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06.14.06: Light for the Day - "Happy
Father's
Day"
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-- 2 Corinthians 6:18 (2 Samuel 7:14)
"And I will be a Father to
you, and you shall be
My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
-- Galatians 3:26
For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through
Faith.
-- Proverb 23:22
Listen to your father, who gave you
life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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The most important thing a father can
do for his children is
to love their mother.
-- Anonymous
Blessed indeed is the man who hears
many gentle voices call him Father!
-- Lydia M. Child
It doesn't matter who my Father was;
it matters who I remember he was.
-- Anne Sexton
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"What Makes a Dad?"
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagles flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
The God combined these qualities,
And then there was nothing more to add,
He knew His master peice was complete,
And so,
He called it ... Dad.
-- Unknown
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"My Dad"
When I was just a tiny kid,
Do you remember when,
The time you kissed my bruises,
Or cleaned my soiled chin?
You scrambled for the balls I hit,
(Short-winded more than not,)
Yet, every time we'd play a game,
You praised the "outs" I caught.
It seems like only yesterday,
You wiped away my tears,
And late at night I called your name,
To chase away my fears.
Though time has changed your handsome grip,
Your hair is snowy white,
You gait's a little slower now,
Thick glasses help your sight.
Oh, do I thirst for years gone by,
To be that growing lad,
Re-living all of the memories,
Of growing with my dad.
-- Tracee Anne Beaty
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"Teach me daddy"
Teach me daddy
About What I should Know
Team me about the love of God
Teach me how to sow
Because one day to the Father I will go.
Teach me daddy of the love of the Father
Teach me daddy so that I may not falter
Teach me daddy with love and kindness
Tell me of how Jesus can do away with our blindness
Teach me daddy how to praise the Lord above
Do everything you do daddy with love
Let me not harden my heart to you oh daddy
For if I do, Will I envision the Father above as only human do?
Teach me daddy through your example
For one day our time will not be so ample
The Holy Spirit will be our guide and you the light
As we prepare to descend to Heaven on our final ride,
Never again a need to fight.
-- Rhonda Pasibe
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"To Any Daddy"
There are little eyes upon you,
And they're watching day by day;
There are little ears that surely
Take in every word you say;
There are little hands all eager
To do everything you do.
There's a little boy who's dreaming
of the day he'll be like you!
You're that little fellow's idol,
You're the wisest of the wise.
In his little mind, about you
No suspicions e'er arise;
He believes in you devoutly,
Holds that all you say or do
He will say and do, in your way,
When he's all grown up like you.
There's a wide-eyed little fellow
Who believes you're always right;
His keen ears are always open
To catch your words, day or night.
You are setting an example,
Every day, in all you do,
For the little boy who's wanting
to grow up to be like you.
-- Isabelle Tucker
-- Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, don't make your children angry
by the way you treat them.
Rather, bring them up with the Discipline and Instruction
Approved by the Lord.
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"FATHERS"
Quiz!!
Possible points: 70
Necessary points to qualify for Perfect Father: 70
F aithful?
A lways there?
T rustworthy?
H onoring?
E ver-loving?
R ighteous?
S upportive?
Add up all the points -- not on paper, but in your heart --
and you KNOW the score. Your dad, your spouse, or yourself
didn't quite make it! Don't feel bad -- cause no
one else on
planet earth did either! It's an
imperfect world, with imperfect
people taking imperfect quizzes, and no surprise!
And so the "Quest for the Perfect Dad"
continues!
-- Romans 8:28
And we know that in Everything God works for
the Good with
those who Love Him, who are Called according to His Purpose.
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-- Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, Obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 "Honor your father and mother" --
which is the First Commandment with a Promise --
3 "that it may go well with you
and that you may Enjoy Long Life on the earth."
(Deut. 5:16)
4 Fathers, do not Exasperate your children;
Instead, Bring them up in the Training and Instruction of the Lord.
-- 1 John 3:1-3
1 See how very much our Heavenly Father Loves us,
for He allows us to be called His children, and we really are!
But the people who belong to this world don’t know God,
so they don’t understand that we are His children.
2 Yes, dear friends, we are already God’s children,
and we can’t even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns.
But we do know that when He comes we will be like Him,
for we will see Him as He really is.
3 And all who believe this will keep themselves Pure,
just as Christ is Pure.
-- Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
Who has Blessed us in Christ with every Spiritual
Blessing
in the Heavenly places.
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-- Matthew
1:1-17
1 A Record of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David,
the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, ....
6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon,
whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David,
fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon,
and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
-- John 8:19, 42
19 Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered,
"You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me,
you would have known My Father also."
42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father,
you would Love Me, for I Proceeded Forth and Came from God;
nor have I Come of Myself, but He Sent Me."
-- John 14:9
Jesus answered: "Don’t you know Me, Philip, even after
I have
been among you such a long time? Anyone who has Seen Me
has Seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the
Father’?"
-- John 10:30
"I and the Father are One."
-- Matthew 11:27
All things have been committed to Me by My Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and those to whom the Son Chooses to Reveal Him.
-- John 14:6, 23
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No one Comes to the Father except Through Me.
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone Loves Me,
he will Keep My word; and My Father will Love him,
and We will Come to him and Make Our Home with him."
-- John 20:21
So Jesus said to them again,
"Peace to you! As the Father has Sent Me, I also Send
you."
-- Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore Go and Make Disciples of All Nations, Baptizing them in
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
20 and Teaching them to Obey Everything I have Commanded you.
And surely I Am With you Always, to the very end of the
age.
-- Matthew 6:6, 9-13
6 But when you Pray, go into your room, close the door and
Pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father,
Who sees what is Done in Secret, will Reward you.
9 This, then, is how you should Pray:
"Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name,
10 Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our sins,
as we also have Forgiven those who have sinned against us.
13 And Lead us not into Temptation, but Deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory
Forever. Amen."
-- 2 Corinthians 1:3-5
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of Mercies and God of all Comfort,
4 Who Comforts us in all our tribulation,
that we may be able to Comfort those who are in any trouble,
with the Comfort with which we ourselves are Comforted by God.
5 For in Him you have been Enriched in every way --
in all your Speaking and in all your Knowledge.
-- 1 Corinthians 1:3-4
3 Grace and Peace to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I always Thank God for you
because of His Grace given you in Christ Jesus.
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Happy Father's Day - June 18,
2006
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