Focused Fatherhood

There is no doubt that our children will most likely model themselves after us?and will model our actions as they have seen them in the childhood years.

-And the best insurance against an ungodly culture is to have a Godly parent!

-And I believe that the reality of Isaac?s life of putting God first had become that because it was so real to his father?

And this is also true?

Dad?your child?s view of God as ?Heavenly Father? will often be based upon their view of you as and ?Earthly Father?.

ILLUSTRATION:

It has been said??A child is not likely to find a Father in God, unless he finds something of God in his father.?

ILLUSTRATION:

Recently, a pastor asked a preschool class in his Sunday School to draw a picture of God. He intended to use the pictures for an illustration in his Sermon?

Nearing the end of the class the kids were excited to show the pastor their pictures that they had drawn.

They had come up with things like rainbows?and men with big hands?

Finally, the pastor?s daughter showed him her picture, and it was a man with a suit and tie on?then she said, ?I don?t know what God looks like, so I just drew my daddy instead.?

WOW!!! What a responsibility we have as dads!!!

Is it any wonder that it is soooo important that the altar is the FIRST PRIORITY of our lives, and home???

-It needs to be if we are to have any hope for our children and their children?

And what needs to be for us?

It is vitally important for us dads to have such an impact upon our children?as Abraham had upon his son, Isaac.

And it is possible that Isaac could have turned out differently if Abraham had only made God a priority once in a while?

-If Abraham would have only occasionally built that altar first?

-I do believe that it was Abraham?s faithfulness to God, and in building the altar that made a difference in Isaac?s life.

And for us dads?a sporadic life is no life to demonstrate to our children!

They need a consistent, solid and secure example set before them.

Now, we may make mistakes, but the point is?do we get up and still strive for the best?

We must press in to serve the best we can?and set the best example for our children that we can?

-Sporadic faithfulness on our parts will prove to be NO blessing to our children because it will produce no consistency in our children.

-So, we need to set an example of faithfulness to God in our lives for our children as well.

-Faithfulness in?

Reading the Word?Prayer?Giving and Tithing?Church Attendance...Loving our wives?Loving our kids?etc., etc.

They need to see it demonstrated in us?

Don?t wait for your kids to wander from God?and then wonder why they just don?t love the Lord anymore?

-This is not a blanket statement, but?were you consistent in your relationship with God? In your Church attendance???

I have seen it many times?

-The battle for our children?s souls are won in these areas of our lives, and the consistency of them?not through keen political governing, or legislation?

We know that the world does not judge us according to our words, but they do by our actions?and so do our children.