(Nuggets from Proverbs 19:18)
The place of DISCIPLINE in raising children cannot be overemphasized.
Any parent or guardian who fails to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord will end up regretting it for the rest of their lives.
A CHILD RAISED WITHOUT DISCIPLINE WILL END UP AS A NUISANCE TO THE SOCIETY.
The WORLD may call it HARSH;
CULTURE may call it OUTDATED;
But God still calls it THE ANCIENT LAND MARK.
Discipline is not about control, It's about correction; it's about training your child in RIGHTEOUSNESS when the world is unapologetically indoctrinating them into REBELLION.
Discipline is not punishment fueled by frustration. It is protection fueled by love.
When you discipline, you are not just managing behavior, you are shaping destiny, you are teaching your child that there are boundaries, that there is order, and that there is a God who requires obedience. Without DISCIPLINE, children grow wild and become a threat to the society.
Hebrews 12:11 tells us, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Discipline is not always immediate in its results, but it is powerful in its impact. As a parent or guardian, for instance, If your home feels out of order, if rebellion feels like it’s rising, it may be time to stop parenting by emotion and start parenting with SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY.
As an older sibling, discipline from your end should be in form of RESPONSIBLE AND EXEMPLARY LIFESTYLE that your younger ones should emulate, and correcting every error you observe them exhibit. Don't overlook it and say "oh, he's a child or she's a child", scold them as they manifest those vices.
You don’t need to YELL LOUDER; You need to LEAD CLEARER, SHOW THEM THE WAY!
Listen to what God said concerning Abraham,
"For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." - Gen.18:19
There was a special way Abraham brought up his children that God was so sure that even after Abraham might have long left the scene, his children, and I add, children's children... will still continue in it. Prov. 22:6 becomes clearer in this light.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it - Prov. 22:6
IT IS YOUR DUTY AS A PARENT/GUARDIAN, OLDER SIBLING, UNCLE OR AUNT TO ENGRAVE GOODLY AND GODLY VALUES IN YOUR CHILDREN, NEPHEWS AND NIECES THAT WILL BE INDELIBLE IN THEM.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 65 OF 365 (2026)
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