The King who Brings Peace

Intentionality begins with God's Word

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

Parenting with Intentionality

Daily DEVOTIONAL: PARENTING WITH INTENTIONALITY Monday 20th April 2026 “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” `Proverbs 22:6 NIV` Many employers will demand experience before considering any new recruit. A minimum of 3 years is often required. But how about parenting? Where do we go to gain experience? During weddings, people receive a `permit to practice` marriage and all its components — with the assumption that they are ready and good to go. No internship. No probation. Yet overnight, two people become husband and wife, and soon after, mother and father. What about the young mothers — and fathers? Though not many fathers seem to know their role! Society trains us for careers but assumes we will figure out parenting. We prepare for exams, not for the exam of raising souls. Yet God never sends us without equipping us. Parenting is not about perfection or prior experience. It is about intentionality under the guidance of the Promise Keeper. This week we shall look at five aspects of parenting that we can employ, have some action points, and also we can share with others in our reach. PRAYER Dear Lord, You trusted us with children before we felt ready. Forgive us for parenting by accident instead of by intention. Please teach us to hide Your Word in our hearts so we can impress it on theirs. Make our homes altars where Your name is honored. In Jesus’ name, Amen. ACTION STEP This week, choose one verse to memorize as a family. By Rev Joshua Ssali

Bwogoberera Omubiri Ojja Kufa

Deuteronomy 28:14-35, Romans 8:12-17

New Life in Christ

Daily Devotion Theme: New Life in Christ Read: Ezekiel 37:6-14; Romans 6:4-11 “…We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life…” (Romans 6:4) One sponsorship organization was registering children for sponsorship, and the selection criteria required that the child be a total orphan. A woman registered her child, claiming that the father had passed away. Years later, the woman showed up at the organization’s secretariat asking for permission for the child to go and bury the father. “We thought the child was an orphan!” said the officer. “No,” responded the woman, “kuluno yafiridde Ddala!”—literally meaning, “This time he actually categorically died!” Someone once said, too many Christians are 'betweeners:’ they live between deception and truth, Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. When Christ died, we died with Him; when He was raised, we were raised to newness of life with Him. This reflects our new position in Christ. Christ not only died for sin, but He also died unto sin (6:10). That is, He broke the power of sin. A true Christian is dead to sin, while the unsaved person remains a slave of sin (Eph 2:1-3). God promises to breathe (Holy Spirit) into us the breath of a new life that gives us the power to die to sin and live a transformed life (New life). In Christ, we don’t partially die to sin; we completely die to sin because sin has no power over us. It's no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20). As you pray, ask God to breathe on you a new life in Christ Jesus, the power to overcome sin, in Jesus’ name. Amen. By Rev. Godfrey Kyome

Resurrection Hope

Daily Devotion Theme: Resurrection Hope Read: Psalm 16:5-11; Acts 2:22-36 _“...God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him… Therefore, let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit...”_ *(Acts 2:32,36-38)* A story is told of a stranger and a caterpillar on a rose bush. “How ugly you are and how gross, doing nothing but eat, eat, eat, all day long," said the stranger. "True," replied the caterpillar, "but I won't always be like this. Someday I'll have beautiful wings, and fly from flower to flower." "A likely story," said the stranger with a laugh. A few days later, this stranger found a hard brown pupa on the rosebush and was surprised to hear the caterpillar's voice saying, "Now I'm worse off than before. You think I'm dead because I can neither move nor eat, but soon I shall have a resurrection and fly in the sun." "Poor deluded worm," said the stranger, "you'd better accept the fact that your life is over." But about three weeks later, the stranger, walking in the rose garden, is surprised to hear the caterpillar's voice again. Looking for the pupa, he sees one beautiful wing and then another unfolding from its cracked shell. "You see," says the voice, "my resurrection has come," and spreading its wings, the butterfly moves lightly and swiftly away to enjoy its wonderful new existence. There is life after death. “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies…” (Romans 8:11) ESV. As you pray, Sing 🎶 On Christ the Solid rock I stand… my hope is built on nothing else but on Jesus Christ. By Rev. Godfrey Kyome