Part 7: Impartation And Identity

Part 7: Impartation And Identity

This post may step on the toes of some people, but I genuinely desire that we walk in our true identity. I am not against impartation. I am FOR identity. I am big on identity. Because I believe that identity is everything in life.

Believers are running from one conference to another chasing after speakers to lay hand on them for impartation. It is a holy, religious thing to say that we are only seeking Jesus, yet we run after men of God for impartation. Some will say, "Oh, we are honouring the anointing that God has put on that man of God." As far as I know from the Bible, there is only one anointing - the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27). The anointing is in every believer.

Others may say, "Oh, I'm honouring the gift that God has given to that man." As far as I know from the Bible, the gift of the Holy Spirit gives us access to all the manifestations (1 Cor 12:4). The reason why some believers are not walking in all the manifestations is because they either don't believe or they have not learnt how to step into it.

I have heard speakers say, "When I lay hand on you for impartation, all of you will receive the same impartation, whether you feel it or not, whether you fall under power or not." But the very same speaker also says, "Before I lay hand on you, how many of you are already shaking, feeling the heat, etc... I want these people to come to the front for me to lay hand on you because God is imparting gifts to you..." This kind of teaching teaches people to walk by manifestation and sight, instead of by truth. For those who feel nothing at all will naturally think that they receive nothing, or they don't have something special from the Lord. 

Impartation, really, destroys identity.

The only impartation that is biblical is the impartation of the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:17; 19:6). You can call it the baptism of the Holy Spirit. When someone lays hand on you for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the gift of the Holy Spirit comes upon you together with all other manifestations and spiritual gifts. Some people manifest tangibly. Some don't. Manifestation has nothing to do with receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is always by grace through faith. Yet God, in His grace, releases certain gifts to certain people through this laying on of hands. It, however, doesn't mean that an individual, who didn't seem to receive these certain gifts through the laying on of hands, cannot operate in them. He has the Holy Spirit, WHO has all the gifts. Thus, he can still operate in them by grace through faith. This has to do with identity.

Jesus didn't have any impartation. He only had the Holy Spirit. Apostle Paul did not have any impartation except the laying on of hands by Ananias to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Paul spent time in personal communion with God before he began his Gentile ministry and walked in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. It reveals the importance of identity - if you have the Holy Spirit, you can operate in the gifts.

In the last group outreach, a friend who never saw any healing before witnessed three cases of instant healing through his own hand. There was no impartation involved. We have seen this happened over and over and over again. I have made it a point never to pray for anyone to walk in healing. They don't need my prayer or my hand. They just need to know their identity as a child of God.

The reason why an individual can suddenly operate in healing is because of the activation of faith. Faith always opens the door to the supernatural. When someone joins us for a healing outreach, he sees what is possible with his own eyes. Faith is "borrowed" and activated. His mind is renewed to the present truth. And he starts walking in healing. It has nothing to do with impartation. It has everything to do with walking in his identity because he has the same anointing ---- the same Holy Spirit.

If we can stop going after impartation, we will start going after incarnation - being the very manifested sons and daughters of God. Christ IN us is the Hope of glory. #identity

Part 6: Generational Curses And Identity

Part 6: Generational Curses And Identity

Those who believe in generational curses can only quote the Old Testament Scriptures, especially Exo 20:5; Num 14:18; Jer 14:10, etc. But they forget to read Jeremiah 31. The whole game changes in Jer 31:31-34. It prophesied of the NEW COVENANT. v34: "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

The curse of the law fell on Jesus on the Cross. He broke every curse in that place so that we can be free from every curse. (Gal 3:13). But if we think that we are still under a curse, we will suffer for the lack of understanding.

I have worked with people who sincerely believe in generational curses because of the wrong teachings they were taught by the church. Some of them have even, one way or another, gone through personal experiences. But we can choose to live by experiences or live by the truth in His Word. Every experience should line up with the truth. Just because a New Age person chanted on me and set me free from a certain bondage doesn't mean that it is the truth. Similarly, just because someone is taken through a session of renouncing the past sins of their ancestors and breaking the curses doesn't mean it is the truth. It may set you free, but it builds another lie/bondage in your life.

