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There is an epidemic of fatherlessness in our country. It is estimated that nearly 1 in 4 children in America are growing up in fatherless homes. I want to share some staggering data with you. 85% of children with behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. 85% of all youths in prison come from…

Gen 49:5-7; Exo 2:1-10; 6:20; Acts 7:20-22; Heb 11:23-26 In an ideal world filled with sunshine and buttercups, rainbows and butterflies, lemonade and candy, one nice, happy, cookie-cutter family raises children who go on to marry people from other nice, happy, cookie-cutter families, and this story…

Parenting is a duty. Parents represent God as ambassadors to their children.

Why talk about parenting? Recent events: School shootings Church shooting Suicide here at home. Parents, it is important that we are teaching our kids about God. Instructing them about Christ. Encouraging them to live lives that please and honor God. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart…

As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, I want us to consider a passage of scripture well known to us. A passage many of us had to memorize as children possibly, and for good reason! Yet, I believe it is a passage forgotten, or that holds less importance as we grow older in the church. The concept I want…

The other day, I came across a podcast entitled “Does my son know you?” I was intrigued by the title. I didn’t know what it mean. “Does my son know you?” It ended up being an interview with a guy named Jonathan Tjarks. This guy, Jonathan Tjarks, is 33 years old. He’s an accomplished sports writer for…

6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. 1. It can produce _unneeded guilt_ 6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.…

Intro : This morning my message is entitled “A Mother’s Dream.” What is a Mother’s Dream? That her children will be blessed, prosper and will surpass the success that mom has had. Parenting requires a lot of versatility; and it can be downright confusing. But making the decision to be a parent — a good…

14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord . 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served…

Happy Fathers Day to those who are birth fathers, adoptive fathers, step fathers, and those who have just chosen to invest in children’s lives. I am going to start today’s sermon out with a series of questions. How many of you had a wonderful father growing up? How many of you wanted to be like our father…

As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, I want us to consider a passage of scripture well known to us. A passage many of us had to memorize as children possibly, and for good reason! Yet, I believe it is a passage forgotten, or that holds less importance as we grow older in the church. The concept I want…

EXODUS 2:1-10 Introduction: Today is a day when we take the time to honor the one human being who unselfishly gives herself to her children time and time again, without asking for anything in return. If your life has been blessed by the touch of a godly mother, then you have enjoyed one of this world’s…

Introduction Frightening driver’s ed stories. If you ever break down at night, don’t shine your light at approaching cars. It’s true…our bodies follow our eyes. Which makes it important for us to pay attention to where our eyes look. This is what we learn from Samson - to pay attention to what we are…

Remembering My Repentance Throughout my life when I stumble around blindly and searching for the right path, it is at times when I have forgotten that God lights my footsteps. Only if I focus on the light that He has placed before me will my steps not take me towards destruction. However, when I am unwilling…

Not a biography The gospels cannot be looked at as a biography, there is too much to record everything ( Jn21:25 ) 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written. The…

When we use the word ‘Family’ ; we generally use it in 2 ways. Of 1. The Parent/Child Relationship. 2. The Husband / Wife Relationship. You only have to read the latest novels or listen to the latest love songs to realise that many people want to have great relationships and great families. Now I don’t…

1. A Guide for Fathers 36 But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry. 37 But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over…

How many of us have watched children follow their dads or granddads and mimic everything they do? From the way they walk, to the way they act - they look up to their daddies and granddaddies and try to be just like them. Why? Because they look up to them, they see them as role models, and they will do…

Opening prayer, dedication Baby Dedication Karter Corbier Music ministry 2 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing 349 Trust and Obey (1,2,3,5) 213 Because He Lives Word of God - Liturgist 14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have…

Now our text in Ephesians 5 and 6 sums up what Scripture says about God’s plan for the family, God’s plan for the fulfilled family. We have already studied what God designed for the wife who is called to humbly subject herself in love to her own husband and make him and her children and her home the…

All I Wanted Was A Haircut Haircut Easton, grandma, “How old are you?” 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. For whatever reason, this verse is the crux of our problem this morning. Blind from birth. If he had only been born “normal”, there wouldn’t be a story to tell. But he wsa born blind……

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to…

Before I had a child, I was always told that being a parent was the hardest job one could ever have, but worth every ounce of effort. I have found that to be true. Being a parent is a monumental task. Our responsibility to our children is to provide a home, food, clothing, a nurturing environment, protection…

The past two weeks we have been looking at God’s desire for His children to be Spirit filled and to live lives accordingly. The first week we saw what a Spirit filled life looked like and last week we saw what a Spirit filled marriage looks like through God’s blueprints. This week we come to a new chapter…

In recognition of the fact that God is the source of all life and that He, in His sovereign wisdom and grace, has granted us this child, we, the parents of _____, do prayerfully and solemnly covenant that: God is the source of all life. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…