#196 Relating To Father

TIED AND TRUE #7: “Relating To Father”
By: D. Karl Thomas

Dr. Dean Ornish
“Love and intimacy — our ability to connect with ourselves and others, is at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing ….”

“If you try to build intimacy with another person before you have done the work of getting whole on your own, all your relationships become an attempt to complete yourself.” Dr. Les Parrot

Time Magazine May 29. 2000 article – Tom Peters
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“Fatherhood is an occupation that will disappear this century.”

“Depriving children of fathers has become the most prevalent form of child mal- treatment in America today.”

Professor David Popenoe in his book “Life Without Father”

“The world has your 168 hours a week. The public school system has your children for at least 35 hours a week, and the average dad only spends 7 1⁄2 minutes with his children in one-on-one time”

John Maxwell

WE HAVE BECOME MORE INFORMATIONAL BUT AT THE SAME TIME LESS RELATIONAL

Mexico … Family of 5 … ALL AT SAME TIME ON CELL PHONES … SOCIAL MEDIA

WIFE KINDLE … 1000’s of pages

Recent survey:– 75% of fathers said they would gladly exchange career advancements for more time with their families and children.

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”

Jim Valvano

Malachi 4:5-6

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

SUMMARIZES THE WHOLE PROBLEM EXPRESSES THE SOLUTION … WHY JESUS COME … TO CONNECT US WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER … GET US BAPTIZED IN HOLY GHOST!!!

Acts2:33

“Being therefore lifted high by and to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promised [blessing which is the] Holy Spirit, He has made this outpouring which you yourselves both see and hear.”

Ephesians 1:3

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”

Greatest role of a Father is BLESSING!

1 Corinthians 4:14-17 NKJV

“I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.”

1 Corinthians 4:17 (Message)

“There are a lot of people around who can’t wait to tell you what you’ve done wrong, but there aren’t many fathers willing to take the time and effort to help you grow up.

2 Timothy 1:3-6

3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, 4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, 5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.    The Blessing Of The Father

Philippians 2:19-22

“I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along. I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare … Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.”

3 Father’s Day Lessons
1. Let God Heal Your Father Wound

You pretend because you are missing blessing. Poser

Chris Hodges … when pastored in Colorado … Mothers day cards for prison ministry all gone

Did same for Fathers day … NOT ONE TAKEN!!! 

I had wounds from spiritual fathers … expectations of mentors … felt let down 

James 5:16
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” 

2. Be A Father — Find A Father
   I didn’t have one … never been a good one … CHANGE IT!!!
   Psalm 68:5-6
   “Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.” YOU NEED THESE RELATIONSHIP — CHURCH

DON’T WAIT FOR ONE TO SHOW UP … REACH OUT TO ONE … BE ONE

MIGHT SEE THE PROPER CONNECTION IN SMALL GROUP!!!

3. Relate To Father God
   Luke 1:1-2
   “Lord, teach us to pray, … ‘When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven…’”

ABBA — More of a personal grunt … No one says it quite like you! YOU NEED WHAT HE BRINGS!!!

James 1:16
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”  

You need Healing … prayer team here for prayer!     You NEED TO RELATE TO ABBA!!!

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