Weekly Watch Focus: Honor our Fathers
June 14, 2019—The Bible tells us, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” (Ephesians 4:4-6).
All fatherhood proceeds from our one true Heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came to redeem us from sin and reveal our Heavenly Father (Matthew 11:27). The Apostles’ Creed begins with, “I believe in God, the Father Almighty.” It is by the Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost that we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
The Bible instructs us to honor our fathers and mothers, the first commandment with a blessing. Those who obey this command open their lives for God’s choicest blessings. As we observe Father’s Day this week, may we first honor and worship our Father God. Let us also honor our natural and spiritual fathers and mothers. Society suffers without fathers, and children are the main casualties. Let us pray for restoration of fathers and the Spirit of true Fatherhood under our Father God. May Father God fill the gap for children in broken homes. Above all, let us give thanks for Father God’s gracious gift of His Son for the salvation of all.
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Ephesians 6:1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’”
Malachi 4:5-6, “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord,. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Joshua 24:15b, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Psalm 68:5, “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
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For days now our intercession is interwoven in a sound of SINGING! When King David returned the ark to its place, they sang as they brought it home on their shoulders! |
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Our watch focus this week begins with God’s promises from scripture that His will shall be done on earth. |
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“He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, and there, the camels were coming.” Genesis 24:63 |
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“Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?…rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed… He shall speak to them in His wrath, ‘I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion…I will give You the nations for Your inhe |
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“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…” Psalm 23:4 |
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