HAPPY FATHER'S DAY | SermonIndex

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mama27 Jun 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers on this site - what an awesome privilege and responsibility you have to raise up children for the Lord. And for those whose children are raised, or for those who feel they didn't do so well, you have the privilege of praying for them.

And for good or for bad - my father was not a believer - but I am thankful for him still - he taught me many things about life and kindness....

Thank you Lord for fathers....and for the perfect FATHER that You are!!

sermonindex Jun 19, 2011

Amen.

sermonindex Jun 19, 2011

Sorry but i find the title of this post offensive. It's not your fault though. I'm just sick of having those words slammed in my face every day for the past entire week everywhere i go and reminding me of my grief. Happy F Day is NOT happy, and i speak for a lot of people. Please try to keep it down. Every year I hold my breath until it is over.
I did not expect to come on this site too and find Happy F Day smeared in my face here too. Sigh.

Again, no offense, it's not your fault and i am just venting.

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StarofG0D Jun 19, 2011

my father was not a believer - but I am thankful for him still

Amen sister.

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MaryJane Jun 19, 2011

Thank you Lord for fathers....and for the perfect FATHER that You are!!

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Just wanted to say amen to this.

God Bless
maryjane

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rbanks Jun 19, 2011

Sorry but i find the title of this post offensive. It's not your fault though. I'm just sick of having those words slammed in my face every day for the past entire week everywhere i go and reminding me of my grief.

Sister, I pray that the Lord will bring His healing to your heart and Life.

I know we all can say we appreciate our heavenly Father who loved us so much that He gave us His Son.

We also appreciate those godly fathers and pray for more in our society. We truly need them.

Blessings to you!

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mama27 Jun 20, 2011

Sorry but i find the title of this post offensive.

CyAn,

I am sorry deep in my heart for your hurt...But to say you are offended by the title of my post?? I was intending it to the primarily believing fathers on this site, and to encourage them in their awesome responsibility before God. If God Himself is Father, there must be something good about even imperfect fathers. Just because some fathers are abusive and cruel, doesn't mean we don't wish blessing on those who are not. I am very sorry if I hurt you in any way - it was not my intent.

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Joyful_Heart Jun 20, 2011

Dear Cyan,

This message this morning from Carter Conlon's wife, Teressa Conlon, was the most awesome message I have heard and I never expected to hear this kind of message on this day.

It could be preached any day of the year. It was powerful and I think you might like it. She lifts up Jesus, not man and I was so very blessed. You could see the moment the anointing of God came upon her. Anyway, God bless you abundantly as you draw close to the Lord in every way. We love you here and want to help in anyway to see you through this. Many have been hurt by man, I know for one that God can and will heal as we draw close to Him and set us free. We will know what happened but the Lord takes the sting away. Glory to God. He has done this for me and I am so very, very thankful. Only a loving God can do this for us.
I will pray with you and others as so many understand your pain.

J_H

http://sermon3a.tscnyc.ws/2011/mp3g/20110619S1.mp3

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ccchhhrrriiisss Jun 20, 2011

Thanks Joyful_Heart!

I look forward to hearing this one.

This morning, Zac Poonen spoke another very good message for parenting in today's meeting at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, CA. My wife and I do not have children (yet), but we were challenged and encouraged by this message. Brother Zac's text focused on Eli and Samuel (and their children) from I Samuel, but he mentioned other passages as well.

I will post a link to it here as soon as it is available online.

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sarahsdream Jun 20, 2011

Yes, sorry that you are offended by a good thing. But, people cannot stop celebrating good things just because some have had bad experiences. CyAn, you have have some good experiences with other things, I am sure. Would you like someone to shut you down when you are expressing joy and thankfulness? We can rejoice with those that rejoice even if we are not able to experience what they are rejoicing about, personally. I pray you can understand that we should not all walk around with our heads hanging down ready to pounce on people when they offend us with their gratefulness and rejoicing.

