Thank you that this is your world and that we get to be caught up in this grand celebration, this glorious worship service that has been going on and hasn’t stopped in heaven, but it continues even on earth. We get to celebrate the fact that you loved us and you made us your children through Jesus Christ. Thank you for the work you’ve done, all the planning that went into that, all the work and the sacrifice. Lord, thank you for making it possible so we could be in your forever family. We love you.

We thank you for this time. Teach us what it means to be fathers, to be mothers, to honor those who have been those to us. We pray this in Jesus mighty name. Amen. Thank you.

Maybe seated. Well, good morning. Happy Father’s Day. Thank you. It is good to gather like this every day of the, every day we get to do this.

This is an awesome thing. And we have a big week planning planned for VBS. This is going to be an exciting week all about illumination. So kids, be sure you come back tomorrow and then for the rest of the week we’re going to have a good time. I’m here tomorrow morning.

You can take off now to kids church so that we can talk about how to parent you. You know, I love questions and questions are one of those things that I see them as like a doorway to opening up powerful conversations. Questions are always intriguing because it’s good to find out where people are at, what’s on your heart, what’s on your mind. We’re getting a series today that is based on all the questions that you all have been asking and you’ve been submitting. So thank you for your participation in that.

I’m really looking forward to this. We got a wide variety of questions. They’re all related to the Bible in some way or what it means to be a Christian. But we got questions about angels and demons, heaven and hell, gender roles. We got questions about can we trust the Bible?

What about the end times? What about AI? All kinds of questions. So we’re going to have a lot of fun. Now one caveat I have to say is at the beginning of the series I have to say if this series was based on the wisdom of Pastor Jason, it would be incredibly disappointing.

And so thankfully, as we are asking questions, we’re coming to a God who says to us, come let us reason together. And so we have a God who is not afraid of questions. He’s not afraid of our doubts. He invites us to come, to come to him with what’s troubling us, with what’s disturbing us, with things that we’ve just wondered about and we feel like we haven’t gotten a good answer to or we’re trying to figure out an answer to still. And he says, come and he invites us to look into his word because here at GracePoint, we believe that the Bible is the absolute authority.

It is the source for truth in all matters of life and faith. And so we come to the Bible for those answers. That’s where the wisdom is found. It’s not found in a man. It’s not found in anybody.

And the goal is that ultimately we would come to know the God that is bigger than our questions. We want to come into his heart, enter into closer communion and closer fellowship with him. And that does happen through questions. They’re asking him and letting him speak to us. And this really worked out because today is Father’s Day.

And we actually got some questions on the role of Father’s Day. So that’s where we’re going to be kicking things off is talking about what is the role of dads. Now Father’s Day lands on us in different ways. A lot of us, we love Father’s Day. We love to honor our dads because of the way they loved us and sacrificed for us.

But for some of us, Father’s Day can be a little bit painful for various reasons. But I want you to know that no matter what your relationship is like or was like with your earthly father through Jesus Christ, you could have a great perfect father in heaven who loves you more than you can know. And that’s what this day is ultimately all about. It’s about our Father. And today in keeping with the questions, we’re going to talk about the role of a father as a shepherd or spiritual leader in the home.

What does that look like? Now in one sense, this is a message directed at dads. But in another sense, it’s directed at each one of us. Every one of us applies because if you’re a mom, well, this also applies to you because you’re a parent as well. It fits into a lot of the things you will do.

If you’re a lady and you want to know how to encourage the men in your life, this is a message for you. It’s a message for guys who are looking back and saying, I’ve done the dad thing for a while and I want a granddad and maybe great granddad. That’s for you too because you get to encourage other dads in your life. And so here’s the big idea this morning. Dads, it is no accident that God called you to lead your family to Jesus.

That’s what it’s all about, leading your family to Jesus. And here’s something I know, most dads, or I will just say a lot of dads, do not feel qualified to be a spiritual leader. I know this, I’ve talked to enough men to know that this is something a lot of men struggle with. Am I really cut out for this? We can give a lot of reasons for that.

But I want you to know that God did not make a mistake when he made you a dad. This is part of his plan, his purpose. If he gave you a baby, if you went home from the hospital, however you got a baby, you know that God had a plan for you in that role as a dad. And we’re gonna look at the book of Deuteronomy. So if you do have your Bibles, go ahead and flip to Deuteronomy chapter six.

