My first day as Daddy!

I am back from my trip and almost forgot today was Father's day until the message at church this morning, and of course my girls with gifts and a ice- cream cake and being pampered today.

It got me to thinking about what Father's should be, some of the following are excerpts from the sermon at Fellowship for Christ Church. Some are my own, I hope they make you think or rethink what Dad's should be and do.

Most men think their job is to be bread winner and to take care of the chores, the ones his wife does not do that is.

A Father's job is to bring up his children and instill in them beliefs and morals and the place to get them is from the Bible.

Most have heard the verse"spare the rod and spoil the child" well I do believe in spanking , but another aspect of this verse goes as follows.

In ancient Israel, the walking staff or rod contained the family history with all the important dates and events in the persons life that carried it. I like most people keep my dates and events in the family bible, which is my rod and staff and it does comfort me.

Here are a few poems that Bro. Ray read at church and a few more I found which makes the rubber hit the road.

Fathers Day Poems, Poem for father

What Makes a Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,

The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,

The comforting arm of night,

The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,

The faith of a mustard seed,

The patience of eternity,

The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,

When there was nothing more to add,

He knew His masterpiece was complete,

And so,

He called it ... Dad

~Author Unknown.~~

Daughter to father poems . A Little Girl Needs Daddy poem

A little girl needs Daddy

For many, many things:

Like holding her high off the ground

Where the sunlight sings!

Like being the deep music

That tells her all is right

When she awakens frantic with

The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain

That rises in her heart

And shows her how she might get home

When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love

That is her sea and air,

So diving deep or soaring high

She'll always find him there.

Father and son poems : Perhaps we'll never understand each other.....

Perhaps we'll never understand each other.

Loving doesn't mean that we agree.

If that were so, then I would say, why bother?

But there are things I know I'll never see.

I'm sure your heart knows what I don't yet know:

The pain of loving a reluctant son;

The anger, coming fast and building slow,

Of being helpless to control someone.

You want only that I grow up right,

But you know what right is, and I still don't.

I have to learn to wield my inner light,

And if I follow yours, well, then I won't.

I'm sorry for the anger in the air;

Though we fight, my love is always there.

Happy Father's Day

A Dad is a person

who is loving and kind,

And often he knows

what you have on your mind.

He's someone who listens,

suggests, and defends.

A dad can be one

of your very best friends!

He's proud of your triumphs,

but when things go wrong,

A dad can be patient

and helpful and strong

In all that you do,

a dad's love plays a part.

There's always a place for him

deep in your heart.

And each year that passes,

you're even more glad,

More grateful and proud

just to call him your dad!

Thank you, Dad...

for listening and caring,

for giving and sharing,

but, especially, for just being you!

Happy Father's Day

Good for father's birthday poems : OUR FATHERS

Our fathers toil with hands and heart

To make our lives complete.

They quietly brave the winter cold,

Endure the summer heat.

Our fathers' lives are busy, but

There's always time for us.

They boldly face the ups and downs

And seldom ever fuss.

Our fathers are the greatest dads.

We know you know this, too.

But thank you for the chance to share

Our love for them with you.

(c) by David A. Olds.

Inspirational Poem for father : A FATHER MEANS...

A Father means so many things...

A understanding heart,

A source of strength and of support

Right from the very start.

A constant readiness to help

In a kind and thoughtful way.

With encouragement and forgiveness

No matter what comes your way.

A special generosity and always affection, too

A Father means so many things

When he's a man like you...

Author Unknown~

More father's poems coming soon !

QUOTES ABOUT FATHERS

"The most important thing a father can do

for his children is to love their mother."

~Author Unknown

"To her the name of father was another name for love."

~By Fanny Fern.~~

"They didn't believe their father had ever been young;

surely even in the cradle he had been a very,

very small man in a gray suit,

with a little dark mustache and flat, incurious eyes."

~By Richard Shattuck.~~

"Fathers, like mothers, are not born.

Men grow into fathers-

and fathering is

a very important stage in their development."

~By David M. Gottesman.~~

"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

~By William Shakespeare (1564-1616)~~

"It doesn't matter who my father was;

it matters who I remember he was."

~By Anne Sexton (1928-1974) U.S. poet.~~

"I cannot think of any need in childhood

as strong as the need for a father's protection."

~By Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)~~

"A Man's children and his garden both reflect the

amount of weeding done during the growing season."

