One of the greatest miracles Jesus performed in the bible was when he fed more than five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes.
I am sure you have read this story in your bible storybook. How awesome do you think that must have been for Jesus disciples and the people that ate the bread and fish?
Let me show you what I learned from this story of five loaves and two fishes.
“…We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children. –Matthew 14:17-21 (NIV)
1. Jesus directed the people to sit down. As children of God, God wants you to be orderly, even Jesus needed people to be orderly before he performed the miracle.
2. Jesus gave thanks to God. Thanksgiving is very important for us as God’s children, learn to give thanks at all times. That’s how to multiply your sweet and biscuit, thank God for providing for your parents, and then thank your parents for buying you things you like. Always be grateful.
3. The disciples obeyed Jesus. Obedience is very important; God wants you to obey your parents and those older than you. In fact, there is a blessing attached to obeying your parents, the bible says if you do, your days will be long.
After over five thousand people ate from five loaves and two fishes, there were leftover of twelve baskets full, don’t you want that kind of blessing for you and your parents? Be orderly, give thanks and stay obedient and God will keep blessing your parents because of you.
Prayer:
Father in the name of Jesus, help me to be orderly, obedient and always thankful in Jesus name. Amen.
Action Plan:
Take time to thank God for your parents.
Declaration:
My children are full of gratitude and obedient at all times.
Growing up as a child, I had big dreams of being great and having victory in all I did. I would see myself doing great and mighty things; I know you have these kinds of wishes and dreams too.
My challenge then was, I had absolutely no clue how it was going to happen, some of the things I dreamt of doing were very spectacular and sincere, it would have taken someone greater than I was to make them my reality.
Look at what the bible says in Psalms 18; 35
You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. -Psalms 18:35 (NIV)
God our father is interested in our victory and us being great, and it doesn’t matter how young or old you are, God wants each and every one of this children to be great and victorious.
Guess what, he doesn’t leave us all by ourselves to figure it out, God is always at the background working everything out for us.
See what that scripture says;
You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. -Psalms 18:35 (NIV)
God first of all gives you his shield of victory, this is an assurance that you will always be victorious because God never fails and he is giving you and I the shield he uses to be victorious.
He also sustains you with his right hand. That assures you of his guidance and protection.
Lastly he stoops down to make you great, wow! God gets to work to make sure you are great; he gets busy on your behalf.
You see there is no need to feel too small for your dreams?
Prayer: Lord, I declare that I am great and victorious and I will grow up to be who you created me to be. Amen.
Action point: stop thinking small of yourself.
Declaration: I am great and victorious at all times
Hello dear one, how are you today? I want to talk to you about pride as a character and what God thinks about it. You will learn how to detect pride.
What is Pride? Pride is a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, of possessions that do one credit, being consciousness of one’s own dignity; it’s the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself. It simply is feeling like you are better than everyone else and treating them less.
Now let’s look at what God’s word says.
In a few places in the bible, God expresses his displeasure in prideful people; it is not one of the attributes of God’s children.
Take a look at what the bible says about Pride and why we as God’s children should not get involved in it.
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” – James 4:6 (NKJV)
God resists prideful people; he doesn’t want them around him. He isn’t pleased with people who exhibit this character. But everyone who is humble, God gives grace.
Don’t you want the grace of God? If you do, then being proud isn’t an option for you.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. – Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
Being prideful is regarded as an evil thing. It’s an attribute of someone who doesn’t fear God. As a child of God you ought to fear God and so you can’t afford to have pride.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. – Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)
Disgrace comes with having pride; it’s not God’s desire for his children to be disgraced. Pride is never the will of God for us as his children.
Hello dear one, guess what? Today we will be considering a very important topic. I will be teaching you about prayer today. You will be learning how to pray, and I am very excited about it; I hope you are too?
Have you ever heard the song “Prayer is the Key, prayer is the master key”?
Prayer is the key that we as children of God use to unlock the treasures we want from our Father.
Jesus himself taught about prayer. In the New Testament, he showed us how important it is to pray.
First off, what is prayer? Prayer is simply communicating with God. That simply means you talking to God, and he replying you in the same vein. How awesome is that?
Prayer isn’t only for grown up people; it’s for every child of God.
Why is it so? That’s because weather old or young, we all need to talk to God and hear him talk back to us.
As God’s child, you need to learn to always talk to him, just like you talk to your Mum and Dad, and even your friends.
How often should we pray as children of God?
Let me show you a bible verse that answers this question, in fact, these are Jesus exact words.
And he spake a parable unto them to this end that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; – Luke 18:1 (KJV)
Wow, Jesus is saying here that we ought to pray always. That means all the time. The concluding part says and not faint. It means we shouldn’t get tired of always praying.
How do you get to pray always? This is by the help of the Holy Spirit. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you how to pray, that’s very simple to do.
Just say this; “Precious Holy Spirit, please teach me how to pray, help me to pray always and help me to be able to hear from God when I pray.”
That’s it! When next you pray, start by saying “Dear Heavenly Father…” and let every other word flow from your heart. Talk to God the way you talk to your friend, and be patient to hear him speak back to you.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, please help me to stay in prayer always; Amen.
Hello, dear one let me tell you about a certain girl. In this story about Mirable, you should learn the value of doing the right things.
Mirabel, a six-year-old girl in primary four is a very intelligent child. She always comes out as the best student after every session. Her position as the best student has remained unchallenged since she was in nursery school. Mirabel isn’t only intelligent but she is also loved by everyone. Everyone wants to be her friend. At lunch, in school, everyone wanted to be at her table because she is so adorable and pleasant.
I am sure you also want to be like Mirabel, don’t you?
I didn’t also mention that she is a Christian, who acted accordingly, doesn’t tell lies or take what doesn’t belong to her. You will never hear her insult anyone or be rude to anyone. She is such a good girl.
That’s the secret of her excellent performance.
See what the bible says in Psalms 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. – Psalms 45:7(KJV)
Let’s see a much simpler version
You love the right and hate the wrong. And that is why God, your very own God, poured fragrant oil on your head, marking you out as king from among your dear companions. – Psalms 45:7(MSG)
What this simply means is if you want to stand out amongst your peers as a child of God, you have to love doing the right things.
What are the right things?
Honouring your parents and everyone around you
Don’t be a liar
Don’t take what doesn’t belong to you
Read God’s word
Pray all the time
These are very simple things that if you can be diligent with, God will anoint you with the oil of gladness and he will place you above your peers.
Prayer: Lord, help me to do the right things; Amen.
