God has some things He
wants to put in us, and He uses people to do it.
Psalm 145:4 (ESV)
4 One generation shall commend your works to
another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
1. My dad taught me the valve to excellence.
He taught
stewardship and tithing. God owns everything, and I am His manager.
Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV)
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where
thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where
thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.
Our
job is to make the biggest difference for God that we can.
2. My father-in-law, Billy
Hornsby, taught attitude.
Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% on
how we respond.
2 Corinthians 6:10 (ESV)
10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
3. Roy
Stockstill taught me humility.
A person on their face before God
can ever fall from that position.
Matthew 5:5 (ESV)
5 “Blessed
are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 11:29 (ESV)
29 Take
my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in
heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
4. Larry Stockstill taught me the importance of
prayer.
Prayer should be our 1st response and not our last resort.
Matthew 17:19-20 (ESV)
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why
could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your
little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain
of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
5. John Maxwell taught me the value to people.
He said
to put a 10 on everyone. See everyone not as they are, but as they could
be. Believe the best about everyone.
Matthew 7:12 (ESV)
“So whatever
you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law
and the Prophets.
John 8:10-11 (ESV)
10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman,
where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]
1 Corinthians 4:14-16 (ESV)
14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to
admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless guides
in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in
Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I
urge you, then, be imitators of me.
Malachi 4:6 (ESV)
6 And
he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of
children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree
of utter destruction.”
If you're disappointed by your past.
1. Allow God to heal the Father wound.
Psalm 68:5-6 (ESV)
5 Father of the fatherless and protector of
widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
2. Be a father. Pour your life into someone
else.
Reap what you sow. Leadership is influence.
Galatians 6:7 (ESV)
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever
one sows, that will he also reap.
3. Relate to God as Father.
Romans 8:15-16 (ESV)
15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to
fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,
by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit
that we are children of God,
God has great things for us.
Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands
Video
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/fathers-day
Discussion Guide
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/files/groups/guides/6-18-2017.pdf
