The King who Brings Peace

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

Christ our Ultimate Hope

Daily Devotion Theme: Christ our Ultimate Hope Read: Job 19:23-27; 1 Peter 1:3-9; “…Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…” (1 Peter 1:3) The Easter story ends not with a funeral but with a celebration. A Danish Lutheran theologian, philosopher, and poet, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, once said, "The best news the world has ever heard came from a graveyard – Christ is risen!” “He is not here,” said the angel, “he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told…” (Matthew 28:6-7) Christianity is fundamentally a religion of resurrection, says James Stewart. It is a faith rooted in hope, love, and belief. Most people who attend our vigil come specifically to verify if we are truly dead. When they first hear about your death, they will say NO! Their next step is to travel, ask how it happened, check your casket, then join the chorus of lamentation. Our friends bring us to the grave and leave us there, but God will not. This is our ultimate hope. Job said, “I know that my redeemer lives, And after my skin has been destroyed…yet in my flesh I will see God” (Job 19:25-27). Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even though they die;” (John 11:25). Because of Jesus’ resurrection, let people doubt your death but not your resurrection. We believers should be more confident of rising out of our graves than getting out of our beds. May this hope, in the hope of glory, never leave your heart. Christ is risen, He is risen indeed. As you pray, may you encounter the power of the resurrected Christ this Easter of 2026, in Jesus' name. Amen. By Rev Godfrey Kyome