Genesis 49: 1-28
Our text passage shows us Israel praying over his twelve sons and telling them what was to befall them in the years ahead of them.
It's a very insightful passage we can draw many life lessons and spiritual lessons from.
The power of a fathers prayer over his children, especially a godly father is very powerful.
Jacob who became Israel is one of the father's of faith.
He is the grandson of Abraham and the son of Isaac.
Jacob was a man of great destiny.
He was a man of God, he was prophetic and he had encounters with God., great encounters of God.
One of the places where we see the prophetic dimension at work the most in Jacob/Israel's life is in his fatherly/patriarchal blessing to each of his twelve sons.
Through Jacob/Israel's prayer for his sons we see the power of a father's prayer for his children.
The words of Jacob/Israel during his prophetic prayers for his twelve sons show us not only what had happened in the lives of his sons up till the point of that prayer but what was to happen in their lives and what the consequences of their actions would be too, for some of the things they had done.
We see that there is power in a father's prayers for his children.
The things Jacob/Israel spoke over his children played out.
Good fathers correct their children, warn their children, protect their children, pray for their children and fight for their children.
Fatherhood is not an opportunity to curse, mislead, or sacrifice our children.
There are fathers who have pushed their children under the bus for their own benefit.
There are evil fathers who have sacrificed their generations, tampered with their linage for their own personal benefit.
Generational issues and deception is usually the handiwork of bad fathers.
Fathers are stewards and will give an account to God for how they have led their children and families.
A father is a steward for God.
God has given a father children through his wife or wives as the case may be that he may raise godly seed for God.
Malachi 2:15
Fatherhood is a great privilege.
Fatherhood is a great honor.
Fatherhood grants a certain grace to men.
It gives them a grace to lead, guide, counsel, parent and decree.
Especially when a father is connected to God.
Fatherhood is one of the attributes of God, God is the Father.
He is the Father of all spirits.
Hebrews 12:9
Fathers are meant to bless.
That's what good fathers do.
You should bless your family.
You should bless your children.
God blesses us. He blesses us as Father.
Matthew 5:45
The first words the first human beings heard when they were created and made alive were words of blessing.
Genesis 1:26-28
What are the first word your children hear from you when they wake up in the morning?
Olutosin Ogunkolade a Christian writer and Teacher-Pastor shares this teaching.
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