The Heart of A Father- Deuteronomy 6:1-9
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Braced. Have all kinds of good things that you today, get a chance to get some rest. Maybe just praying that you would know that you are appreciated today. What do you think about Father's Day? What did it all first begin and just as an introduction and how June 19th? Young lady who was named. Her name was some Norah Norah smart daughters, Washington. She said, she was listening to a Mother's Day sermon. And she decided that she wanted to designate a day for her dad. William Jackson, smart. So that was in 1909 that she decided to do that. A hundred and one years ago they decide to make sure she commemorated her father and as a result of that it became national service. If you will, everyone begin to do it? This year, it's really been the kind of sobering year, if you will. Covid-19. Shrimp and protest because of the unjust death of our berry. Taylor Floyd and of Russia.
Me, it always gets kind of personal because and this particular case because I've lost about three or four, good friends of mine. this year, because of In particular. Heart attack.
you know, I make my way to the doctor, the doctor checks me out,
tell me what my current blood pressure is my cholesterol. And they, they also tell me many things about even down to my BMI, if you will, but the thing is, how is my heart. That's the thing. I'm really listening to I'm listening for what's going on with my Cuz that 7 lb and 15 oz. Most important in.
The problems William soon, you can best the bed on that. And so today, would I like to do
spend some time talking about the heart and being a father, the heart of being a father. Would you pray with me? Thank you for your goodness to us, pray to have only father that you was only, you can, but superintendent right time and cause it to be profitable to my brothers and sisters and to myself, father, we ask that the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Oh Lord, my strength in my
People God said, amen. Where I find this at today that this thing about this issue in the heart of being a father. And if you have your bottles with you, if your turn with me to that the Torah written by Moses called Deuteronomy, that is Genesis exit, the biggest numbers and then do around me that do remain second and almost needs. Because of those who had in this particular case, the second always given primarily because of the children of Israel who died in the wilderness, they failed to embrace God's plan for the for the promised land in. So got that said that no one is 21 and up with make it into the promised land and because of that, then God had to, then I'll prepare a second giving of the lawn. If you That's why we have that today.
To pay attention to some things. First of all, we need to answer the question. What is the problem? Fathers, the male parent of a child. Number one, Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have for Parental legal to social relationship with a child that carries with it certain rights and obligations rights or privileges. So for the first part, we see that is the male parent of a child. Is this we know that is the male parrot of the child we see in and then n n. Things that come out of it. Movie stars in in chapter 6.
Midas fear. The lord thy God to keep his statue and his Commandments, which I command thee, thou in thy son, and my son son, all the days of my life and then tie days maybe promo on here. Therefore, I am and observed
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God with all thy heart, with all my soul with all my might and these words with a command in this day, shall be changed. I teach them diligently unto thy children, and show, talk of them, $1 citizen 9 house and when thou walkest by the way, and when I was down, $1 Rises up and down, she'll find them for sign upon thine hand that they shall be as frontlets before the nines. And don't show write them upon the post about house. And on the case on that gays, we know that these are these words are written by Moses is in the Shema text to Shamara if you will that is is the calling of get-together of Israel to pay close attention to. What is the follow with God's word? We know that God has chosen
What is on Father's Day? We moved from what we were told. And patriarchal society. Matriarchal society and we're slowly moving to. The side is primarily driven. If you will buy our youth in, Buy on Shields, Challenges that we face with Daddy.
Father, father has a responsibility to pass on the Legacy. What Generations?
Impact. Do we know is the impact of a father is such that God. Husband. Let the father responsibility to develop the moral character of children. If you will one day, a fact of President Obama was having Speech speech. He was speaking at a particular church and want to think that he's going out with the time. He said, we know the statistics that the children who grew up without a father outside.
Times more likely to drop out of school in 20 more times to wind up in prison, he goes on. He said they are more likely to have behavioral problems, become teenage parents themselves and the foundations of our community are weaker because of it has been charged with the responsibility if you will.
That the moral development of children.
