I seek to foster thoughtful and respectful dialogue. It would be a great encouragement to me and a contribution to the edification of the Church. If this content was helpful to you, please consider leaving your feedback in the comments section at the bottom, and sharing it with friends and family via email and social media, or both. The Word of God is challenging you to be a godly father today! Will you be a godly father to your children? God help us! Dad, you are shaping your child’s concept of his/her Heavenly Father. Small wonder that they are afraid of Him. Then, we tell the children that God is their Heavenly Father!Ĭ. Sexual abuse by the father is on the rise. Often abandoned by their father or the father is maligned.ī. Over half the children in America grow up without a father in the home. The image of a father nowadays is not always a good one. In the workplace an honest day’s toil, in the home fulfilled promises, in personal business prompt payment of obligations, in other relationships commitment to fulfill my commitments. It should permeate every area of our lives. We are called to rise above that and be men of integrity.Ĭ. A member of the president’s cabinet commits suicide rather than face scrutiny for his financial dealings. Whitewater used to mean a good place to go canoeing instead of a political sewer. walk uprightly.” “Integrity” has become almost a forgotten word. The highest elected office in our land is tainted with the smell of corruption and the president himself has a notorious reputation as a liar.ī. Children interpret the time spent with them as love. When discipline is required, do it in love, (Colossians 3:21). Don’t miss your children’s childhood there is no second chance at childhood.ī. Love is more than provision for material things. One day they will treat their wives the same way you treat their mother.Ī. Your sons are learning from you about how to treat their wives. Open the car door, pull out her chair at dinner, hold her hand and help make the beds, rinse out the tub when you’re finished, the list is endless.Ĭ. Romantic actions are not an abandonment of your manliness. (See 1 Corinthians 13:1-13) for a definition of real love.ī. While that certainly is a part of love, it is not all, (Ephesians 5:25-33 ). Real love seeks to meet all the needs of another person. Settle that matter first of all, (Isaiah 57:21) 2. If you are running from God you will never have peace. If you do not have a right relationship with God, it is futile to think you can relate properly to others.Ĭ. (Read Matthew 6:33) The basis upon which happiness is built and priorities of relationship.ī. Our text gives basic responsibilities for manhood but when a man becomes a father, those responsibilities are expanded. The greatest need in our society today is for fathers who will rise up and assume their God-given role of responsibility in the family.
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