THE VALUE OF FATHER

SUNDAY, 19TH JUNE, 2022

Topic: THE VALUE OF FATHER

(CELEBRATING 2022 WORLD’S FATHERS’ DAY)

MEMORIZE: “Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion… " Genesis 1:26

SCRIPTURE READING: Genesis 1:26-28

“Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 

EXPOSITION:

Man was created to represent Him on earth in overseeing the rest creatures. He was commissioned to watch over, to dominate and to procreate until he replenishes the earth. He is the father by the virtue of his procreation. He was the first to take care of his seed. Out of the man, the woman was brought out. She is not another created being, not another human being, but a woman – a man with womb, for the purpose of procreation. She is the incubator of future generation – destiny children. But the man is the donor. What he donates is what the woman processed, incubated and give birth to at the appointed time of God.

Therefore, as a man, your responsibilities includes:

1. AS HUSBAND, YOU MUST…

i. Give your wife name that you want her to reflect in your life. What you call her is what she will answer in your life. Adam called his wife “Woman” for she is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh… because she is taken out of man – Gen. 2:23.

ii. Leave your father and mother and cleave to your wife and the two shall be one. Gen. 2:24.

iii. Rejoice in your wife – Prov. 5:18.

iv. Live joyfully with your wife – Eccl. 9:9.

v. Love your wife = Eph. 5:25.

vi. Dwell with your wife according to knowledge – 1 Peter 3:7.

vii. Give honour unto your wife - – 1 Peter 3:7.

2. AS FATHER, YOU MUST…

i. Teach your children the way and fear of God – Deut 6:7, 20.

ii. Train your children in godliness – Prov. 22:6

iii. Provide for your family – 2 Cor. 12:14.

iv. To nurture your wife and children in the word of God – Eph. 6:4.

v. To control your household – 1 Tim. 3:4.

vi. To love your wife as yourself and your children as Christ loves the Church – Titus 2:4; Eph. 5:25.

Be a good, responsible and fulfilling father that makes God happy and proud as we are celebrating WORLD’S FATHERS’ DAY, 2022 today. Remain blessed always in Jesus name.

PRAYER POINT: 

Lord, make me a fulfilled man on earth according to your divine purpose for my life in Jesus name.

Lord, help all fathers to be a productive and fulfilling father from today in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Psalm 64-66

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