"Being a spiritual father"
Matthew 6:8-13 NKJV
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, 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 this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. [a]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
- A father always comforts his children, the same as our Heavenly Father
2 Corinthians 6:16 NKJV
16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
- A father gives children a good names (your name means something)
- A name has purpose to it
- A father always wants his child to have the best of what he has.
- Our heavenly father gives the best spiritual gifts and blessings
Romans 8:1 NKJV
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- A father provides a home, a safe haven for his children
- Just as the Father has gone to prepare us a place
- Jesus has never let us down
Matthew 6:28-34 NKJV
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [a]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
- A father always forgives
- Thank God for Grace
Ephesians 6:2-4 NKJV
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” 4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
- A father always live life full of godliness
- Children will follow in his footsteps
- Lead by example especially when fathering our children
Proverbs 22:6 NKJV
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- A fathers house should be a house of assurances