We’re gonna go ahead and stand and read God’s words together. Out of honor, to honor our father and his word. And here in Deuteronomy six, way back in the Old Testament, the context is Moses speaking to the people of Israel before they go into the promised land and he lays out the role of a father. And he says this in Deuteronomy chapter six, beginning in verse four. Now here’s a question to consider.

Now for some of us, it might be that we’d be happily married. For others, it might be that we would have a good relationship with our kids, grandkids. Others might say, you know, I hope that God uses me to bring many into the kingdom. And at the end of my life, I can say, yes, God really did use me in a mighty way. But I have to say for me, one thing that’s at the very top of the list, that I hope is true at the end of my life is that all four of my kids are walking with the Lord.

This is something I desperately want and I pray for. And I know I’m not alone here. ‘Cause what could be more important than knowing that you will spend eternity with your spouse and kids? Scripture highlights the importance of parents passing on the faith to the next generation. It emphasizes that this is not something that’s automatic.

It’s not as though they will just absorb it by osmosis and you don’t have to do anything as a dad or as a mom. No, it says you need to pass on the faith. You need to talk about it. You need to teach them. You need to disciple them.

And it puts primary responsibility on fathers. And notice it doesn’t say that it’s primarily the youth workers. It doesn’t say it’s primarily Bible teachers or pastors. It is dads and moms who are called to disciple their kids. It’s first and foremost.

Those other roles are important. They’re supporting roles, but the primary responsibility comes to parents. Now commenting on this very passage, Psalm 78 says, God commanded our fathers to teach to their children that the next generation might know and to rise and tell them to their children so that they should set their hope in God and not forget his miraculous deeds, but keep his commandments. God’s heart, as we see here, gives us everything we need to pass on the faith. He doesn’t leave us unequipped.

He doesn’t leave us without resources. He gives us his word. He gives us his spirit. And he promises to walk beside us every step of the way. And this is in your notes, men need a mission.

I believe that every man has this God-given hunger and desire to live with purpose and mission. It’s this longing that God put there. It’s this drive. And if this is not channeled into serving Jesus and his kingdom, it will go into all kinds of bad directions. And this is why men tend to be drawn more towards faith.

And they’re always wanting to go on a mission. They make swords and shields and they have nerf guns. They make guns out of sticks. Now I didn’t tell them they need to do this. It’s just something that naturally happens with boys.

They feel this need to go out and go on a quest to do something great, to defeat evil in some sense. And it’s something that’s important to note about men. They feel this need to be somebody’s hero. And the simple fact is that men will do better in life if they have a kingdom-oriented mission. If they are directing these goals, this passion, this drive, to do something great to serving Jesus, first and foremost.

Because here’s the thing, without a mission, men get bored. And that’s never a good thing. Just like the saying goes, idle hands are the devil’s playground, right? The enemy will hijack this hunger for more with all kinds of temptations. He’ll hold out things to men and say, this is what you really need.

This is what you want. And sometimes it’s relatively innocuous. It might be something like playing video games for endless hours. It might be doing something crazy just to get an adrenaline rush. And oftentimes it can turn toxic, like going out and getting drunk with the guys, or seeking thrills and porn, or in affairs, all kinds of things.

And most men don’t realize that when they do those kinds of things, they are buying the lie of the enemy who’s saying, I will satisfy that hunger for more, that hunger for a thrill and adventure I will offer to you. And it’s all a lie. And it’s all a lie. So here’s how important fathers are. And so he will pinpoint his attack often on the father.

Because he sees that role right there is so strategic, if I can take down the father, how effective can I be? So here’s the point, men, you need a mission. You need a mission. So make the discipleship of your family your mission. Make it your goal in life to sacrificially serve your wife, to sacrificially serve your kids, your family, those in your lives that are in need, to serve other dads.

And this explains why God gives us commands. Anyone in the military knows that without a command, you can’t really go on a mission. You have to be given a directive. And that’s what God does here. And here’s what we need to know.

God gives us commands for our good. Some people will feel like God’s commands are overbearing. They’re too challenging. God’s asking too much of us. But the truth is those commands in scripture are there for our good.

They’re there to make us more like Jesus. And so as we look at his law and look at his word, we see this is what it means to walk in the path of righteousness, to live on mission for Jesus. If you’ve been a parent for any amount of time, you know that kids love to ask that question, why? Sometimes it’s, you know, Daddy, why is the sky blue? You know, mommy, why do we have to sleep?

I remember my son Ryan asked me, Daddy, why is it that when you say just a second, what you really mean is just a hundred seconds? Now, kids ask a lot of great questions because they’re sponges and they’re just taking in all this information based on what they see. And so they have to ask, they have to know what is the reason for this. And what Moses says here is, live in such a way that your kids and grandkids, that applies to and great grandkids, that they’re prompted to ask you, why is it that you live this way? Why is it that you prioritize these things in life?

God sent that baby home with you. And so you know you’re the person for the job. And secondly, in your notes, teach your kids to passionately pursue Jesus over everything else. Passionately pursue Jesus over everything else. Here’s what Moses says verse four, here oh Israel, listen up you guys, he says, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Parents today might measure success based on sending their kids through school and getting good grades. Maybe it’s getting their kids into that perfect college or maybe it’s raising empathetic and responsible in life. You need to teach your kids without exception is this, to love their creator with their entire being. The verses here are called the Shema.

That’s named for the first Hebrew word in this sentence here. It means listen or hear this Shema. So this isn’t just a statement about God’s nature that He alone is the creator and there is no other. It’s certainly that but it’s more important to sing but He is our God. It’s a statement of allegiance.

We are to serve this God alone. Why would He have to emphasize that? Because there are other things that we have to say about God’s false God that are going to continually seek to take your heart, to draw you away from love of the true God. He says worship Him and no other. The Bible explains that our main problem is that we tend to put ourself at the center of life.

That’s our main problem when you break it down. It’s that we make it about us. My needs, my desires, my wants and we live at a time when this conversation of me is at an all time high. You think about this, we have pictures we take that we call selfies. I’m encouraged to pursue my truth and just do me and I’m supposed to, as I watch TV advertisements, I’m supposed to think more about how I deserve more and how I’m missing out on something that’s going to make me happy and it’s all about me.

When I’m feeling stressed, I’m encouraged to have some me time. My social media algorithm is catered to tell me how right I am about pretty much everything. It’s into this world that is all about me that Jesus comes along and He says to me, Jason, you need to deny yourself that I need to deny me. I need to deny myself, take up my cross and follow Him. He says, if I have anything else at the center of my life other than Him, then it is an idol and it has to go.

It’s only going to destroy me. When the scribe asked Jesus, what is the most important command in the entire Torah? Jesus said, this one’s easy. It’s right here. Deuteronomy 6, love the Lord your God with everything, with all that you are.

The reason is very simple. We were made by God and so we will only understand what life is all about when we are loving Him, putting Him first and honoring Him and having Him be at the center and you can’t worship Jesus and put yourself first at the same time. Those will directly collide. You have to decide, am I going to live first for me or for Jesus? Am I going to believe what the world says about me or am I going to believe what the word says about me?

A literal translation here is that we are to love Him with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your muchness. That’s the correct translation I believe. In other words, love Him with all your resources. With your resources, with your intellect, with your relationships, with your resources, your wealth, with your everything, use everything you have to love God. To make it all about Him and to love Him completely.

And this matters because when we learn to love God, that is when we learn what life is all about. And the truth is, on our own, we don’t want to love God. And that’s the thing we have to confront in ourselves. That actually there’s this pull within us that is not wanting to love God and wanting to serve ourselves and love ourselves first. And the devil will try to pull on that too.

That’s why Jesus came. He came to show us how to love. He loved us first, the Bible says, that’s why we love Him. It’s not because we were so great and God said, man, I need them on my team. No, it’s because He loved us even when we were enemies of Him.

We were rebelling against Him. Anything to do with God, we were running away from Him. That’s when God came after us and said, I want you. I love you. And I love you as a father.

We need reminders that we’re to put God before everything. That’s why Moses emphasizes this repetition. It has to keep come before your mind that you need to love the Lord your God. I think of that Him prone to wander. Lord, I feel it prone to leave the God I love.

Moses says, saturate your life and your family with the Word of God. And keep in mind, we have three enemies, three enemies that are constantly hunting us. So we are always in battle. The three enemies are the world, the flesh and the devil. And those are constantly wanting to pull you away from loving God.

