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Whispers from Heaven
Nancy Bauer, Washington
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WE NEED OUR DADDIES!
Saturday was bath night for our family,
followed by church every Sunday. Mom would load us kids into the car and we traveled
the fifteen minutes it took to get there. After church we’d always meet our dad
back at the house. Very rarely did my dad go to church with us. It wasn’t a
family affair.
Sound typical? If a family goes to church,
it is usually fatherless. Statistics show that most churches are full of the
female persuasion.
What if that changed? What if men dominated
the church? What if they were the ones that made sure the whole family were
loaded into the car and on time for church? Isn’t that what the Bible teaches?
No, the Bible DOESN’T say, “Daddies, thou
shalt be in charge-eth of taking-eth your family-eth to church-eth.”
But it DOES say:
Proverbs 22:6 Teach children
how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.
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AND…
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Deuteronomy
11:19 Teach
them (God’s ways/laws) to your children. Talk about them when you are at home
and when you are away, when you are resting and when you are working.
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AND…
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Deuteronomy 4:10 …… 'Assemble the
people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey
me as long as they live and so that they will teach their children to do the
same.'
So, if the
daddies were the head Believers, what would change?
EVERYTHING!
This change would include
everything from elementary school tardiness, to the present financial crisis
that has crossed the globe. The changes for our country would be “you-can-take-it-to-the-bank-honesty”, (a little pun there), along with rock
solid morality. Our country would be trusted, and our people would be known for
our reliability. And all because
daddies obeyed The Heavenly Father!
Daddies would have taught their children,
from the day they were born, moral disciplines, right from wrong, conscience, and
how to be loving, compassionate, and giving…all teachings that come from God’s
Word. Children would grow into honest adults with giving caring characters.
And all because
daddies obeyed The Heavenly Father!
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers,
provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and
admonition of the Lord.
The growth of God’s Kingdom depends on
children. And those children, either babes in Christ or babes in arms, need to
be raised up in the Truth…the Truth that comes from God’s Word and the Holy
Spirit. THAT’S where the daddies of
today come in. They are to teach not only the little ones, but the little ones
in Christ.
Act 3:25 Ye are the
children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed…
This is how we are blessed by our daddies.
By the earthly fathers obeying THE HEAVENLY FATHER, all “kindreds of the earth”
will be blessed.
Want your kids, and
your kids’ kids to forever reign in God’s Kingdom? Then take the following advice and PASS IT
ON…..Psa 132:12 If
thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their
children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'
So, please, “GET BUSY DADDY’S”! Our
kingdom needs watering and fertilizing! THEN WATCH THE
KINGDOM GROW! And watch the EARTH BE
BLESSED! Because you’ve obeyed YOUR
FATHER!
GOD
BLESS OUR FATHERS ON THIS DADDY’S DAY!
Nancy
