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A Blessed Father
Text: Acts 13:32-33 and II Cor. 6:18
This morning it’s Father’s Day, a day in which we honor our fathers.
5 Things you will never hear Fathers say…
5. Well, how ’bout that?... I’m lost! Looks like we’ll have to stop
and ask for directions.
4. Here’s a credit card and the keys to my new car -- GO CRAZY.
3. Your Mother and I are going away for the weekend ... you might want
to consider throwing a party.
2. Why would you want to go and get a job for? I make plenty of money
for you to spend.
1. Father’s Day? aahh -- don’t worry about that -- it’s no big deal.
- According to our text this morning, God has an idea of what a Father
is suppose to be.
- The question is does our society know? And do we as a church know?
- Approx 20 million children have been abandoned by there father.
That’s 10 million shy of the population of Canada.
- What I mean by abandon is, a lack of spiritual, financial and
emotional support.
- They are not there to love them and take care of them, because they
are too busy living for the moment.
- And it’s affecting our society. Kids need there father and father’s
need to show there kids they are loved and wanted.
- What does it mean to be a blessed Father? And how can we live under
the full blessing of God as a Father?
- How does God define the word FATHER?
- This is what we are going to look at this morning to help us live to
our fullest potential as Dads.
I. Godly Fathers Lead By Example
Billy Graham tells of a time, during the early years of his preaching
ministry, when he was due to lead a crusade meeting in a town in South
Carolina, and he needed to mail a letter. He asked a little boy in the
main street how he could get to the post office. After the boy had
given him directions, Billy said, "If you come to the central Baptist
church tonight, I’ll tell you how to get to heaven." The boy replied,
"No thanks, you don’t even know how to get to the post office!"
John 4:19-20 says, “The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that
thou art a prophet. 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye
say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
- Godly fathers not only lead there own children spiritually, but also
are an influence on other kids and generations. (Vs 20)
- A Father who desires to make an impact on both there children and
there friends are considered role models.
- This woman Jesus was witnessing to was a Samaritan.
- She was not living a moral life but had 5 different men. She was a
person living common law and outside the will of God.
- But yet she still remembered people who worshiped on a certain
mountain, (vs 20) she knew what the prophets had said before (vs 19)
and she knew about a coming Messiah. (Vs 25)
- Meaning she was influenced by Godly men. She heard about God
somewhere from someone.
- Men who were fathers. Family men who loved God and I believe desired
to make an impact.
- As Fathers this morning, we don’t always have to say something, but
we always have to live out our convictions.
- I believe it’s important that not only our kids see us worship, but
there friends also see us worship.
- And what I mean by worship is prayer, singing, church attendance,
Bible reading and Godly living. Choosing to do what is right, and
standing up for what we believe in.
- We need to show our kids, our spouse and there friends that we love
the Lord and why it’s important to serve Him.
- Godly fathers are blessed because they lead there home and lives by
example.
- There is always someone watching your life. Know where you are going
and decide in your heart that you want to serve the Lord and lead by
example.
II. Godly Father’s Lead The Family
Josh 24:14-15 says, “Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers
served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the
LORD. 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you
this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will
serve the LORD.”
- Each believer must continually choose whom he or she will serve.
- We can say as fathers that we want to raise our children in the fear
of the Lord, but with that statement comes fruit.
A. Some examples of fruit is this: We won’t send our kids to Sunday
School, we will bring them.
B. We will teach our kids to pray, and not leave it up to the church
to do it.
C. There will be an inner desire to see my kids at the altar receiving
from God.
- I pray my kids go under the power of God at an early age and receive
from God all that God has for them.
- But in order to see those things happen in my family I have to lead
them to those things.
- I have to go to the altar, I must give to the Lord in tithes and
offerings, and I must desire to pray so that my kids will see that God
is important to me.
- God is looking to you and me as the Priest of our home, to lead the
home into the things of God.
III. Godly Fathers Love There Wives
Eph 5:25 says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved
the church, and gave himself for it;”
- God has established the family as the basic unit in society.
- Every family must have a leader.
- Therefore the husband has been assigned the responsibility of being
the head of the wife and family.
- Now the husband’s headship must be exercised in love, gentleness and
consideration for his wife and family.
- Our kids need to see that dad is devoted, committed and loves his
wife.
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