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HAPPY FATHERS DAY ,…SERIOUSLY Zechariah Was Told by Gabriel that He was going to be the father of the one to announce “THE ONE” to come,… as it says in LUKE 1:16 16 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." You Know ,.. I kinda wonder if this “FATHER” (Zechariah) ,… really understood the influence that His son would have on OTHER Fathers. You see, the way that I read this passage, Zechariah was a little overwhelmed at the prospect and responsibility of being a godly FATHER. But as We see at the end of chapter 1 of Luke, Zechariah had a pretty clear Vision of the purpose of his son (John The Baptist ) ! How about YOU Dad,…? What is Your Vision for Your Children? Psalms 127:3-5 says : 3Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. 4Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. 5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
We need to take careful aim with OUR SONS because they will be the FATHERS for generations to come, they’ve been put in Your hands for a Purpose ! HAPPY FATHER’S DAY--Lynn Sharp- Men’s Ministry (Be prepared for GOOD Food & GOOD “wet” FUN
Finding Purpose in Pride Pounding Pain : It is during times of prosperity that we will forget God. Prosperity has a tendency to make people proud and self-sufficient. We don't think we need God when we have our salary and our investments and our career and our home and our health and our family. But when "THINGS" go south or a stock market crashes or something BAD or PAINFUL happens, then hopefully we turn to God and are reminded of what really matters. Adversity gets Our ATTENTION and keeps us humble. You see, when pain hits, when Life becomes difficult, we pray- (pray a lot). Pain reminds us of a deeper need: the need for God in our lives. So we shouldn’t be so afraid of pain, because God can use it to bring us closer to Him. There are times in my life when I thought that I’ve had it all wired in , just the way that that "I" wanted it ,… but those are the times that "I" thought that "I" was more important than GOD’S purpose for Me ! Those are the times that God will do whatever it takes to get My attention, not because He is MAD at Me,...But because he loves Me enough to NOT let Me continue in a direction other than the one He has planned for Me in "HIS Time" It’s kinda like God is saying, "Now watch out, because when you get full of yourself,…you’ll forget all about Me." And that’s the DANGER ! Our PRIDE tells Us that We can do it all by Ourselves. The Scriptures say: In James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. 1stPeter 5:5b-7 "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. So , TRUST GOD, to Know Us better than We KNOW OURSELVES ! In His Mercy & Love,….. Lynn
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