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June 16,2024
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. New International Version
We Can Go Further with A Father
Find a Father/Find a Son
Fatherless Homes cost the federal government One Hundred Billion Dollars a year. National Fatherhood Initiative
85% of youths in prison come from fatherless homes * 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes * 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes * 60% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. * 71% of teenage pregnancies come from fatherless homes.
78% more likely to volunteer regularly * 90% of them are interested in becoming a mentor themselves * 130% more likely to hold leadership positions * 46% less likely to use drugs * 81% more likely to participate in sports or extracurricular activities.
If a father does not go to church, even if his wife does, only 1 child in 50 (2%) will become a regular adult church attender.
If a father does go to church regularly, regardless of what the mother does, 33 children out of 50 (66%) will become regular church attenders as adults. Promise Keepers and Baptist Press
When the father is first to accept Christ, there is a 93% probability everyone else in the household follows. Life Way Survey
Pick a Fight So You’re Not Bored
2 Samuel 11:11 In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. Christian Standard Bible
If Christianity is Boring, We’re Doing It Wrong
Ephesians 6:11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. Living Bible
Ephesians 6:12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Living Bible
Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. English Standard Bible
1 Peter 4:10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 11 Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. Living Bible
Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. Living Bible
Let’s Declare Battle