So we have to be intentional about loving God. Otherwise, we won’t do it. We will slip into whatever is the current at that time and we’ll go that direction instead of in the direction that we were made for. And when you love God first, you will love others in the right way. If you love others before you love God, you will actually hurt others.

If you love God first, you’ll understand how to love others and you’ll love them well, beginning with your family. And so when Christ is at the center of your life, your spouse and your kids will notice, the people around you will notice this person is first about God. And that’s why they love me. The biggest goal for your kids needs to be that they pursue Jesus above everything else. Everything else this world will tempt them with.

Third in your notes, prioritize presence with your family, not just provision for your family. Joe Gibbs is one of the most successful NFL head coaches in history. Three Super Bowl victories and he’s been inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame. And he’s also a committed Christian. But one day he surprised sports fans when he said he’s going to resign as head coach.

And he said the main reason for this is that in his grueling coaching schedule, which was all consuming, he realized that he had neglected quality time with his family. In his own words, he said he walked into his son’s room one night to tuck him in. Only to realize that that boy had grown to be a man. From that point on, he made a commitment to be more present with his family. He later told men the priority has to be God and family and then work.

And Joe Gibbs isn’t alone in this. Even Billy Graham, as great of an example as he was in his autobiography, he admits that in part he was so successful as an evangelist because he paid the price of failing at times to be a father. That’s not an easy thing for a man to admit. How many dads have realized only too late? You know what?

I put so many other things before my family, my career, my advancement, my success. I put that before my family. Now some dads may say, well, we do have quality time. After all, I work hard and we go on vacation together. But quality time is found in the context of quantity time.

There have been times where God has definitely convicted me of having my phone out too much at home. And you know, my kids might be right in front of me and I’m not looking at them in the eye. I’m not paying attention close enough to them because why? I’m looking at this stupid screen in front of me. How silly, how foolish really is that of me to do that, to not pay attention to my kids when I should.

Now sometimes that’s all it is. It’s a simple move. You’ve put in the phone away so that you can be present. Or not going to the golf course every other day. Or not, you know, whatever it is, pick your fill in the blank and being present with your family because that matters.

Now we want that quality time. But what we think is that if I just set up these amazing moments and we go on this great vacation, then it’s gonna happen. But the reality is that the quality time that will matter in the long run is when you are there in the trenches day after day and you’re present and available and then when they come across trouble in life, they have struggles. They’re gonna know I can turn to my dad. I can turn to my mom because they’ve been there the whole time.

They’ll listen to me. See a lot of dads see themselves as the provider. That’s their title. I’m the provider. They work hard and we need to commend both dads and moms that do what it takes to provide for their families.

That’s important. But it’s no replacement for being present with your family. Deuteronomy six makes this clear. Dad and mom are present. That’s why they’re able to talk with their kids at all these different scenarios throughout the day and throughout different situations.

Moses says you shall teach them diligently to your children. Diligently, that tells me Moses recognizes this is gonna take some effort on your part. It’s not always gonna be easy. You’re gonna have a long hard day at work and when you come home, your first choice is I wanna sit down and just veg for a minute and go maybe watch Netflix or a ballgame tune out for a bit. But Moses would have us remember your kids are only kids for a finite amount of time.

Use that time wisely. He says be diligent in this. Use that time to point them to God when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise. And sometimes the best traditions are the very simple ones. Like we’re gonna take a walk as a family once a week or we’re gonna sit down as a family and have a meal together on a regular basis.

When they go to bed, you pray with them. At breakfast, you talk to them about what God has been teaching you. The last thing I wanna do is make this sound complicated because I think what Moses is saying is you can incorporate this into your life, everyday stuff of life. In production, you just need to live out Christ before your kids and point them to the one who’s working in you. Fourth in your notes, lead times of family worship.

Several years ago, quite a few years ago, I heard a message by a guy named Donald Whitney who talked about the importance of leading your family in times of worship. And he explains that if kids learn that worship is something that happens Sunday mornings, they will live like that. And if you teach them at home, we recognize our home belongs to God. And we’re gonna put God first. And one of the ways we’re gonna do that is we’re gonna gather around as a family and honor God on a regular basis.

