Keeping the Pace with Rev. Joshua Ssali
Intentionality begins with God's Word
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Daily Devotional INTENTIONALITY BEGINS WITH GOD’S WORD You can’t Impress What Hasn’t First Impressed You Read: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Yesterday, we began with a question about experience! Parenting, in particular, is a special case. As soon as a child is placed in your arms, you are automatically on duty. The first thought that comes to mind is the nurturing we received. Experience is important; companies won’t hire you without it. However, God calls us to parent without a trial period. “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NIV So, where do we draw our experience from? Today’s text draws our attention to a unique approach! “Impress them on the children…” Before you can impress it on them, it has to be part of you! So the question is, what is it in you that you want your children to pick up? Do not rush to teach your children first. It has to start with you, and then you transfer it to them. To impress is not to direct or force (enforce); rather, someone should admire or be drawn to what they see! When our children take it to the street in protest, it is that spirit impressed on them that rises up within them! Be intentional in every move you make because someone is observing. You cannot give what you don’t possess, and you cannot impress what has not impressed you! Please note: a father who does not sit with the Word cannot effectively shape a son with the Word. Similarly, a mother who avoids Scripture cannot cultivate children who revere it. Intentional parenting involves heart saturation rather than mere behavior modification. Many individuals tend to parent reactively rather than from revelation, influenced by culture instead of Christ, and guided by their upbringing instead of the transformative power of the Word. Dear parent, let this serve as your guide: I am not parenting out of panic but from the Word. What I hold in my heart will influence my home. My children will come to know God because I know Him. Prayer; Father, forgive me for trying to teach what I haven’t first treasured. I confess I’ve parented from emptiness. Today, write Your commands on my heart before I speak them aloud. Let Your Word dwell in me richly so it flows from me naturally. I don’t need experience — I need You. Impress me so I may impress them. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Action Point: Read: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 aloud and slowly absorb everything in it. By Rev Joshua Ssali Ssalongo
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