~Author Unknown.~~

"The greatest gift I ever had

Came from God, and I call him Dad!"

~Author Unknown.

The following is a exerpt from a pamphlet I have on Christian Fatherhood:

The greatest commandment in Scripture is this: "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength" (Deuteronomy 6:5). Going back to verse 2, we read, "So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life." Following Deuteronomy 6:5, we read, "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up" (vv. 6-7).

Israelite history reveals that the father was to be diligent in instructing his children in the ways and words of the Lord for their own spiritual development and well-being. The father who was obedient to the commands of Scripture did just that. This brings us to Proverbs 22:6, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." To "train" indicates the first instruction that a father and mother give to a child, i.e., his early education. The training is designed to make clear to children the manner of life they are intended for. To commence a child's early education in this way is of great importance.

Ephesians 6:4 is a summary of instructions to the father, stated in both a negative and positive way. "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." The negative part of this verse indicates that a father is not to foster negativity in his children by severity, injustice, partiality, or unreasonable exercise of authority. Harsh, unreasonable conduct towards a child will only serve to nurture evil in the heart. The word "provoke" means "to irritate, exasperate, rub the wrong way, or incite." This is done by a wrong spirit and wrong methods--severity, unreasonableness, sternness, harshness, cruel demands, needless restrictions, and selfish insistence upon dictatorial authority. Such provocation will produce adverse reactions, deadening children's affection, reducing their desire for holiness, and making them feel that they cannot possibly please their parents. A wise parent seeks to make obedience desirable and attainable by love and gentleness.

The positive part of Ephesians 6:4 is expressed in a comprehensive direction--educate them, bring them up, develop their conduct in all of life by the instruction and admonition of the Lord. This is the whole process of educating and discipline. The word "admonition" carries the idea of reminding the child of faults (constructively) and duties (responsibilities).

The Christian father is really an instrument in God's hand. The whole process of instruction and discipline must be that which God commands and which He administers, so that His authority should be brought into constant and immediate contact with the mind, heart, and conscience of children. The human father should never present himself as the ultimate authority to determine truth and duty. It is only by making God the teacher and ruler on whose authority everything is done that the goals of education can best be attained.

Martin Luther said, "Keep an apple beside the rod to give the child when he does well." Discipline must be exercised with watchful care and constant training with much prayer. Chastening, discipline, and counsel by the Word of God, giving both reproof and encouragement, is at the core of "admonition." The instruction proceeds from the Lord, is learned in the school of Christian experience, and is administered by the parents--primarily the father, but also, under his direction, the mother. Christian discipline is needed to enable children to grow up with reverence for God, respect for parental authority, knowledge of Christian standards, and habits of self-control.

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). A father's first responsibility is to acquaint his children with Scripture. The means and methods that fathers may use to teach God's truth will vary. As the father is faithful in role modeling, what children learn about God will put them in good standing throughout their earthly lives, no matter what they do or where they go.

John Hagee made a comment this morning in his Father's Day message that really caught my attention , I will share it with you, when your child is sucking at its mother;s breast[or a bottle] and you see that angelic face, close your eyes and picture a deadly beast.

Are you raising a Abraham Lincoln, Billy Graham, Mother Theresa or are you raising a Charles Manson, Lizzy Borden or a Jeffery Dahmer?

How you raise your children has more impact on the future than you can imagine, take it seriously!

As for me and my family we will serve the Lord.

2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2:2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. 2:6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth `cometh' knowledge and understanding: 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; `He is' a shield to them that walk in integrity; 2:8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, `yea', every good path. 2:10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; 2:13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; 2:15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 2:17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 2:19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life: 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. 2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. 2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 2:1-22

3:1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 3:2 For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3:3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. 3:5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: 3:8 It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. 3:9 Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: 3:12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 3:14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold. 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. 3:19 Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens. 3:20 By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. 3:21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck. 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble. 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh: 3:26 For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken. 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee. 3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm. 3:31 Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways. 3:32 For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. 3:33 The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. 3:34 Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly. 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 3:1-35

The wisest man in the world, one of the richest did not give advice on riches, but on wisdom and fatherhood.

Impart all the knowledge you can dad's , but install the wisdom to use that knowledge wisely!

Parents are sparing the rod, both physically and spiritually more than ever now and without a return to the bible the future of some is very cloudy.

As far as mine goes,it is bright for I saw the light, found my Saviour and know my future, do you?

Happy Father's Day to all.

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