Series: The Real Deal The Real Deal in our Family, Psalm 128
There are little eyes upon you & they’re watching night and day
There are little ears that listen, to every word you say.
There are little hands all eager, to do the things you do
And a little boy who’s dreaming of the day, he’ll be like you.
You’re the little fellow’s idol; you’re the wisest of the wise
In his little mind, about you, no suspicions ever rise.
He believes in you devoutly, in all you say and do
And he will say & do the same, when he’s grown up just like you.
There’s a wide eyed little fellow who believes you’re always right
And his eyes are always open and he watches day and night.
“One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
James Dobson, President of Focus on the Family said “The Western world stands at a great crossroads in its history. Our very survival, as a nation, will depend upon the presence or absence of masculine leadership in the home. Fathers hold the keys to the preservation of the nuclear family.”
Video “I’ll Need You Dad.”
3 “your wife” & “your children”
4 “Behold, thus shall the man be blessed…”
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FAITH
1“Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.”
We’re To Fear God. 1“who fears the Lord”
We’re To Follow God. 1“who walks in His ways”
Article in Focus on the Family entitled “Believe Well, Live Well.” “Pluck any man out of a church pew on Sunday morning and liken him to a neighbor who’s still at home, pouring through the 2 pound Sunday paper in his easy chair. Let’s say the two are the same age and earn comparable salaries. Neither of them smokes, drinks or plays the lottery. Both floss their teeth, collect baseball cards and enjoy cheesecake. Which man will live longer and enjoy the benefits of a stable home? The answer; the man in the pew!
Research is backing up what common sense has told us for years, mainly that church going men live longer, stay married and feel happier than those who say they don’t believe in God.”
Study released in Christianity Today showed that;
Men who practice their faith have less risk of heart disease.
Men who practice their faith have lower blood pressure.
Men who practice their faith spend less time in the hospital.
Someone once asked a little boy
What are you going to be my boy?
When you’ve reached manhood years?
A doctor, a lawyer, a great orator,
Moving throngs to laughter and tears?
But he shook his head as he gave reply in a serious way he said,
I don’t want to be any of those; I just want to be like my dad.
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FUTURE
2 “When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy and it shall be well with you.”
2 “When you eat the labor of your hands”
“it will be well with you”
What you do today will affect tomorrow!
Gal. 6:7?9 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“…Is it well with you? Is it well w/ your husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, it is well.” II Kings 4:26
How Are You Doing As A Person; Is It Well With You?
How Are You Doing As A Partner; Is It Well With You?
How Are You Doing As A Parent; Is It Well With You?
According to the National Fatherhood Initiative “Children with involved loving fathers are 78% more likely to do well in school, have healthy self-esteem, exhibit empathy & not become involved in drug use, truancy and criminal activity compared to children who have uninvolved fathers.”
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FAMILY
3 “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table”
The Heart Of Your Home Is Your Wife. 3 “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house…”
“Rejoice with the wife of our youth” Prov. 5:18 and “live joyfully with them.” Eccl. 9:9
“dwell w/ her according to knowledge and honor her” I Peter 3:7
“love her as Christ loved the church” Eph. 5:25
The Hope Of Your Home Is Your Children. 3 “…your children like olive plants all around your table”
Video; Imagine That; Pancakes
The Bible compares our children to olive plants (trees), why?
Olive trees grow best in hard rocky soil.
Olive trees are slow to grow.
Olive trees are evergreen.
Olive trees bear fruit to extreme age.
6 “may you see your children’s children.”
series: THE REAL DEAL
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Series: The Real Deal
The Real Deal in our Family, Psalm 128
There are little eyes upon you & they’re watching night and day
There are little ears that listen, to every word you say.
There are little hands all eager, to do the things you do
And a little boy who’s dreaming of the day, he’ll be like you.
You’re the little fellow’s idol; you’re the wisest of the wise
In his little mind, about you, no suspicions ever rise.
He believes in you devoutly, in all you say and do
And he will say & do the same, when he’s grown up just like you.
There’s a wide eyed little fellow who believes you’re always right
And his eyes are always open and he watches day and night.
“One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
James Dobson, President of Focus on the Family said “The Western world stands at a great crossroads in its history. Our very survival, as a nation, will depend upon the presence or absence of masculine leadership in the home. Fathers hold the keys to the preservation of the nuclear family.”
Video “I’ll Need You Dad.”
3 “your wife” & “your children”
4 “Behold, thus shall the man be blessed…”
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FAITH
1“Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.”
We’re To Fear God. 1“who fears the Lord”
We’re To Follow God. 1“who walks in His ways”
Article in Focus on the Family entitled “Believe Well, Live Well.” “Pluck any man out of a church pew on Sunday morning and liken him to a neighbor who’s still at home, pouring through the 2 pound Sunday paper in his easy chair. Let’s say the two are the same age and earn comparable salaries. Neither of them smokes, drinks or plays the lottery. Both floss their teeth, collect baseball cards and enjoy cheesecake. Which man will live longer and enjoy the benefits of a stable home? The answer; the man in the pew!
Research is backing up what common sense has told us for years, mainly that church going men live longer, stay married and feel happier than those who say they don’t believe in God.”
Study released in Christianity Today showed that;
Men who practice their faith have less risk of heart disease.
Men who practice their faith have lower blood pressure.
Men who practice their faith spend less time in the hospital.
Someone once asked a little boy
What are you going to be my boy?
When you’ve reached manhood years?
A doctor, a lawyer, a great orator,
Moving throngs to laughter and tears?
But he shook his head as he gave reply in a serious way he said,
I don’t want to be any of those; I just want to be like my dad.
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FUTURE
2 “When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy and it shall be well with you.”
2 “When you eat the labor of your hands”
“it will be well with you”
What you do today will affect tomorrow!
Gal. 6:7?9 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“…Is it well with you? Is it well w/ your husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, it is well.” II Kings 4:26
How Are You Doing As A Person; Is It Well With You?
How Are You Doing As A Partner; Is It Well With You?
How Are You Doing As A Parent; Is It Well With You?
According to the National Fatherhood Initiative “Children with involved loving fathers are 78% more likely to do well in school, have healthy self-esteem, exhibit empathy & not become involved in drug use, truancy and criminal activity compared to children who have uninvolved fathers.”
DON’T FORFEIT YOUR FAMILY
3 “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table”
The Heart Of Your Home Is Your Wife. 3 “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house…”
“Rejoice with the wife of our youth” Prov. 5:18 and “live joyfully with them.” Eccl. 9:9
“dwell w/ her according to knowledge and honor her” I Peter 3:7
“love her as Christ loved the church” Eph. 5:25
The Hope Of Your Home Is Your Children. 3 “…your children like olive plants all around your table”
Video; Imagine That; Pancakes
The Bible compares our children to olive plants (trees), why?
Olive trees grow best in hard rocky soil.
Olive trees are slow to grow.
Olive trees are evergreen.
Olive trees bear fruit to extreme age.
6 “may you see your children’s children.”