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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ
A Monthly Newsletter What About Daddy (A Father’s Day Thought) Page 1
The Beatitudes In the Church
An address from the Senior Pastor. Page 2
What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3
Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 10 Little Chocolate Boy Charles Ademolu’s monthly column Page 6
What about Daddy?
We are now more and more understanding the importance of a father in the family. Recent studies have made clear what we have known all along, and what the Bible has taught all along. God intends in the ideal family for there to be a godly mother and also for there to be a godly father. This is the way God has designed marriage. This is the way God intends for it to be.
(A Father’s Day Thought) Psalm 128:1-3 1. Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. 2. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. 3. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. This is Father's Day month. I want to remind all of the fathers that we often take second place on this very special day. The biggest day is not Father's Day, but the biggest day is Mother's Day. You do understand that, don't you? If you don't understand that, there's some information contained within this article that will help you just a little bit. I don’t want any of the fathers to think that Father’s Day is any less important than Mother’s Day. I do want you to understand that “Father’s Day” is every day of the year that you invest in being a father to your June
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children. Keep reading and you will understand why being a father is so valuable. Seventy two percent of Americans plan to celebrate Father's Day. Eighty one point eight percent celebrated Mother's Day. Seventy four point three percent of consumers say that they will buy dad a greeting card. Thirty six percent will buy a necktie. Forty one point six percent plan a special outing with dad. Eight billion or so will be spent on fathers. Ten point four three billion was spent on mothers. The average cost of a Father's Day gift is forty two dollars. The average cost of a Mother's Day gift is sixty three dollars. Dads, we don't get a whole lot of respect. You know that, don't you?
According to the Bible, marriage is to be a union between a man and a woman. In the ideal family, God intends for there to be a mother and a father for those children. That is the way the Bible has designed it. When you want to know what the father is supposed to be, then you go to the Bible to try to find out what a father is intended to be. We also understand that we do not live in an ideal society by the world’s standard. One of the things I love about the Bible is that the Bible tells us the real. It also tells us the ideal. You find the real in the Bible. You find fathers that were good fathers and you Continue on page 4
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