The Influence of a Godly Dad
63% of Suicides are from fatherless homes
90% of all runaway children are from fatherless homes.
85% of all children with Behavorial disorders are from fatherless homes
71% of high school dropouts are from Fatherless homes
75% of all adolescent chemical abuse patients in drug treatment centers are from fatherless homes
85% of all youths in prison are from fatherless homes
You have to have a
Parenting has to be done in
- A Godly Father leaves a
Deuteronomy 5:29 Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Greatest Legacy is 3 simple things:
Deuteronomy 6:1 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. ESV
That you might have
Proverbs 22:4 True Humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor and long life, NLT
Ephesians 6:2 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you and you will have a long life on the earth. NLT
That it might
Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you
That you might
Deuteronomy 6:2-3 …by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. ESV
- A godly Father loves God
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ESV
Love God
Love God with a
- A godly father lives with spiritual
Deuteronomy 6:6-7a And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children ESV
Deuteronomy 6:7 Impress them on your children. NIV
Do it with
Deuteronomy 6:6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ESV
Do it
Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children ESV
Do it
Deuteronomy 6:7… and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ESV
Deuteronomy 6: Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
· Word should be prevalent in your house