In love,
Sarah

sermonindex Jun 22, 2011

Sister, I pray that the Lord will bring His healing to your heart and Life. I know we all can say we appreciate our heavenly Father who loved us so much that He gave us His Son.

Thank you so much. You are very kind.

I don't know how there can ever be healing for people like me. I mean, just think of all the families who will be separated for all eternity. For example, 6 million Jews were separated from their loved ones and sent to the gas chambers, ovens, or shot. All of those Jews went to Hell (not believing in Christ their Savior) except for the handful who made it out alive. Some of those few that lived became Christians. But how are they going to heal knowing that not only were their families brutally murdered in a hell on earth but they are also lost for all eternity? When i think of this i cannot comprehend it.

sermonindex Jun 22, 2011

CyAn, I am sorry deep in my heart for your hurt...But to say you are offended by the title of my post?? I was intending it to the primarily believing fathers on this site, and to encourage them in their awesome responsibility before God. If God Himself is Father, there must be something good about even imperfect fathers. Just because some fathers are abusive and cruel, doesn't mean we don't wish blessing on those who are not. I am very sorry if I hurt you in any way - it was not my intent.

Where in my post did i say he was abusive and cruel? Some people here are majorly misunderstanding my post and missing it completely.

Regarding the title, i don't mean i am offended by YOU. What i really mean is i hate the way every sermon or service in nearly every church or whathaveyou (and everywhere- on the radio, news, all week, etc), on this day, is focused on this and how they all ignore the fact that this day causes INTENSE pain for some of us. At the same time, people who do NOT suffer that pain or those horrors should not be denied their right to have the joyous occasion, so it is rock and a hard place--a no-win situation. It just makes me CRINGE and shudder. It is very frustrating. It makes me relive the funeral and tragedy over and over every single year!

Some people on this forum have completely and totally misunderstood my post to mean that i have unforgiveness towards said parent. Nothing could be farther or more opposite from the truth. Did they not read the post? Did they not see the word "grief"??

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savannah Jun 22, 2011

Malachi 1:6 The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear: saith the Lord of hosts.

What it was that God expected from them, and with what good reason he expected it (Mal_1:6): A son honours his father, because he is his father; nature has written this law in the hearts of children, before God wrote it at Mount Sinai; nay, a servant, though his obligation to his master is not natural, but by voluntary compact, yet thinks it his duty to honour him, to be observant of his orders, and true to his interests. Children and servants pay respect to their parents and masters; every one cries out shame on them if they do not, and their own hearts cannot but reproach them too; the order of families is thus kept up, and it is their beauty and advantage...

We may each of us charge upon ourselves what is here charged upon the priests. Note, 1. We are every one of us to look upon God as our Father and Master, and upon ourselves as his children and servants. 2. Our relation to God as our Father and Master strongly obliges us to fear and honour him. If we honour and fear the fathers of our flesh, much more the Father and Master of our spirits, Heb_12:9. 3. It is a thing to be justly complained of, and lamented, that God is so little feared and honoured even by those that own him for their Father and Master. Where is his honour? Where is his fear? - MH

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ccchhhrrriiisss Jun 22, 2011

Here is the video of Zac Poonen's message from this past Sunday at ALCF in Mountain View, CA.

http://www.youtube.com/user/alcf#p/c/BFFFE6BBA4ECEA00/0/iepbIWJE9cg

This message is both encouraging and challenging!

sermonindex Jun 23, 2011

The word "grief" can mean many things. It is only one word, afterall.

I believe God can bring a degree of healing to you where you would not fear this day every year.

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rbanks Jun 23, 2011

The most common definition for “grief” is a deep or intense sorrow or distress, esp at the death of someone

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ginnyrose Jun 23, 2011

I loved my dad and miss him..It is strange of all the questions I sometimes want to ask him but can't because he has gone on to his reward.

I know Dad enjoyed Father's Day when the family would get together to honor him. Today, my husband also enjoys being told by his family that they love him.

Yes, Father's Day is a special day and I think it is befitting that we honor the dads in our families - not only on Father's Day but every day.

ginnyrose