The truth of Christ makes you free and if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed (John 8:36). There is nothing that the finished work of Christ cannot do. The Gospel itself is powerful enough for all circumstances. The need for other "methods" simply undermine the work of Christ and our true identity.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. - 2 Cor 5:17

"All things" means all things. Everything of the past has passed away. Nothing of the past can hold on to your new life in Christ, unless you hold on to that past. If you want to renounce the sins of the past generations, you may as well renounce all the way back to Abraham, Noah and finally Adam.

Your previous generation is Christ. Your only ancestor is Christ. Christ did a perfect work of redemption. He did not just remove your sins. He removed the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Since God lives outside of time, all the past sins (including all generations) were dealt with on the Cross once and for all. The only issue now is unbelief. This is why Christ said that the work of God is to BELIEVE in Him whom God sent (John 6:29). The moment you believe in Christ, your past is completely wiped away. Your old life is completely dead. 

We died with Christ and were baptised into His death (Rom 6:4, 8). We were never meant to resurrect the old experiences/traumas of life. They were buried completely. We begin our new life afresh in Christ and we keep heading towards the fullness of who we were created to be. That's keeping the faith (2 Tim 4:7). That's fighting the good fight of faith.

Therefore, what makes us free is not a session of breaking/renouncing curses. Jesus never ever taught that. Neither did He ever do that. He only said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32) 

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Col 1:17

We are not trying to be delivered. We are already delivered from the power of darkness by Christ.

What makes us free is simply knowing our true identity as sons and daughters of God. We have been freed from every curse. We are under the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. Identity is everything in life. #identity

P.S: In Christ, I only have generational blessings.

Part 5: Relationship and Identity

Part 5: Relationship and Identity

"Oh I think it's love at first sight..."

"My heart is racing..."

"I love the way he makes me feel..."

These are actually love out of sensuality - lust of the eyes and lust of the flesh. It boils down to self-centeredness. It's worldly love that does not represent heaven.

We don't enter a relationship to be loved. Neither do we enter one to feel complete. If we do so, we will end up in disappointment and heartache. Because love is never meant to be demanded from anyone. The definition of love is to give. John 3:16

The wedding vow has nothing in the list that talks about being loved. On the contrary, it says, "to love..."

You enter into a relationship TO love. Because you are not supposed to draw love from your partner. You are to draw from the perfect Love (Jesus). 1 John 4:19.

You enter into a relationship not to become or feel complete. No one can make you more complete than you already are in Christ. Col 2:10. 

To find someone else in a relationship so that you can be complete is to deny your true identity and walk contrary to it. Many women misplace their identity in the men they love and end up in despair and brokenness.

If we seek a relationship to be loved, we are not walking in the fulfillment of our true identity. #identity

Part 4: Food And Identity

Part 4: Food And Identity

Food researches have shown to be contradicting one another in recent years. One research can prove that organic food is healthy. Another can prove that it is no different from non-organic. The point is, if we want to live by the researches, we may want to consider fasting from all food eventually.

Furthermore, to live in fear of how this food may impact our bodies results in an opened door for the enemy to attack. Any time we walk in fear, we give the enemy an opportunity.

Mark 7:15 - There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

The context here was talking about the traditions that the Jews were holding onto firmly. But what if we apply the principle of the text with the following verses?

Mark 16:18 - ...and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them;

Luke 10:19 - Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1 Timothy 4:4-5 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1 John 5:4 - For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Fallen food is a result of the Fall. But because of the Cross, we have been redeemed to the pre-Fall position. We are in this world but NOT of this world. Just as we need not be subjected to sicknesses and diseases as sons and daughters of God, we need not be subjected to the effects of the fallen food.

Knowing our true identity protects us from the food that we eat. If we are always concerned with the food we eat, we have placed our identity in the wrong area. #identity

Part 3: Position Or Identity

A senior pastor (not Methodist) once told me this, "If you leave this church ministry, you will no longer have the position of a youth pastor."

I replied, "It doesn't matter." He was pretty surprised at my reply. That's because he had tied his identity to his position.

Another person told me, "If you want to influence people, you need a higher position." It's the same - identity tied to position.

Strip anyone off his job title/ministry position and you will find out where he places his identity in.

If we need a position in order to influence, lead and/or serve in ministry, we fail to recognise who we really are in Christ. Joseph & Daniel showed us it is possible in the Old Covenant. Christ showed us it is possible in the New. 

Christ IN us is the Hope of glory. Christ IN us is more than enough to influence, lead and serve anywhere.

Your job title/ministry position does not determine your identity. On the contrary, your identity is your true position. You are sons & daughters of the most high God. That is the highest and the most privileged position. "We are seated with Christ in the heavenly places..."

If we walk in that revelation of our identity, there is no one we can't influence and lead, regardless of our position/title. #identity

Part 2: Finances or Identity

One of the easiest ways to discover where our identity lies in is in finances. Strip a person from drawing a salary and you will find where his identity is placed in, especially for men.

Somehow, we tie our identity to our bank account balance. We make decisions based on that. I have seen people going back to where they were, because of the fear of lack of finances, even though God has already called them out. Some would mask insecurity behind responsibility. "We have to be responsible, you know?" "I can't just leave without making a certain plan to ensure that finances are coming in." These are usually fears masquerading as human wisdom.

What if God is waiting for us to step out before He provides? Psalm 23:6 says "Surely goodness and mercy will FOLLOW me all the days of my life..." It doesn't say, "Goodness and mercy will go ahead of you." In other words, providence (His goodness) will most likely not be ahead of you. Providence FOLLOWS you. Only when you step out, providence comes in. It's the same principle as laying hand on the sick. The sick doesn't get healed before you lay hand. They get healed after you laid hand. Signs and wonders FOLLOW you.

The fear of lack is very real. But it also reveals who we trust in. Many Christians know that God is our Provider. We know it full well in our head. We can close both eyes and say the compound name Jehovah Jireh. But you will know if you really know Him as the Provider in your heart when you don't draw a salary and your bank account is almost reaching a zero.

This is why there are many Christian property agents living without integrity. Because they have tied their identity to finances. I believe they genuinely struggled through a period before they finally compromised. When you don't experience God coming true for you for a period of time, you will want to take over His job of providence. This is why many succumbed to giving fake offers, dummy advertisements, telling white lies, undercutting, etc.

When I came out from full-time church ministry, I struggled for the first two-three months. I realised it had been pretty comfortable for me to be drawing a regular salary in church. When I struggled without any income, I realised that I only knew God as my Provider in the head all these years. I preached many times on Him as the Provider. But I wasn't living in the revelation of Him as my Provider. It was due to false identity built in me because of the family that I was raised in.

In that period of three months, God spoke to me clearly to soak in His love everyday. I simply spent time soaking in His presence and receiving His love daily. In that season, I remember attending a seminar having the speaker sharing the exact same thing I heard from God in my morning devotion. Soak and rest in His love. There would be another conference theme which said "Return to the Father's Love". Though I didn't go for it, I knew God was speaking consistently to me. He was revealing Himself as my Father who provides. He wanted me to know in my heart, not in my head.

When my identity was secure in Him, He began to provide in amazing way. You can say that finances literally dropped from heaven. Literally. 

I don't write a newsletter asking for finances like some organisations. I personally don't believe in that. I just can't ask for money and testify to others that God provides amazingly. It's like going around telling everyone that I need a house, and when someone buys it for me, I say, "Wow God provides for me!" Well, I can't get past that. Just my conviction.

Psalm 23:5 says "...You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."

In the period of soaking in His love, I meditated on this verse that I had read so many times before. I wondered how the two parts are connected. He began to speak to me, "Your cup of blessings overflows when you know My love."

God anoints us as His sons and daughters. He doesn't anoint you if you are not His son. As His sons and daughters, we are also His beloved. When we know how much He loves us, we have boldness and confidence to receive from Him. Faith always works through love. His love is the foundation where faith rests upon. So the more we know His love for us, the more we have confidence in Him as our Provider. That releases the manifestation of the blessings.

If we know that we are seated with Christ and blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, our identity will not be affected by our bank account balance. Because our identity is in Christ. As He is, so are we in this world.

Your position determines your providence. 

Knowing that we are His beloved sons and daughters in the heart (not in the head) empowers us to receive His providence.

P.S: The book of Ephesians is a powerful epistle to meditate on. #identity

Identity

My wife told me that someone took what she shared and turned it into his own sharing in front of others, so that he can receive credit from them, as though it's his own idea and wisdom. I said, "Let him be. He is insecure. You are the original. This type of people is common everywhere because of insecurity."

Insecure people always want to appear original. If only they knew how original they were created to be, they won't be insecure. Identity is probably one of the most, if not, the most neglected element in the society as well as in the churches.

Without identity, one will never understand how complete she/he already is. It is my zeal and passion to focus on identity and live in it. Jesus!

In the next few posts, we will look at how identity is everything in life. #identity

Hear Jesus' Voice

We saw bus 136 at the traffic junction. My son went, "Oh bus 136! We need to quickly run." As the traffic light was still red, I told him that we wouldn't be in time to run to the bus stop, so we would need to wait for the next bus. He said, "We need to wait very long." Usually, the intervals can be pretty long.

I responded, "You can pray and Jesus will answer you. It can be very fast." He prayed.

When we reached the bus stop (about 1 minute away), he exclaimed, "Oh 136 is so fast. It's here!" I turned around to look. It's 136. That was a pleasant surprise! We immediately thanked Jesus.

A thought then came to me on the bus. It's time for J to learn how to hear God's voice.

In the late evening, I told him, "J, it is very easy to hear Jesus' voice. He wants to speak to you. Papa will teach you."

He seemed excited.

We took a piece of paper and a colour pencil. I said, "Close your eyes. Now let's ask Jesus to speak. Ask Him about you."

He saw Thomas the engine. Now he had been talking about Tayo bus earlier, so this was spot on about who he is.

Thomas is a cheeky train. He's sociable and full of passion. As J was drawing, I told him what Jesus meant when He showed him Thomas.

We proceeded to ask Jesus about Mama. He saw Lego toy. Well, that speaks about his Mama indeed, in terms of her personality.

Then he asked Jesus about me. He saw a car. I understood the interpretation.

Last but not least, he asked Jesus about his friend, Josiah. He saw jigsaw puzzle. Not sure what it meant. Lol.

At the end of the session, I asked, "Is it easy to hear from Jesus?" He replied, "Yes!"

We can cultivate our child to commune with Him. No age is too small to hear from God. In fact, the earlier we can show him that it's easy, the more it becomes a strong foundation in his life. #nojuniorHolySpirit #fathering101

Powerful Revelation: Father & Son - Separate Beings, Own Identity

Had a powerful revelation during my 21-day fast:

Jesus surprised me in the Garden. In that place, I saw my own son. Jesus was holding J with His right hand and holding me with His left. I was pretty puzzled why I wasn't holding my own son.

This is when He spoke, "Do you not know that your son and you are separate beings? His identity is in Me and your identity is in Me. Your son is not supposed to be a reflection of you. He is meant to be a reflection of Me. You cannot father his heart. You can only provide an atmosphere for him to grow in Me and let Me father his heart."

This is so powerful to me.

We see so many parents building their identity in their child. When their child performs well, they feel proud. When the child doesn't, they get upset. They want their child either to be a reflection of them or completely different from them (if they ain't good models).

Parents who build their identity in their child often feel embarrassed if their child behaves inappropriately in the public. Ever wondered why they don't feel embarrassed if the child behaves the same way at home? Because we are afraid of how others may think about us by simply looking at the response of our child. It's self-serving, self-image and nothing to do with the good of the child. Tracing back to the root, it is all about tying our identity to our child. We think that how our child behaves points to our character as parents.

Nothing is further from the truth.

Disclaimer: I guess I need to be careful to say that as parents, if we are not parenting our child, either due to neglect or abuse, then it does have a significant impact on our child's character and behaviours.

There are some sincere parents who have tried their best to parent their child, yet the child turns out wayward. This is when the parents should not carry the weight of the child's character. Because his identity has nothing to do with your identity. Both parents and child are "separate".

My son has to build his identity in Christ. So do I as a parent. He builds his. And I build mine. Just like I can't change anyone's heart, I can't change his heart. I cannot expect his heart to conform to what I want to see.

If I think that I can father my son's heart, I become God and I have just removed Jesus from the whole parenting equation. Jesus must hold my son with His right hand and hold me with His left. We must remain separate beings. For my son's identity is in Christ and mine is in Christ.

My role, as a father/parent, is therefore, to provide an atmosphere for my son to encounter and know Jesus so that Jesus can hold his hand and father his heart. For God has no grandchildren.

This means that I must represent the Father well (as much as I can), so that my son will desire to know the perfect Father personally.

I can never be as intimate with my son as Jesus is. The perfect union with God in Spirit is the most intimate relationship my son can ever have. It's above ALL relationships. My role as an earthly father is simply to help my son cultivate the seed so that it can grow and bear fruit.

Let Jesus father our child's heart and identity. #revelation #fathering101

Dealing With Tantrums

When our child throws tantrum, it means they lost self-control.

When we resort to threatening, manipulating or even raising of our voice, it means we have lost self-control. We react to our child's out-of-control by being out-of-control, which will never control the situation.

To reason with our child when he is throwing tantrum is to reason with one who has already lost self-control. No reasoning will work.

The way to counter out-of-control is to release peace that crushes the tantrum.

Reflecting back, I realised the most effective way to crush tantrum is to hug my son right when he is crying and screaming. When he has calmed down, reasoning then works.

When truth is released with love, it is well received.

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Did God Forsake Jesus On The Cross?

My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Logically looking at Psalm 22, we will think that God did not forsake Jesus on the Cross when He cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me." How can God forsake God (Jesus)? It sounds illogical.

Besides, Psalm 22:24 says, "For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard." 

This is a prophetic writing by King David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, to point to the crucifixion of Christ. It seems apparent that when Jesus cried out to God on the Cross, God did not hide His face from Him. God heard Jesus. Based on this, it is logical to say that God could not have forsaken Jesus.

However, Old Testament is never used to unveil New Testament. The wrong sequence can result in a wrong interpretation. The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed. The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.

Jesus cried, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"

First, Jesus is God who does not lie. Second, this is the first time Jesus called His Father "God". He never ever called Him that before.

What really happened on the Cross that Jesus cried out the truth which caused many differing views?

We might need to look at how Old Testament concealed the New Testament.

John 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

Because of the sin of Israel (murmuring and complaining), God sent serpents to judge them.

Numbers 21:6 - So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

Well, there are some people who say that it wasn't God who sent, but Satan, because they deem that the writer did not have a revelation of Jesus yet. So they say that you need to interchange "the Lord" with "Satan" whenever death/judgment is involved. If we don't understand the Law and the covenant Israelites were bound to, we will logically think that it could not be God who sent the fiery serpents. We will even quote New Testament Scripture John 10:10 to justify why God couldn't be the One to send the serpents. Anyway, this takes another explanation.

God sent the fiery serpents. Period.

The Israelites repented and asked Moses to pray to God to take away the serpents (Num 21:7). And Moses did.

Num 21:8 - Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

Moses made a bronze serpent. Whoever saw the bronze serpent on the pole was set free from the deadly bite.

When the Israelites saw this bronze serpent on the pole, they understood full well, because they knew the Law.

Deut 21:23 - ...for he who is hanged is accursed of God.

Bronze speaks of judgment. The serpent was judged/cursed on the pole. When the Israelites saw the serpent on the pole, they knew that God heard Moses' prayer and He judged the very thing that killed them.

Let the New interpret the Old.

John 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

Jesus was hung on the Cross. But God did not judge/curse Jesus. Nowhere in the Bible says that. But the Bible tells us that Jesus became sin (2 Cor 5:21). He became SIN so that we might become the righteousness of God.

Galatians 3:13 tells us "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)."

Because Jesus became sin (curse), God judged sin. He had to judge sin because He is perfect love. And perfect love means absolute righteousness.

Psalm 89:14 - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face.

God did not judge Jesus. He judged sin in Jesus, because Jesus became sin.

Rom 8:3-4 - God condemned sin in the flesh (Jesus' body), that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us.

God literally judged the very thing that is killing mankind - SIN. This is why Jesus had to die on the Cross to save us. He could have died elsewhere but it wouldn't save us. Under the Law, accursed is the one who is hung on the Cross. Jesus had to be hung there, so that sin could be accursed. Because the Law was given by God Himself.

So now, when we look at the Cross, we know that we are free from sin and free from judgment. Therefore, we cannot suffer any sin's penalty or effect. Sicknesses and diseases (death) only came through sin (Rom 5:12). Now that we are redeemed, we can walk without any sickness and disease.

Coming back to why Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Jesus, on the Cross, became SIN. And God had to judge SIN in Jesus' flesh (Rom 8:3-4). It was that period (when God judged sin) where Jesus literally faced separation from the Father, not because of who Jesus is, but because of what SIN is. Sin was imputed (upon) on Him.

The judgment/wrath of God upon sin had to be fully satisfied on the body of His beloved Son. This is why Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Matt 27:46).

When the judgment was over, Jesus cried out, "It is finished!"

John 19:28-30 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished... said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

After the judgment was finished, after that period of separation was over, Jesus addressed God as "Father" again.

Luke 23:46 - And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’” Having said this, He breathed His last.

After He died, He went down the earth to disarm him who had the power of death. (Heb 2:14).

Make no mistake. Jesus was forsaken (at the point where God judged sin in His flesh), so that you and I can never ever be forsaken by God. He cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me" to reveal to us that sin was so serious that it caused separation between God and mankind.

Note: I used past tense because when Jesus took our sin on the Cross, the veil of the temple was torn apart, heaven was rent opened and is left opened for you and I to have relationship with God. Sin is no longer an issue for God. Now faith is.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord, He took that separation so that you and I can never be separated from God in Christ (Romans 8:38-39).

Attached is a video done by New Creation, which I thought explains it well.

J's Outreach

He slid from the seat beside Mama to the uncle and said, "Hello, Uncle :)"

Then he continued, "Are you going home? I came from church."

Then he started a conversation with him. Pure stranger. Amazing. #outreach

Before God & Before Men

Jesus brought me to the Father. I sat beside Him at His throne and I was drinking baby milk. He said to me, "When you are before Me, be a child and remain child-like. When you are before men, be a son and walk Son-like."

We are both a child and a son.

Growing Up

Son understands the significance of being 4 years old. We have prepared him for a long time.

Some traditions say that a toddler is terrible two and ferocious four. I beg to differ. The toddler is who you see him to be. J was awesome at two and he will remain awesome at four.

I remember the movie "Courageous" where a group of men sat down to talk. One of them asked, "When did you feel that you are a man?" Everyone had a different answer. But the 'snake king' said, "When my father told me that I am."

We impart identity to our child. We prepare them to succeed.

Today, J woke up surprising me with what he did. 

He did not look for Mama (breast-feed baby syndrome, cos he latched all these while).

He switched off the aircon in the room on his own.

He took out his pants and put on a new set on his own.

He came into my study room (I was there) and showed me what he has already done. Then he asked, "Papa, can you make milk for me?"

When we reached school, he smiled happily and said, "I'm happy today. Because my birthday was yesterday and today it is no more."

He is 4. And he knows. #fathering101 #identity

P.S: Let's see how he eats his dinner tonight.

Birthday

This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

Since the day you were born, we know that you are chosen by God to bring healing, deliverance and salvation to many lives. You are His divine providence!

I'm absolutely proud of who you are. 

May God give you a heart to know Him, behold Him and become like Him.

Happy 4th birthday to you, J! Papa and Mama love you always! 😘😘😘