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Making Dad Glad!

Pr 4:1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give

attention to know understanding.

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addressing the need for children to heed the instructions of their fathers!

●Pr 1:8-9 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.

●Pr. 10:1 A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

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Their Children!●Fathers want them to make right choices

and have a right attitude!

●It is my hope and prayer that we will all leave here wanting to make dad glad, by living a life dad can be proud of!

●Now, some of us may no longer have our earthly father, but we always have our Heavenly Father with us!

−Heb. 13:5-6 “I will never leave you!”

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I. A Father Instructs!●How many of you have ever

bought something before and then tried to put it together without the instructions?

●A father gives his child the instructions they need in life!

●I do understand that not all fathers give the right instructions, but yet we must learn to listen to our father’s instructions when they are right!

* * 0 The Bible Commands This!

●Pr 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

●Eph 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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instruction early in life!●Eccl 12:1 Remember now your

Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, "I have no pleasure in them":

●It is a blessing to have a father that gives proper instructions!

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II. A Father Insures!●How many of you in this room have

insurance? In the state of Illinois, one must have car insurance to have a driver’s license.

●If we are going to buy a house or a car, the first thing they want to know is do you have insurance!

●Now when I say a father insures, he is not just wanting to make sure you are covered, but that you are doing what is best! He is covering all the bases!

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●A loving father helps his child understand “why” they need to live right!

●Children need to learn to trust their parents and understand that they are here to help them in life!

●A father must always be honest with his child, so they can fully trust him.

●TRUST: T= True R= Reliance U= Understanding S=Surety T=Together

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III. A Father Insist!●Not only does a loving father instruct and

insure, he also insist!

●Fathers insist that their children obey them and learn to do what is right.

−Too many families today let the children run the home rather than the parents!

−Children are children and they do not have the proper learning to run the home and they need their parents!

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A Loving Father Will Enforce What is Right

●Pr 3:11-12 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

●Pr 13:24 He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

●Pr 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

* * 0 ●Pr 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart

of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

●Pr 23:13-14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

●Pr 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

●Pr 29:17 Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest; yea he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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●I would like to say once again “Happy Fathers Day!”

●I hope that today we will seek to make dad glad, by living a life he can be proud of!

●Let us remember these 3 things a loving father will do! Instruct, Insure and Insist

●Have you come to heed the instructions of the Heavenly Father?

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