Does the designated hitter the household then he has the chief responsibility. Primary.
but I just want to tell you about three things today about the harder being a father first, and what I believe is fatherhood
And then want to look at the attitude of a father. And number three will look at the actions of a father.
The 1st of August. First of all, the things we need to understand about the articles of fatherhood is that they need to have a relationship with God. They need to have a relationship with God. That's the most important thing. Any man, any A relationship with the Almighty. Why is that true? Why is it necessary for a father to have a connection error?
You've been given a great responsibility or responsibility that transcends your ability to handle, you don't know everything. You don't know everything about everybody, you're not in every place, crack Prevacid, corner of the year, but the same time you don't know the actual in the possible, but guess what God does. And since God knows the actual in the possible, God can be that primary agent that may Being taken care of, in a way that's honoring not only to you, but to him as well, but often times would have that responsibility.
And if your first responsibility as a father, that is, if you're right now, when you're single right now, you're singing, you don't.
But what do you anticipate that you will get married to someone but that means yours.
Get to have a relationship with the Lord is what you need to do. Now, if you need to select shoes, if you a wife or a wife who has vision and values, that is synonymous with the ones that you have, you need to choose someone who are down on their vision and values but convictions and concern, watch this that I'm lying.
you know, the Bible says,
The Bible says, do not be unequally yoked.
Make sure that even in our most personal relationships that those relationships are anchored. Relationship. If you did eventually, married someone was contemplating talking to someone and they don't know the Lord. Guess what you are? You are in for a big trouble because this individual has no reason one in order to follow God with you. They have no motivation, no interest whatsoever. No convictions whatsoever. And on the following God to follow f, we also need to be connected with someone that's bigger than you and I So, if you talking about the articles of fatherhood has been you doing with this issue here, where you have to, first of all, be anchored in God.
That particular. Business.
but secondly, secondly, secondly, we need to have the attitude of a father at the heart of being a father, is having the right attitude of fatherhood
I want you to know that you said, And that guy God with all thy heart. And with all these words with this day, she'll be in thine heart and other words, but he says here in this is is, is that you need to have at the very heart of what did you do? It is that is to love the Lord thy God. You say, what does it mean to love the Lord thy God, that anyone is that is to make your decisions based on your relationship with the Lord. God. You know, it's amazing to me. How people will make decisions based upon how other people feel. What? I'm not going to do that. Why? Cuz out, cuz my friend ain't going in, I'm not going to do that.
How much you love God, you don't want to offend God as a dip switch eBay.
Everything into what it is.
In fact, the word. Liv has to do with the emotional seat of humanity. Makes up his mind and do what he says is
Anchored In God. Because it's a place where you make up your.
And then these words with a command these days, she'll be in thine heart that says something. The only way to God's word can be in your heart you guys been
Any importance. But they, but they, but they remember those I know the stuff people. They remember what people say to them the reason why
Remembrance to remember. And what we have to do this situation,
That we need to meditate upon. It tells me to meditate in his word. And night and went to assist day and night. It is a figure of speech, a merism, if you will, which means during the day, we need to have God's word calling the shots. It was, you know what, this some gas right now,
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You know what it says about something that you know, how to address those things.
It's always amazing to me, how much time we invest. Learning little knick-knacks, what nuts and what for does that mean? Nothing at all? Start taking us anywhere at all. This is to be a primary occupation of who we are to be spending. If you got jobs and kids back and forth, with me have meetings that we have to go to them. Lots of things that we have to do. We have to spend speak to us when we are faced with
I'm talking about the articles of father. Have a relationship with God. Selective wife vision and values convictions concerns, you already married. And the best thing that you can do the actor that. Is it still The best.
Help your wife, serve, your wife, your wife should be out serving you. That's the thing that
Is she done? Lord, have mercy. I'm going to leave that right there, but you need to love your wife, show our appreciation. Put on display regarding more important than other women, if you will. But secondly, the Lord, his God.
Deals with something that is information on going to wear Mesa.
