Journey of Fatherhood: Faith, Forgiveness, and Leadership

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"And keep the charge of the Lord your God to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his judgments, and his testimonies as it was written in the law for Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do wherever you turn, that the Lord may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your sons take heed to the way to walk before me, that they may be in truth with all their heart and with all their soul." [00:06:40] (34 seconds)


"See, God made man the head. That's the position. But by no means does that make you the boss. By no means does that even make you necessarily the leader. Because in order to be a leader for your family, you have to submit yourself to what God says. That's what God is telling you to do. You can't ask your wife to submit if you're not submitting to what you're supposed to do." [00:11:13] (25 seconds)


"Paul reminds the church of Corinth the same thing. If 1 Corinthians 16, 13 through 14, he says, be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And then he says, let all that you do be done in love. Some other translations say to be watchful. Stand firm. Act like a man. Be strong." [00:13:05] (44 seconds)


"And when I say, when it says to be watchful and stand firm, we're called to. To watch out for all things coming in and out of our house, which isn't always just standing at the door with a baseball bat. I know that's what some of y 'all are thinking. But really, it's more about protecting the faith of your home, protecting the integrity of your home and what's going in and out of your house." [00:15:23] (29 seconds)


"And see, a lot of times, because I didn't know what that meant, I was raising my boys hard. These kids played three sports, football, wrestling, track, raising them hard. You're going to do this, you're going to do that. And I had to learn what that meant to show love at the same time. Because the Bible says don't provoke your children. Don't provoke your children." [00:22:04] (28 seconds)


"It's never too late to do this. I don't care how old your kids are. It's never too late to do this. You just have to learn. Learn how to listen and let the Spirit guide you. You know, one of the things. I've heard you ever been in a car you and somebody in the car and then your jam comes on when your jam comes on what you want to do? you want to turn it up you want to turn it up and so you got the car bumping and the person in the car looking at you maybe they're not feeling that song and so they're trying to talk to you and you're looking at them like I know you're not messing with me during my song" [00:23:20] (48 seconds)


"See, you don't realize the longer you carry that weight. And I've heard people say, well, you know, my mother, my father, you know, they did me wrong and they weren't there for me. And you just carrying that. And because you're carrying that, you're wondering why God isn't answering your prayers the way you've been praying. You wonder why God isn't moving the way you want him to move. And you're still carrying that." [00:30:21] (28 seconds)


"Showing compassion to someone who hurt you goes against the very nature of that flesh that wants to rise up. At times, it can even feel overwhelming. It can feel, you say that that isn't fair. You say that, you know, it's impossible. I'm going to tell you you're wrong. Because with God, all things are possible. It's just a matter of if you want to be set free or not. Because showing someone undeserved forgiveness and compassion is really what mercy is." [00:32:14] (36 seconds)


"See, it's what's set apart to those who are focused on what's impossible, what's difficult, from those who change and inspire others to dream. See, when it's impossible and what's difficult, when you hear from God and he says, trust me in this, be with me. Be willing to be embarrassed. Be willing to say, okay, God, I'm just going to trust you. I'm just going to take this leap of faith. See, we sometimes mistake good intentions for faith." [00:42:56] (37 seconds)


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