Now sometimes this can be just 15 minutes. That may be all it takes, 15 minutes. And family worship is basically saying we’re gonna pray together. We’re gonna find out what we need prayer for. We’re gonna read some scripture together.

Just take a few nuggets that we can have for the rest of the week. And we’re gonna worship. We’re gonna sing. You don’t need to make this complicated. I think that there’s a very basic way he outlines in his book.

I would highly recommend a family worship by Donald Whitney where he just walks through some basic principles. He pulls from scripture how this is something that anybody can do. You don’t have to be a theologian. You don’t have to be a scholar. This is something just by learning about God together, you’re actually shepherding your family.

Now, have I always been consistent on this? No, I have not. But I can tell you that I’ve talked to enough parents who practice this that I see how important it is. I see that this matters. That we prioritize God in our family, in our homes.

And I grew up in a home that practiced this and I’m thankful for it. Some people will say, well, you know, worship should just happen all day long, naturally. It’s just a way of life. It should take time to do it. Well, I would disagree because while it should happen all day long, that’s ideal.

What you find is that if you take special times out of the day to say, we’re gonna actually do focus worship together, that will dramatically influence the rest of the week. It will impact the way you live the rest of that day. And moms, this is for you too. You know, sometimes dad either isn’t available or he’s not saved or whatever it might be, we have a role in this as well. It may look different, but the fact remains that your kids need to be shepherded.

Scripture places the primary responsibility on dads to lead the family to Jesus. Ephesians six says, “Fathers do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” So here Paul is giving some dad, giving dad some practical advice. This is what it looks like to shepherd your home. And instruction.

Why discipline? Well, as every parent knows that cute little baby that you couldn’t take your eyes off came into this world with a little rebellious heart. You didn’t have to teach them how to lie. You didn’t have to teach them to say mine, right? They started doing that on their own.

And so you had to put boundaries up and because of those boundaries you need discipline. And this isn’t about overbearing over the top discipline. It’s simply saying there’s boundaries in life. There’s authorities you need to recognize and you’re setting them up for success later because if they don’t learn that there’s consequences for violating these boundaries young when they’re young, they will think that they can do that when they’re older. And it’s far more painful later as an adult.

We want them to experience the small dose of those consequences early in life so they can say, “You know what? I recognize God has established authorities in my life for a reason. I recognize that sin has consequences and I need to obey my authorities.” Now I was disciplined as a kid and at the time I would not say I was grateful for it. But I can tell you that looking back, it’s funny how your perspective changes as a parent.

Looking back, I look at that discipline and I can say that’s proof that they loved me. It’s proof that they cared about where I would end up. And one of the most critical times to shepherd kids in the way of Jesus is when they disobey. Because here you’re having an opportunity to teach them about grace. And you’re given an opportunity to show them it’s not just about the rules, it’s about a relationship.

You can sit them down, you can talk with them, you can speak directly to their heart, you can connect with your kids and teach them what grace is. And as you have family worship times together, that will set the tone for these times of discipline and instruction. A lot of times the questions for dads is how can I bring grace into this situation? How can I not just bring the firm iron fist of the law, but how can I show that grace really matters? That our family values grace.

That we are only here because God is gracious. And so dads, a lot of times it comes to you to set the spiritual temperature of the home. You could set it as passive and you know, just anything goes environment or you could be very angry and controlling and people walk on eggshells around you. Or you can set the temperature as grace. That’s one of the prayers I often pray is Lord, make me a conduit of grace.

Not condemnation, not conflict. I want to bring grace to others. That’s what I need. That’s what others need. Because the thing is your kids will let you down sometimes.

Your spouse will let you down sometimes. You will let them all down sometimes. And if you want to avoid bitterness and anger, you have to establish that the dominant theme of our home is grace. We show grace here because God has shown grace to us. We don’t hold grudges, we don’t store up accounts and say, look what you did a month ago to me and I’m still mad about it.

No, that’s not grace. You’re quick to forgive because God has quick to forgive. I mentioned the whole passage here explains the importance of living in such a way that our kids ask us questions. Dad and mom, why do we live differently from others? Why do we go to church?

Why do we have to obey the Bible? That’s what we see in verse 20 of Deuteronomy 6. It says, “When your son asks you in time to come, what is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?” And notice the answer is, isn’t what we do because God said so. Now, God’s authority is a legit reason to obey him, but that’s not where Moses begins.

