Five things a father can bring to his children

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: A father can bring 5 things to his children: modeling the love of God, providing security and confidence, modeling a balanced masculinity, providing instruction and advice, and modeling passion for God and His word. The love of God is a constant, unconditional love that inspires trust in children. A father should always see the value of his children at the moment, but also see what they can become in the future. He should invest in their future vision of greatness and speak to that greatness that is in them. A father should also provide a sense of security, trust, and stability for his children in the midst of a culture where there is so much divorce and separation. Lastly, a father should model a balanced masculinity, as exemplified by the Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 2.

In order to be a good father, it is important to model balanced masculinity, provide ongoing instruction and advice, and model passion for God. This includes being affectionate towards your children, promoting healthy masculinity, spending time with them, seeking wisdom, living with integrity, and being passionate about God and his kingdom. It is important to be an example for your children and to share your own experiences and mistakes with them.

The speaker encourages fathers to model fatherly love, safety and trust, loving and balanced masculinity, provide instruction and advice, and passion for God, his word, his Kingdom, and his church. He emphasizes the importance of a constant devotional life and service to the Lord and his church. He urges fathers to make a commitment to be a father of principles and not of emotions, and to serve the Lord in this way. He blesses the fathers and installs grace upon them.

The Lord put it on my heart this morning to talk about 5 things that a father can bring to his children. And with each of these thoughts I'm going to choose a passage of scripture. 5 things that a father can contribute to the lives of his children, and one of the passages that I want to use is found in Isaiah 49 that tells us about the character of God. I am going to tell you quickly so that you have it there and then I am going to develop it one by one.

Number 1, one thing that a father can provide to his children is to model the love of God, the father, to be a model, an example and an embodiment of the love of Heavenly Father. Model the love of the father.