DAD'S DAILY BREAD

Sermon notes Pastor Jon Walker

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Col 3:20–21

Obey your parents and encourage your kids. If your faith doesn’t work at home then it doesn’t work at all! Faith starts at home. Put off the old life and put on a life with Jesus. It starts at home with your family. Obey your parents and encourage your children because this pleases your good God. If you claim to love God then it should directly show itself in how you treat others. Obey your parents because this pleases the Lord. Obedience to your parents is not driven by their perfection but driven by God’s perfection and what He has done for us. Parents are a gift from God training us for God’s goodness!

Encourage your kids because this pleases the Lord. Don’t discourage them from actively trusting God. Eph 6:4 Encourage your kids towards the Lord. Repent to and in front of your children. Ask for their forgiveness when needed. Put God’s grace on display for them to see. Show them the grace that God offers and how to find it. Prioritize pursuing God with your children. Show them that He is worthy of being pursued! Put the character of God on display before them. Read the Bible and pray with them. Keep it simple. Show them God can be found! Suffer well in the sight of your children. Show them that He is unshakably good no matter what is happening! Will your children learn the good life God offers through you or will they have to go around you? If you don’t disciple your kids someone else will! So get to work!

Obey your parents and encourage your children because this pleases your God. God’s grace for me is powerful and constant. By God’s power we can change. By God’s grace we can change. Life is hard but God’s grace and mercy is sufficient! God’s power/not my own. There is always a way to honor your parents and kids with God’s help. He remains in pursuit of me. God’s grace guards us and guides us. God help me to be a better husband and father!

APPLICATION:

Quit making excuses and do a Bible study with my whole family. Read my Bible with them. Pray with my family. Show them that He is worth pursuing! Lord please give me the strength to be more like Jesus. Stay humble and thankful! Let God’s Word filter everything I think, say and do. Thank You Jesus!

in His name