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AVOID CREATING OFFENCES IN YOUR FAMILY AND MINISTRY

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AVOID CREATING OFFENCES IN YOUR FAMILY AND MINISTRY 

TEXT- MATTHEW 18: 1-10 

TUESDAY APRIL 11TH 

Key Verse: “But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck, and that he was drowned in the depth of the sea.”
You may say that stepping on your brother’s toes creates an opportunity for him to forgive you. Do not create offences, or else you could be jeopardising your salvation. You are putting their salvation under threat, endangering the eternal life of your brother or sister.  It is not your job to try the faith of your brother or your sister. Do you consider that you do not have the power to make your brother or your sister forgive you? Once the offence has been created in the heart, you no longer have the power to get rid of it.  Let it not be said that you did evil so that good can come or that because of you, a brother or sister could not forgive and ended up in hell. 
Will Jesus congratulate you for contributing to your brother or sister going to hell? Never! The key to life in your hands is to help ensure that you open the door to peace and love and render help to your brother. All you have the power to say are prayers to uphold your brother and not to set traps for him to fall, through your words and actions. By the same token, you may be careless when it comes to your dealings with your children. It may be in your custom to disregard children by saying that foolishness is in them. This may be true.
Inadequate experience hinders them in many areas.  However, have you inquired carefully? Remember that in the Book of 1 Samuel that Eli was careful. Eli was careful to listen attentively to the voice of Samuel, a young child of about eleven years old. If Eli was not attentive and perceptive enough to learn God’s call on the young man, how would the Word of God have had its proper effect? It may be true that you do not trust your children but can you specifically say why you do not trust them? What are the issues facing your children? Does child A have the same issues as child B? Do you attend to issues with carefulness or reliance on God to do what God has told you to do?  

Thought for the day: Offences put your salvation in jeopardy on judgement day

Song of the day: Trust and Obey, for there is no other way.

Bible reading for the day: 1 Samuel 7-9; Luke 13:1-21
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