You know, there's something about having information. That's a lot of information that just don't do anything with it about. Now is that these are the others need to take with regard to addressing the issues of their children. According to scripture, this is an example of what we talkin about by being involved in the, in the, in the well-being of children.
Psychology today, talked about, this is according to report fathers and their impact on children will be is this even from birth to children who have involved? Father, I won't lie to the emotions that you'll be confident to explore the surroundings, and as they grow, older had better social connections. The way, fathers play with your children. Also have an important impact on a child's emotional. Social Development, father, spend a higher percentage of their 121 interaction with infants and preschools in stimulating playful activity than do mothers from these interactions children to learn how to regulate their feelings and behavior of fathers. Also have better educational outcomes and numerous studies.
With better, verbal skills, intellectual functioning and academic achievement among adolescents.
Watch this is given to the responsibility of the father, but not only that it shows also comes from Psychology today, the npac.
Having a father that's at home, but not.
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because it means,
and so the thing about it is that they don't have resolute
Who's already deceased?
Matter fact, and apologizing.
What about the things? You did even more Rich honestly, but in the case of a situation where our Father's prayer, Is this he wouldn't even be there at all. With your brothers if you if you won those fathers that come in. Get trash out if it would do you well just at least come in.
Make your way home now.
Children. How you can a sister and you have to be in a situation?
From your children's mother. But at the same time,
they're living with.
they know that you want to be active in their life and where you can,
you know, one of the things that happens with children whose fathers have decide, they don't want to be acting the last when they finally come to the realization that I am your father and I want to be active in your life.
Because they don't want to happen to the children, what happened?
Talk to text and what have you?
Because that's your obligation. You know what I have to say this again? As I was reading some articles, are preparing for this mention, one of the things that President Obama even bought out as well as he said that, you don't understand that father doesn't begin just at bringing both the child is conception. But also as a deal with the involvement post-birth, if you will need to continue to remember that now,
I need used primarily for actions of fatherhood, what he says is is to teach inverse verse 6, verse 6.
I command you this day shall be in Die. Hard first serve and down. Show watch this teach them diligently and showed them when the house is in the house.
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About God's word.
Don't say anything about God's work is because we don't know. It is he that says something that means that it goes back to the air. In loving the Lord. Thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul with all thy strength. I watch this back in the day when you were supposed to wrap it to you. She was your wife just what you were intent on running. Whatever you had to learn in order to communicate with her. You were intent on every song You intent on understanding exactly what? Because you wanted her to see it, I do. Yes. You want her to be a part of your life.
In fact. What time to get the job.
Call do cops, make sure we stayed up late at night to make sure we got up early in the morning. We make sure Dan Josh, we got there early.
Every wanted to not hear about, we want to know what we were talking about, but that's what he says he is. Well, see if we know what we're talkin about. Guess what happened? Did we have time? Indicating what it is.
His word day and night. you know, there's something about
I know one day I was someplace.
Just happened to be communicating some kind of way, they are communicating and the things that they were saying was indicative that this was not supposed to be something at church members. The Bible says it this way out of
And those times we have to understand that our hearts need to be cleansed. We need to do like David says, or some 51 created.
You do understand that the heart is deceitful and desperately, wicked as Jeremiah says in Jeremiah 17:9. And because of that, we always need to do a heart with all diligence for out of it flow.
I need to do that because then we can talk freely and pure. Confidently.
I'm over here trying to do by talking to our children about God's word. Is to preserve the manners and customs of the faith that will one day serve just to preserve them. But then you said something else. Only talk about it about time. He says, there is in the east in the next first air. Hey sis and also teach them diligently to the children should talk with them when the house is not house. And one that walks by the way and when thou liest down 1. Rises up and don't show find them for us and they shall be as Frank as before that, I've had these things called
Tennessee, authorized use walking down. Around their hands if you will streams, but they will be scripture on them and then some of them would have a box from there for a prescription. What is the saying is that the works that I do on your God? I have also honor God, bring me out here to make sure that your thoughts and deeds honoring God record everything that you do. And everything that you don't do, they're good at remembering weather. You keeping your promise or not they also good that big when I call crap detectors to know whether or not you're actually authentically keeping in line with God's word. Decide to do is have a bifurcation is Stereo playing if you will that I can be Christian but at the same time I can meet trash that I can be spiritual and I can be secular. But I can be a person who can navigate in the church and I can also be a person navigation the world with out if you will, that God might guidelines. And God Wills that God is giving us women shirts.