He doesn’t even start with, we obey because then God will bless us. That’s also true. Moses goes on to say that God blesses obedience, but that’s not the basis of our obedience. I think of people who have been taught that if they follow Jesus, they will be able to avoid suffering. And then when terrible things happen in life, they go through awful times, they think, you know, where is that good God I heard about?

Well, you know, if I was following Jesus, why am I not getting blessed right now? But see, the Bible never promises that life is going to be easy. In fact, we’re called to deny ourselves and expect trouble in this world, especially when we’re living for Jesus. What does Moses say in verse 21? He says, “Then you shall say to your son, we were pharaohs, slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.”

Moses says, “Tell your kids, obey God because he rescued us, because he’s our savior.” You and I weren’t slaves in Egypt, but we were enslaved to sin. We weren’t there when the Egyptians and their firstborns had the judgment of God poured out on them, but God did pour out his judgment at Calvary on his own son so that we could be set free. Finally in your notes, teach your kids how God’s love motivates our obedience. See, threats will only take you so far.

Using just all these reasons of what you can’t do will only take you so far. God’s love will be there as a powerful motivation no matter what, because there is no limit to God’s love. So there’s always more of God’s love to experience and more reason to want to obey him. So what are we teaching our kids? What are we modeling for them?

We don’t obey only when life is good and going our way. We don’t obey merely because God is the authority and he said so. We obey God because God loves us and he did everything necessary to save us from our sin. He knows what’s best for us. Our kids need to know that the God who created them, it was every hair on their head, he sees them, he loves them, he’s ready to walk with them through life and that while our sins separated us from God, he did the impossible to reconcile us to himself.

He came and he died for us. He pursued us. He took on flesh in Jesus Christ and Jesus perfectly obeys his father. He obeyed where we failed. He succeeded in every way and then an astonishing love he allowed himself to be tortured and killed to pay for our sins.

That’s the God you can follow. That’s the God you can obey because he loves us to the fullest extent. In other words, give your kids the gospel. Tell them the old old story about how Jesus and his love for them is what sets them free. This is what it means to shepherd your family.

It’s about teaching our kids that life with Jesus is so much better than the life that the world offers us. This is what it means to live for eternity, not just for the here and now and oftentimes being a leader means you have to go first even in the hard things like confessing sin and seeking forgiveness and knowing repentance. If I tell my kids, hey, you need to confess your sin, you need to be forgiven, you need to do all these things and I am never confessing sin. What message am I sending to them? That I’m perfect?

They know I’m not perfect. We need to show them, you know what, the best things you can do sometimes is just confess your sin openly. Be honest with God, be honest with your family and then repent because God’s always merciful. He’s always willing to take us back and forgive us. That in all the ways we’re called to shepherd our home, He will not leave us alone.

He will be with us every step of the way. We don’t have to be afraid. God tells us that the family that honors Him, He will honor. So I’ll leave you with this question here. Dad’s, what would it look like to implement some version of family worship in your home just once a week?

Again, not complicating it, not making it sound impossible. Simple, starting small. What is something you can do? Maybe you’re a grandpa and you recognize, you know, I have a role here. I could do something here.

Or a grandma or a mom, an aunt, an uncle, you can all play a part in helping to lead your family to Jesus. Let’s pray together. Father God, I thank you that you are a good, good father, that you love us completely and that amazingly you sent your own son to die in our stead. That kind of love, it doesn’t make sense in this world. But you’re calling us to love one another in that same way.

We can only do it through your power, Lord, through your Holy Spirit. And at the end of the day, Lord, we recognize that when we love as you love us, that’s when we’re really living life the way we were always meant to. Lord, I pray that as we have talked about these things, that yes, there would be conviction, but not condemnation. I pray that the dads here would not be feeling inadequate for this task, that the moms would not be feeling like there’s no way I can lead this or I can support this. Lord, I pray that you would give us the joy of the Lord, that we would see that this is a high and holy calling to shepherd our homes, that we can leave a lasting legacy in our families for multiple generations.

What matters is not what’s happened in the past. And today, how will we live moving forward? Lord, I pray that you would energize us and thank you for what you’ve done for us and being our Father. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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