Celebrating Kindness

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Celebrating Kindness
Father's Day
What is desirable in a man is his kindness Proverbs 19:22a

The first commandment with a promise!
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God has given you. Exodus 20:12

Our Father In Heaven

• Psalm 103:13
  
  • "Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him."
    
• If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
  
• If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
• God is a Father in search of a family
  
• Hosea 14:3b "For in You the fatherless finds mercy"
  
  • Only in God do the fatherless find compassion
    
• God's instruction is found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 – The Sh'ma

Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. II Corinthians 5:11a NLT

Building Families
The family is the place to:

1. Establish identity and security.
   
2. Teach and transmit values.
   
3. Make and store lifetime memories.
   
4. Develop hidden talents and potentials.
   
5. Learn how to love and forgive.
   
6. Grow in a safe environment.
7. Learn honesty and transparency.
   
8. Fail without criticism or condemnation.
   
9. Hide during the storms of life.
   
10. Experience the kingdom of God in action.
    
11. Translate Scripture into living realities.
    
12. Establish a command center for safety to bring the Kingdom of God to a lost world.

12 Duties of a Father

1. Love – Genesis 37:4; I John 4:7-8
   
2. Command – Genesis 50:16
   
3. Instruct – Proverbs 1:8; Deuteronomy 6
   
4. Train – Proverbs 22:6
   
5. Rebuke – Genesis 34:30
   
6. Restrain – I Samuel 3:13
   
7. Punish – Deuteronomy 21:18-21
   
8. Discipline – Hebrews 12:7
   
9. Nourish – Isaiah 1:2
   
10. Supply Needs – Matthew 18:11
    
11. Guide and Warn – I Thessalonians 2:11
    
12. Do not provoke – Ephesians 6:4

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the great and foremost commandment. 
The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 22:37

Growing Through Imperfection

• First, admit you've blown it.
  
  • A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful.  But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance. Proverbs 28:13
• Second, learn from it.
  
• Third, expect God to turn your greatest failure into your greatest strength.
  
• Fourth, realize failure isn't fatal.
  
• Fifth, don't quit.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel