5 Keys To Becoming A Godly Man
Father’s Day
Pastor Ed Carlson
AV First
6/16/24

Healthy Families are our Passion
Healthy families have been God’s design from the beginning and the foundation of any healthy church or community. We believe that the family is a Divine institution that is worthy of our time, effort and sacrifice.

Our culture is in desperate need of Godly Men.

1. STEP

-Lead (Be a man of action)

Ezekiel 22:30
“I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”

-Reject passivity

2 Samuel 10:7, 12
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men…”Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

2. SPEAK

Ephesians 5:11 (ESV)
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

3. STAND

Jeremiah 1:4-6 (CSB)
4 The word of the LORD came to me:
5 I chose you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart before you were born.
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
6 But I protested, “Oh no, Lord GOD! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Jeremiah 1:17-19 (CSB)
17 “Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them. 18 Today, I am the one who has made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population. 19 They will fight against you but never prevail over you, since I am with you to rescue you.”

1 Corinthians 15:58 (CSB)
58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

4. STAY

1 Peter 5:5-7 (CSB)
5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because
God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

5. SERVE

If all of life is worship, then all of life is service.

Matthew 6:33 (CSB)
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Serve Your Family
Serve Your Church
Serve Your Community

Mark 10:45 (CSB)
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.