Things A Son Needs From His Father

👊🏽 Happy Father's Day weekend to all the great fathers who handle their business! If you don't handle it, start now! It’s never too late!

💪🏽 Make the most of Father’s Day! If you have one, please bless him in some way. If you don’t, find a father you admire & bless them! Good men need appreciation...& others need encouragement!

🙏🏽 Jesus, at an early age, was found in the synagogue, tending to the Father’s business (Luke 2:49). Why entertain the enemy’s distractions when God’s inheritance is at stake?

I pray Sunday’s & Wednesday’s will be a primary priority in the spiritual rhythm of every father’s life. We get one shot at this! Don’t miss it by chasing tomorrow.

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5 Things For Friday

5 THINGS FOR FRIDAY

1. Be determined to provide the spiritual stability for your children that you may not have received yourself.

2. Don’t be lazy. Get up. Work. Worship. Witness. Win.

3. Stop making excuses for yourself. Stop blaming people for your situation. Stop being offended at the church because you feel they let you down. Stop that mess.

4. Do right. Pray till you pray through. Repent more than you rebuke. Love like Jesus loves.

5. Determine to be faithful & fruitful. Stay under a covering. Be loyal. Be committed. Be tenacious in your purpose. Dream big. Show up. Be on time. Be early. Encourage someone with your presence.

How Do We Get Things So Backward?

How do we get things so backward? Why do we keep putting God last, instead of first?

We forget Who gave us health to have a job & then use the same job God allowed us to have to put Him LAST on the list; and somehow we justify it in our mind.

The children of Israel REJECTED God as their King & sought for an earthly king to lead them. God told Samuel to tell them this..."And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day." (1 Samuel 8:18)

Be careful how you TREAT God, for He is a JEALOUS GOD.
If He's not Lord of ALL, He's not Lord at all. If He doesn't have preeminence in your life, He's not your Lord. If He's not your Lord, the only prayer He can hear from you is a cry of repentance. Prayer without change is often a plea for God to reward dysfunction.

My heart remains heavy for the souls of people who are running 100mph in the wrong direction.

The best thing we can do when we receive TRUTH...is CHANGE. Be wary of the narrative you choose to believe. If you let flesh decisions dilute your outlook, then your outcome will wreak of flesh & the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes & the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:16

Allow God into your decisions!

Remain In His Gravitational Pull

I took this Sunday morning, on my way to church. It was such a beautiful sunrise that I pulled over, on top of the big bridge on Ronald Regan Pkwy & had this stir in my spirit:

“God is like the sun & we are like one of the planets. We can only have our orbit correct if we stay within the gravitational pull.”

I can count on God telling the sun to rise & set each day. The question is, “Can God count on me being where I’m supposed to be?”

I want to live life in such a way that my wife, my children, grandchildren, family & friends know that they can count on me to remain in orbit to God’s gravitational pull. I don’t ever want them to wonder if I’ll be faithful or fruitful as a Christian (FIRST) a husband, parent, leader, pastor, friend, etc.

By God’s grace, my daughter has never had to wonder “Why doesn’t daddy go to church?” Or “Why doesn’t daddy live for God?”

By the grace of God, I never want to cause my family to be burdened with my inability to get my stuff together & LEAD my home spiritually.

For all the men out there, who are running this race called life...REMEMBER who gave you LIFE....Jesus! Don’t ever become too cocky, prideful, arrogant & a “know-it-all” to live this life with your own agenda. You’re not in charge. Jesus is. Each of us will stand before God & give an account for what we did & what we didn’t do. I pray we allow The Holy Spirit to convict us, lead us & draw us to a continual devotional intimacy with Yahweh.

Don’t miss the sunrise, because you have sleep in your eye!