bring it out to you, is that God's word is so much of who you Get your car is in your mind, it's in your hands and because of that, it is Florence's your family. How do you say spine in force time on their hands are frontlets between their eyes? Anthony sit down. So right.
you know, we got the articles of
We talked about the actions.
I remember.
when they first came out of Egypt, 2 million strong, they started out as a small people. If you were 11 days journey To Worship.
They needed in order for them to be a nation.
Oh God, got them out. And they proved to be a humongous people. And then go between, if you will Exodus and Deuteronomy
The biggest numbers and then it was something that happened in the Book of Numbers.
Unbelievable. Did not invest their faith.
Wiped them out over the fact.
What is the single most important cause of death? Because the fathers had not inculcated those children with the belief that God would do what I do when he gets here in this next week.
Watch them and houses little girls. What style is not and Phineas and all the trees without plant has not went down, show how to eat them before, then, beware lest down.
God doesn't want his people to forgive him because he's provided for that. He's done everything that they need and the chief individual who's responsible for in cocaine that knowledge. It's not mama.
Praise God from any of your brother because I can, I've seen many of you the faithfulness that you have displayed in the lives of your children. I've seen you do it. I seen you standing outside and I seen you still on side of them and sing. I've seen your families who work together. I see you and I praise God for you, but for you brother.
because, you know,
just do the things that we just talked about because you said then beware lest I forget the Lord which brought me forth out of the land of Egypt. The house of bondage. What is it? That I have one thing in common.
All connected. Around the heart of a father. You know, I can just imagine today if if if if the government really wanted to solve problems. I I Really Leave This a gummy really want to solve the problem. That's all they need to do is invest in the men who will be fine. That's what they need to do. Watch all of the social issue. Begin to die down. Stop talk to you today about 3.
The attitude of fatherhood and also the actions of father. Because realize that at the heart of fathering is helping the father.
That's what the objective is.
Time is now. The hour is upon us. The Methodist God's. The person that begin with is you I want to give you three things to do if you're not already connected to the wall. The first thing you need.
Give me my sin coming to my heart.
that's the first thing, you know, Jesus is it this way? I am the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the father but by me and so they get the
after you do that, the next if it is it is it if a beggar It's going about telling other Beggars where to get.
The best thing since sliced bread, communicate to our children about the father. How to become Believers because it's not funny time. All of us are going to be leaving here. What's it going to be living in eternity somewhere in eternity? It'll be a beautiful thing to know that when you leave. On the other side of Heaven, that you see your children on the other side of Heaven as well. But then thoroughly live for the glory of the father, an attitude and action. You know, every now and then it comes a time when you bought into a situation when you're tempted. You might be tempted to give a piece of your mind and you can't afford to give away. You might be tempted to do something that you would not orderly do. And the only thing
Is the anchor. At what the father has placed in your heart. So I'm asking you today Brothers, I'm asking you today, men. I'm asking you today for a
Remember those articles of fatherhood? Remember the actions? Give me the attitude. remember also the action, fatherhood Why? So that you can bring glory to God. Thank you today. being with this attorney in in Lewiston, turning and turning in today, at 4,
I wish you would come back again on next Sunday. We are also teaching on Wednesday nights and we look forward to seeing you and being with you there as well. Next time.
Thank you, God for your goodness to us. And we pray the only father that you would be with Father's today. Lord, that they would be celebrated Northern, they would be encouraged
The hardest jobs in the world and give them Aid and then father for those who don't know you. Today we pray to Heavenly Father that Bring them to yourself. Caused him to be in a personal relationship with you. we asked it today in Jesus name,
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