SERIES: GETTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL! EPISODE 11 : Take 2-FATHER'S DAY SPECIAL: SIGNS OF A GODLY FATHER!

DISCLAIMER: YOU MUST BE IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
JESUS TO FULLY GRASP THESE TEACHINGS AND TO LIVE THIS KIND OF
ABUNDANT LIFE!

INTRODUCTION: SPECIAL FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE: SIGNS OF GODLY
FATHER!


MATTHEW 3:13-17 


13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be
baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying,
“I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”15
Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this
to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.16 As
soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that
moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending
like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from
heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well
pleased.


To help us understand what it takes to be a Godly father, let’s
go down to the Jordan River, and hang out at Jesus’ baptism.
There is much debate, about who was there when Jesus was
baptized, but this much we do know, the one person who showed up
at the baptism was His Father?  


 The 1st thing you have to do to be a Godly father : You
have to show up. You got to make your presence known. You got to
be there when it involves your child, being a Godly father means
you always show up. God showed up, and God had something to
say.  Can I go deep right there? For the last 400 years
before this God has been silent. The last public declaration came
through the prophet Malachi 400 years before the birth of
Jesus.  For 400 years God didn’t have nothing to say. 
For 400 years God had no word for Israel. For 400 years God
didn’t speak through another prophet. For 400 years God had no
message for his children. 


But all of a sudden, after 400 years God shows up at the Jordan
River and says: “I Got Something To Say" I had to ask God, why
show up now, the answer should’ve been obvious, God said, “this
is my son.” Something happens when a dad shows up. Because I’ll
tell them something mama won’t, I’ll talk to them in a way that
mama can’t. Amen!!!  


A Godly father will tell his children that he loves them. Not
only does God show up, but He also says “I love you”. Something
phenomenal happens when dads tell their children “I love you”.
Dad doesn’t tell yourself, you’re too much of a man to tell your
children, that you love them. I think God for the fact that every
time my girls get off the phone with me, they know to say “I love
you”, because we never end a conversation without affirming the
love we have for each other.  


A Godly father will tell his children that he’s proud of them.
Not only does God show up and say I love you, but He says to
Jesus I’m proud of you. In Matt. 3, Mk. 1, and Lk. 3, Jesus ain’t
done nothing yet. He hadn’t worked no miracles, He hadn’t raised
no dead, no blinded eyes have been open, no walking on water, no
turning water into wine, no feeding 5,000, Jesus ain’t done
nothing, and yet God says “I’m proud of you”. Why? Dads I need
y'all to catch this, God says because my pride is not attached to
what you do. That deep right there. My pride is connected to who
you are. God says this because He knows that every child needs to
know that their father is proud of them. It motivates, it
inspires the child, when they know that dad is proud of them..
Amen!!!


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NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SERIES GETTING TO THE NEXT
LEVEL: IT’S TIME TO LET GO OF THE GUILT!


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