Ephesians 6 1 4 1 Children obey your
Ephesians 6: 1 -4 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. ”
Ephesians 6: 1 -4 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
LARRY CLINE – HARDIN VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST – 6/15/2014
1. FOR WORKING HARD FOR OUR FAMILY • BUT IF ANYONE DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR HIS OWN, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF HIS HOUSEHOLD, HE HAS DENIED THE FAITH AND IS WORSE THAN AN UNBELIEVER. I TIMOTHY 5: 8 • HOW WORSE THAN UNBELIEVERS? • EVEN UNBELIEVERS PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
2. FOR TEACHING US THE TRUTH! FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE YOUR CHILDREN TO ANGER, BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE DISCIPLINE AND INSTRUCTION OF THE LORD. EPHESIANS 6: 4
ARE YOU A COACH OR A CRITIC? DON’T KEEP ON SCOLDING AND NAGGING YOUR CHILDREN, MAKING THEN ANGRY AND RESENTFUL
• THANKS FOR WORKING HARD AND PROVIDING. • THANKS FOR TEACHING US THE TRUTH! 3. THANKS FOR YOUR GODLY EXAMPLE.
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ I Corinthians 11: 1
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU FACE TO FACE; I EITHER LACK THE WORDS OR FAIL TO FIND THE TIME AND PLACE. BUT IN THIS SPECIAL LETTER, DAD, YOU'LL FIND, AT LEAST IN PART, THE FEELINGS THAT THE PASSING
YEARS HAVE LEFT WITHIN MY HEART. THE MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD DAYS AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, TO MAKE OUR HOME A HAPPY PLACE AND GROWING UP SUCH FUN! I STILL RECALL THE WALKS WE TOOK, THE GAMES WE OFTEN PLAYED;
THOSE CONFIDENTIAL CHATS WE HAD WHILE RESTING IN THE SHADE. THIS LETTER COMES TO THANK YOU, AND, FOR NEEDED WORDS OF PRAISE; THE COUNSEL AND THE GUIDANCE, TOO, THAT SHAPED MY GROWN-UP DAYS. NO WORDS OF MINE CAN TELL YOU,
DAD, THE THINGS I REALLY FEEL; BUT YOU MUST KNOW MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LASTING, WARM AND REAL. YOU MADE MY WORLD A BETTER PLACE, AND THROUGH THE COMING YEARS; I’LL KEEP THESE MEMORIES OF YOU AS CHERISHED SOUVENIRS.
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