THEME:
The Apostle John wrote that his greatest joy is to see his children walking in the truth. As Dads, we desire to share this same joy and see our children walking in the truth. Our prayer today is that God would use me to bring about my children walking in the truth. God’s word provides great wisdom for fathers to experience this joy.
KEY SCRIPTURE:
3 John 1:4
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Embrace your role as dad
Psalm 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Abandon the idol of self
Matthew 20:25-28
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Gather like-minded dads/men around you
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 24:5-6
A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Love like 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Examine my love for God
Mark 12:29-30
Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’