Unless the challenge of fatherlessness is cured our nations will fall apart. If you’re a male be good father so to represent our heavenly Father on earth.

LET’S PRAY
Heavenly Father, give me to always remember that, until males rise up to be fathers, the evils in society will cry out against them.

AGREE WITH ME
You are a plant and you just need water to flourish and bear fruit to fulfill your destiny. So, you need to be connected to the Source that never dry. I therefore decree and declare this morning “May your business, finances, career, academics, marriage, family, health, physical person and spiritual person be connected to the Fountain of life, by the Power of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.” At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him, “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations! What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations. I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them! “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. Genesis 17:1-7

The Lord told me that: Most of our political leaders go to church but are not part of the church. They speak with the tongue the church but their hearts are empty of Christ.

Let’s look at God’s perspective of a nation. “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations” – Genesis 17:4. So, where there is no father there is no nation.

Now, males are raised into fathers from homes that have fathers. There are homes where women have become fathers playing the role of a mother and an added role of a father. May God Almighty bless them. The child from that home obviously lacks the input of a real father.

A child grown from the above home obviously lacks the quality of a father to lead a nation according to God’s standard. Another child is from a home where there is a father who came from a fatherless home and therefore never knew who a father is, so could not father his children no matter how he tried.

So, you see, from God’s point of view, problem of nations is a fatherless problem. When children struggle to grow on their own, he actually lacks the mentorship to lead a nation in any way. This is the challenge of leaders in Africa. Some came from fatherless homes and therefore are disqualified by God’s standard to lead a nation.

Now, trace the lives of prisoners and armed robbers for instance to their roots and you will discover that most of them are actually from fatherless homes. Some may not end up in prison but may end up serving as officials in a nation.

Such officials become so heartless in discharging their jobs just because they don’t have in them the imprints of a real father. So for our nations to be rid of certain problems, men shouldn’t only enjoy having women to their names, but also brace up as fathers and play their roles as real fathers who have the fear of God in their lives.

What I discovered is many of the souls that attend our churches need fatherly mentoring. The earlier we know the fatherly void of these souls and picked them for fathering, the better for the kingdom.

LET’S PRAY
Heavenly Father, give me grace enough to always remember that, just as a tree without roots is dead, a nation without real fathers is dead. Lord Jesus, make me a channel of love to mentor every male child that comes my way to the glory of Your Holy Name.

AGREE WITH ME
You are a plant and you just need water to flourish and bear fruit to fulfill your destiny. So, you need to be connected to the Source that never dry. I therefore decree and declare this morning “May your business, finances, career, academics, marriage, family, health, physical person and spiritual person be connected to the Fountain of life, by the Power of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”

The Father and I are one.” Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.” Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. John 10:30-37

Jesus suffered for us to give us life so we can also suffer for others. “For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps” – 1 Peter 2:21.

Jesus was persecuted. He said we shall also be persecuted. “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also” – John 15:20.

His suffering for us was accepted because he was just. “For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust , that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit” – 1 Peter 3:18.

We are also qualified to suffer for others because he made us also just. “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” – Romans 4:25.

Our suffering is an option. If only you want to reign with him suffering is the option. “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us” – 2 Timothy 2:12.

What is the suffering all about? It is about sharing the gospel. Just because the apostles preached the gospel and did miracles in Jesus name, they were imprisoned for the first time in their lives. “And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison” – Acts 5:18.

Paul and Silas were arrested and later beaten and imprisoned because of casting a demon out of a slave girl. “And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers” – Acts 16:19.

Suffering is not enjoyable for any reason. But Jesus endured suffering for an ensuing reward. “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” – Hebrews 12:2. Your reward is on the way.

LET’S PRAY
Heavenly Father, give me grace enough to know that, enduring suffering for any good cause, is the key to opening the door of greatness. O Holy Spirit take more of me and give me more of You to enable me endure every form of suffering to the end in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen Amen Amen

AGREE WITH ME
You are a plant and you just need water to flourish and bear fruit to fulfill your destiny. So, you need to be connected to the Source that never dry. I therefore decree and declare this morning “May your business, finances, career, academics, marriage, family, health, physical person and spiritual person be connected to the Fountain of life, by the Power of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”