Thursday Evening Blog with Pastor Williams (June)
Posted on June 1st, 2007 by TADCCBLOG
Pastor Williams will be active on this blog site THURSDAY from 8:30 to 9:30pm. Please suggest topics or questions for discussion.
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Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord,
Single parenting is on the increase because of irresponsibilities and bad choices. Some men believe that the more children they have the more of a ‘man’ they are. Wrong!!! A real man takes responsiblity for every child they father. Raising children is a great responsibility and it takes both parents to do it!
Attributes of a real father are as follows: provides, loves, listens, prays, disciplines, admonishes, leads, protects and much more. Men who have Jesus Christ in their lives are the best examples of what a good father should be.
Celebrate your dad this Father’s Day, Sunday (June 17).
The greatest challenge within the black community is the “absent father.” Some fathers are physically present but absent or oblivious to their responsibilities as role models of “Godly,” law-abiding, and respecters of women” for their children. In the majority of family relationships, children tend to mimic the behaviors of their parents.
If the father tends to be verbally and physically abusive/aggressive, disrespectful towards females, in most cases, so will his son. Statistics have shown that fathers who are substance abusers will likely raise children with the same tendencies.
Mothers who dress provocatively, use profanity, and use their bodies to gain “favors” from men, greatly influence how their sons and daughters relate to others. HOWEVER, the father makes the greater impact on his children when it comes to relationships.
Oftentimes, daughters will subject themselves to abusive husbands/boyfriends because they grew up in an environment where the father abused the mother. Likewise, the sons will become abusers as well.
The expression “It takes a village to raise a child” might be true; however, it first begins with the influence of a positive male role model. Sons learn how to respect the rights of others from their fathers, how to love their wives/girlfriends, to honor, to value honesty and integrity. Fathers are also instrumental in teaching their daughters to respect and love themselves, and how to discern the ” smooth-talking, no nothing guy” who spouts empty proclamations of love in order to gain sexual favors.
The most important life lessons a father can teach his child is to reverence and love Father God, to willingly surrender his/her life to Christ Jesus by repenting of the sins in his/her life, turning away from wickedness and asking Christ to be their Savior and Lord. Moreover, a father has to lead by example, living a Godly lifestyle before them. He should pray with them, teach them how to pray and how to call upon the name of the Lord, to trust Him in all things, and that having the favor of God accounts for the goodness in their lives.
Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.”
Matthew 7: 18,20 “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”
Proverbs 3:1-9, 11,12: 1) “My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; 2) For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. 3) Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4) And so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man. 5) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. 6) In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. 7) Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. 8.) It will be health to your flesh and strength to your bones. 9) Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. 11) My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction. 12) For whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father in his son in whom he delights.”
Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Your training, fathers, can produce either good fruit or bad fruit; for your children are the seeds of your loins. Proclaim this day as Joshua did centuries ago, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Wonderfully stated KB.