STRAIGHT TALK FOR DADS
EPHESIANS 3:17 I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
1 CORINTHIANS 13
1. Love your God
PSALM 128:1-2 NLT How happy are those who fear the LORD-- all who follow his ways! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How happy you will be! How rich your life!
PSALM 128:3a Your wife will be like a fruitful vine, flourishing within your home.
PSALM 128:3b And look at all those children! There they sit around your table as vigorous and healthy as young olive trees.
PSALM 128:4 That is the Lord's reward for those who fear him.
PSALM 128:5-6 May the LORD continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live. May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. And may Israel have quietness and peace.
PSALM 128:1 and 4 All you who fear God, how blessed you are . . . Oh, how He blesses the One who fears GOD!
1. Love your God
1 Kings 11:2 (ESV) “The LORD had said to the people of Israel, ‘YOU SHALL NOT ENTER INTO MARRIAGE WITH THEM, NEITHER SHALL THEY WITH YOU, FOR SURELY THEY WILL TURN YOUR HEART AFTER THEIR GODS.’”
“Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.” A 1 Kings 11:2b (NLT)
1 Kings 11:9 (NLT) "The LORD was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.“
PROVERBS 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
2. Love your wife
"The man who finds a wife finds a treasure and receives favor from the LORD." PROVERBS 18:22 NLT
"However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." EPHESIANS 5:33 NIV
“Do you know your wife’s love language?”
1. Words of Affirmation 2. Physical Touch 3. Receiving Gifts 4. Quality Time 5. Acts of Service
3. Love your child
"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.“ EPHESIANS 6:4 (NKJV)
"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." EPHESIANS 6:4 NIV
MESSAGE PARAPHRASE “Fathers, don't exasperate your children by coming down hard on them. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.” EPHESIANS 6:4
Rules without relationship lead to rebellion.
3. Love your child
How to build a rich and rewarding relationship with your children that will last a lifetime.
STRAIGHT TALK FOR DADS
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