Pastor Faith Oyedepo: Sunday June 28, 2015 Daily Devotional – Values that Last

Topic: Values that Last [Sunday June 28, 2015]

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”-Proverbs 22:6

The values that last longest are thosetaught to children from their young ages. You learn how to talk, relate, ask reasonable questions and even how to respect othersfrom infancy.It all begins with what you see.

However, despite the fact that parents train their children in and on several aspects of life, most fail to train them on how to spend and save money.

“How do I train my children on that?” You might ask. I remember when I was much younger; most children then had a little box popularly known as “kolo”. They would save almost all of the money they received as gifts; and some would go as far as saving part of their lunch money. During specific seasons such as festive seasons, each child would bring out these savings and decide to buy themselves and/or others, gifts for the celebration.

As children, we did that then, not knowing we were learning how to save and make investments for the future. However, these days, you don’t see much of that. What children do today is spend whatever money that comes to them: on things that add no value, today or tomorrow. As a parent, it is your duty to teach your children the preliminaries of savings, investments and how to spend money.

Let them know that in as much as you have the responsibility, for now, to provide for their needs, people work to earn a living. They should also know how to prioritise their spending and teach them to save so they also can have that sense of responsibility when they are able to get little things for themselves. There is no age limit on starting such trainings, as not doing this can make him or her a liability to you in the future.

So, while you give yourself a pass mark in other areas of child training, you must also ascertain that you can give yourself a pass mark in this too. Ensure that they consciously learn how to spend wisely, invest in valuables and/or assets and save for “rainy days”. When this is done, it means you are on your way to producing a highly responsible adult.

Remain Blessed!

Pastor Faith Abiola Oyedepo is the wife of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria.

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