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Monday 29 February 2016

PLAN YOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION

"Children are a heritage from the Lord..." Psalms 127 1(a)

I suspect that I have harped upon this topic in the past but I believe reiterating it will underscore its importance.

Planning for your kid's education is something that no serious parent should leave to chance because your future is in your children. What you invest in your children is an investment that may last for posterity.

There are some question that you need to answer to help you tackle this assignment.

1. What kind of education do I require for my children?  This is pertinent because it is possible to allow your children go to either a public or private school. In the case of private schools, which kind of private school will become important to answer.

2. What amount am I willing to invest on a monthly basis on my children's education? You need to look at your income to determine what is sustainable or else you find that children are made to lose valuable time when kept at home because of the inability of the parent to afford their school fees. This after a while may begin to affect the child psychologically.

3. Where do I want my children to go to school? The environment and society plays a key role in shaping the mentality and behavior of our children. Having attended a Catholic School myself where discipline was the watch word, there are just somethings I cannot bring myself to do no matter the allurement. If I may throw some advise to parents who intend to send their children abroad, please take cognizance of the risk of societal influence on your kids when taking such a decision.

4.  Will I be able to effectively monitor and supervise my child's education if he or she attends a particular school? The child's education cannot be left completely in the hands of third parties. After all it is your investment that is at stake.

Now these questions might seem immaterial on the face of it but when you take a critical look at it, you will agree with me that planning for your child's education should be strategic and deliberate. In as much as you do not want to impose your will on the type of career your child will pursue, I strongly believe it is the responsibility of the parent to give the child the ability to compete favorably with his peers.

It take careful and deliberate planning to do this!

More next time.

God bless you.

Special Invite:
Do you live in Nigeria and Lagos in particular, then this is to specially invite you to our
Annual Easter Leadership Conference holding from the 24th to 27th March, 2016.
Venue is Elshsddai Covenant Church, & Social Club Road, Abule-Egba.
Guest Speaker: Pastor Randy DeMain; Host: Dr James & Temitayo James

Registration: Adult (N500.00) ; Teens: N200.00. Pastors/Ministers: N1,500.00

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Monday 15 February 2016

PLAN FOR A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE

Hi Friends! I want to start this by apologizing for going on another hiatus so soon. I must confess that 2016 is starting for me as a challenging year and right now there are so many issues on my mind that make creative thinking a burden.

The good news is that we begun a series on planning for the year and we have dealt with the issues of  planning for your spiritual life and your finances. Next I will like to share some thoughts on planning for your health.

The Bible says in 3 John 2, "I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health, as your soul prospers". Without any controversy, God expect us to be healthy. Notice that the scripture places the responsibility of staying healthy on our shoulders not God's. It is our responsibility to do all that is within our means to live healthy lives. I find a parallel to this principle in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and repeatedly implied in 2 Corinthians 5:10 that we will be liable for what happens to our body. I do not know if this makes a profound effect on you as it did me to know that God will judge me amongst other things by what I did with my body.

I many of the letters of Paul to the existing churches in his days, he wrote profusely on the body. In fact he outlined one cardinal difference between Christianity and other religions and that is the fact that in Christianity we will inherit resurrected bodies. Other religions talk about the soul and give no prominence whatsoever to the body but in Christianity Paul seemed to emphasize the place of our body in our eternal destiny.

Sorry for the theological digression and back to what is on our plate just now - Living a healthy life. May I state once again that this is a non negotiable requirement for proper Christian living. Where do we begin from? Let talk about what we eat.

You will agree with me that you are a product of what you have been eating over the years. In fact the doctors will tell you that certain diseases are associated with our diet. Obesity that is being over weight is a function of how much calories you ingest per day.

Have you ever wondered why God in the laws of Moses was so concerned about what his people ingested that he prohibited many things from being eaten. Let us take Pork for example, I am told that it takes approximately 4 hours before a meal of Pork digests. Imagine. So apart from any religious considerations is it not clear from this scientific fact that pork is not desirable if you want to stay healthy?

More on this next time!

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