TUE, 9TH DEC, 2025 - 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐒 (𝐈)

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
TUE, 9TH DEC, 2025

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐒 (𝐈)

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Joel 1:1-3:21; Revelation 1:1-20; Psalm 128:1-6; Proverbs 29:18.

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:
2 Peter 1:5-10
[5] And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 
[6] and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 
[7] and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 
[8] For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
[9] But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 
[10] Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Godly and responsible parents guard their children and wards with all they have from wicked predators!

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Tuesday, 9th December, 2025.

Parents are expected to live and act as good shepherds to their children. They are to be committed to the physical and spiritual well-being of their children. It is their responsibility to raise them in line with God's standards, spend quality time with them, find those who stray and bring them back to the flock as well as guide and protect them. Dear parent, are you fulfilling your responsibility to raise your children in discipline and admonition of God as enshrined in Ephesians 6:4?

Nowadays, children are faced with an onslaught of satanic agenda and propaganda as well as with their own imperfect inclinations (2 Timothy 2:22; 1 John 2:16). Five things are vital for you to shepherd your children - know them, feed them, guide them, protect them, and defend them. Let us look at each of these one after the other.

As a parent, being a good shepherd to your children requires that you make yourself available and approachable to them. You should spend quality time with them and patiently listen to them (James 1:19). Good shepherds who desire to please God in parenting will create time for this, no matter how busy they may be. By so doing, you will fulfil the Bible's demand in Proverbs 27: 23, "Know well the appearance of your flock." Also, by so doing, you will ascertain who is healthy (physically and spiritually) and who is not and give the appropriate help.

Also, as a parent, you shepherd your children by feeding them physically and spiritually. Sometimes, a sheep strays from the flock when it is attracted by green grass. In a similar way, a child could drift away on a spiritually dangerous path, being tempted by harmful association or degrading entertainment (Proverbs 13:20). It is your responsibility, as a parent, to prevent such a situation from developing. You must identify your children's weak spots and correct them. Also, identify and help them to strengthen their Christian qualities or values (2 Peter 1:5-8). The regular period for family worship is an excellent time to do that. Ensure that all your children participate in and contribute to the family worship. Feeding your children spiritual, particularly by means of family worship, is a primary way that you can be a good shepherd.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 9th December 2025
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Father, make me a good shepherd to my children, in the name of Jesus.
2. Father, make me an exemplary parent, in the name of Jesus.
3. O God, help me to see anything lacking in my parenting and to correct it, in the name of Jesus.
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. Satanic wolves will not devour my children, in the name of Jesus.
5. Father, help me to raise spiritually healthy children, in the name of Jesus.
6. Father, make me a shepherd who is always spiritually awake, in the name of Jesus.
7. My Father, watch over my entire family, in the name of Jesus.

©2025 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋.𝘒 𝘖𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘺𝘢 (𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦)