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There are three foundational anointings that God blessed all men with and most men do not know how to activate and operate in them. Men love to be respected and honoured, that is why it is easier for them to claim kingship at home rather than priesthood. The first of this series will address how to be a priest. Understanding that the man as Priest, can/should represent his family to God.

By Victor Salamba

How to be Priest in the Family:

1. Be Aware of His Potential: A man must know his capabilities, his limitations and his gifts, this will make him know and accept that he is not a god. When a man represents his Family to God, he does this from a place of awareness of what he can and cannot. Men struggle with priesthood in the family because they do not yield their limitations and let God intervene in the family. For a man to be priest, he must be willing to acknowledge his limitations as a father, husband and as a man so that he may represent his family to the one who is more able than he is.

2. He Must Overcome His Personal Insecurities: Priesthood does not have room for selfishness or self-centeredness. An insecure man cannot be priest because he always fears that what God can do in his family may render him insignificant and that threatens his position. Insecure men do not represent the family interests before the Lord, but their own. Insecure men are jealous and in competition with family members and can be a block to family blessings.

3. Must Have Moral Authority: A man who is priest of his family cannot be guilty of doing the things that destroy the family – you cannot lay hands on your wife with the same hands you beat her with. You cannot overcome what you encourage. So as priest, the man should be the first to guide the family on the kind of lifestyle and behaviour they should have, living by example and not doing the opposite.

4. Must Understand His Family. Priesthood is About Representation, Representing His Family To GOD: You cannot represent a family you know nothing about to the Lord. A man must take time to know, understand and appreciate his family. When he understands, the family will grow appropriately because the needs and characters of family members will not be misrepresented to the Lord.

5. Must Know About The Presence of God: You cannot represent people before a person who you do not know anything about. Every man who calls himself a priest, should learn how to seek the Lord. This involves a man setting time apart to be in the presence of God that he may lead his family there too.

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