Preparing Our Children for Their Destiny

DISCIPLE

Preparing Our Children For Their Destiny

Greg Howse, May 8, 2016

THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPHETIC INTENTION . . . Deliver the nation!

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

ENMITY:Hatred; intense, active, growing hostility.

The godly seed is intended to crush the serpent’s head.

The effect this Word from God had on Eve is the same effect the Word had on Mary (Luke 1:38); and it has the same effect on parents today.

Be secure and confident in your identity

Refuse to be moved from your values, your convictions, and your faith

Use the Word of God as a weapon against the enemy . . . always hearing the Voice within the Word

Isaiah 49:1-3

1 Listen, O coastlands, to Me, and take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; from the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me. 3 And He said to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Judges 13:2-5

2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4 Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

5 For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

ACCURATELY PERCEIVE THE MIND OF GOD . . . This may not be the “last generation”

1.Discover the original intent of God concerning the nations

Matthew 25:34-36

34 Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

Matthew 28:19

Make disciples of all nations.

2.Discover the covenant and promise of God concerning life on the earth

God does not have a doomsday report

Daniel 7:27

Then the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.

Revelation 11:15

Thekingdoms of this world have become thekingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

3.Discover the strategy of God . . . He invests in multiple generations

Abraham – Isaac – Jacob

Discover the power of collaboration with God for influence and impacting the world, extending the kingdom of God

The ministry of reconciliation

Discover God’s wisdom and accuracy in evaluating world problems with an optimistic view based in hope and faith

Be a “solutionist”

Are you helpless? Or, are you in the script?

DELIVERANCE BEGINS WITH THE BIRTH OF A CHILD (prophetic intention)

Moses / Gideon / Samson / Samuel / David / Jesus / Your child

Exodus 2:1,2

1 And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.

The parents of Moses were two people from the priestly tribe of Levi

Serving in the house of the Lord / Worship / Intercession / Sacrifice

Moses was conceived and born to be a deliverer

Isaiah 58:12

Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

Your children . . .

Rebuilding what has gone to waste

Raising-up what has cracked and fallen over the generations, for future generations to enjoy

Repairing what is broken down

Restoring what has been lost

UTILIZE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WORD OF GOD

The PRINCIPLE is a law; the way a thing is ….. a fundamental truth that establishes a belief system

A PERSONALITY is the individual’s way of doing things ….. “there is a way”

Do we live by personality or by principle?

Lucifer was a great personality in heaven; but he refused to receive the principle, and he violated the principle

A PRINCIPLE (the Word of God) is a SEED that is planted internally, putting down ROOTS (righteous character) into the soul

From the principle (the Word of God) grows the PLANT (moral wisdom) that produces the FRUIT(pure behavior) seen externally

Proverbs 6:20-22

20 My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. 21 Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

22 When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you.

A compass:Direction and navigation (the Word and Spirit of God) for uncharted

terrain

A map is a record of where others have been (personal experience)

A guard:Covering the mind and emotions

A voice:This is the way, walk in it