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Follow on Google News |  The Calling & Ministry of a Husband & FatherMarriage and fatherhood is a calling and a ministry. A husband and father is called by God to love, provide, care, guide, nurture and protect his family, as an expression of God, who is the ultimate Husband and Father.
By: All Peoples Church Bangalore India This morning we will speak on the topic: The Calling And Ministry of A Husband And Father FACTS/STATISTICS [Source: http://www.fatherhood.org/ Date of this statistical data not given, but this provides a general idea: 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control) 80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26) 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report) Father Factor in Education - Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school. Children with Fathers who are involved are 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school. Children with Fathers who are involved are 70% less likely to drop out of school. Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to get A’s in school. Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities. [Source: http://thefatherlessgeneration.wordpress.com/ Not Very Different In Church Josh McDowell has been trying to find out what dads are doing in Christian families, and the news isn't good. In his book The Dad Difference (http://www.amazon.com/ Where Are The Fathers? Perhaps in India, the issue may not be with as much as fathers absconding the home, as it would be with fathers who are present, but not involved in the lives of their children. The Calling And Ministry Of A Husband And A Father Marriage was designed by God, so also the family. Everything God designed, was intended to be an expression of who He is. Marriage and family is designed by God for us to experience and express who God is - His love, joy, mercy, kindness, etc. “Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.” - Edwin Louis Cole Marriage and fatherhood is a calling and a ministry. God instituted it and then He calls us into it. We respond by choosing to step into marriage and subsequently into fatherhood. We then partner with Him, to experience and express what He intended for us in marriage and in fatherhood. A calling is a response to an invitation and is our willingness to accept not only the role but also carry out the responsibility that it entails. Ministry is an opportunity to serve and represent who God is. We minister to our spouse and children. A husband and father is called by God to love, provide, care, guide, nurture and protect his family, as an expression of God, who is the ultimate Husband and Father. #1 LOVE Love - love unconditionally. Ephesians 5:25,28,29 “The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” - Edwin Louis Cole Love your children. Love disciplines. Ephesians 6:4 Colossians 3:21 #2, PROVIDE Provide - work to take care of your family. 1 Timothy 5:8 #3, CARE Care - when your wife or children are hurting, wounded, weak, discouraged, etc. speak life, encouragement, hope and faith into them. Proverbs 16:24 Do you care enough to help with household work? Do you do the dishes when the maid does not show-up? Do you help with the laundry or cooking or do you sit around expecting your wife to do it all? This is especially important when both the husband and wife are working. Do you care enough to listen to your son/daughter share their heart or tell you what they want to talk about? #4, GUIDE Guide - in the ways of God, impart wisdom to make right choices, etc. Make decisions for your family that will help them pursue God's purpose. Train your children Ephesians 6:4 “A father's responsibility is not to make the child's decisions, but to let the child watch him make his.” - Edwin Louis Cole #5, NURTURE Nurture - mold, raise up, equip, train, develop their potential Get involved in their lives. Encourage your wife to pursue God's call on her life. Encourage your children to discover God's gifts and calling in them and to pursue God's call on their lives. What is important to them must become important to you. #6, PROTECT Protect - from wrong, negative influences. This will include being strict about certain things and establishing boundaries. #7, WITH GOD We as men, realize that we cannot do these unless we ourselves as individuals are submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and walk a life yielded to Him. “To the degree that you become a good son to God, you become a good father to your children.” - Dr. Edwin Louis Cole There are no perfect fathers, other than God Himself who is the Perfect Father. All of us have failed. Some have tried and failed. Some of us have not even tried. We need God's empowering and training in our lives to be the kind of husband and father He has called us to be. There is a proper order in God's calling and ministry. We are first of all called by God to be His own and to minister to Him. Second in order is our calling and ministry as husband and father to minister to our wife and children. Then follows are calling and ministry to the Church and the world. When order is broken, it brings chaos and confusion. Often the simple solution to remove chaos and confusion is to restore order. Malachi 4:5,6 For the Fatherless God’s Promises to the Fatherless 2 Corinthians 6:18 Psalm 27:10 Psalm 68:5 We would encourage men to remember those who do not have fathers, and do what we can to support, and encourage these children. What Will Your Son / Daughter Remember You For? Proverbs 17:6 (http://biblia.com/ If your son or daughter was to state in one sentence what you meant to them, or what you taught them, what would it be? https://vimeo.com/ End
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