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The father/son relationship
One of the most important dynamics created by God
Sons, if you are at enmity w/ your dad, swallow your pride & make a new attempt
Dads, if you still see your son as the 14 y/o w/ a stupid haircut & bad attitude,recognize their growth
Matthew 7:9
One of the most important dynamics created by God
Sons, if you are at enmity w/ your dad, swallow your pride & make a new attempt
Dads, if you still see your son as the 14 y/o w/ a stupid haircut & bad attitude,recognize their growth
Matthew 7:9
Or what man—among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?If you—being evil,know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Even through the grittiest years of living in the sin-delusion compendium, if you have (or had) a dad who genuinely worried about you, prayed for you, went to work& busted his butt to care for you, rejoice!
I have met so many amazing people who cannot proclaim these things
I have met so many amazing people who cannot proclaim these things
Throughout the years in SF & the music/ club scene followed by the years in the Hollywood film/TV scene, one of the worst ailments that I saw again and again were outwardly incredible people who carried an absentee father-pain
In women it often exacerbated a massive fear of abandonment & an unhealthy codependency with men who too often lacked any of the understanding or tools to fix that “father pain”. In fact, it often set men up for repeated “failure” as they scrambled around apologizing & trying to
correct issues that they were neither comprehensively aware of, nor in any way complicit in causing.
In men, the “father pain” often played out as brutish false confidence, skirt chasing, non-committal syndrome & overcompensating in everything on every level.
In men, the “father pain” often played out as brutish false confidence, skirt chasing, non-committal syndrome & overcompensating in everything on every level.
There is a noticeable arrested development in Los Angeles. There are significant reasons why “30 was the new 20”...until it became “40 is the new 20.”
In fact, I’m truly staring to believe that whoever writes that cultural pablum is simply... getting older
In fact, I’m truly staring to believe that whoever writes that cultural pablum is simply... getting older
Now more than ever the Christian Church in America needs MEN. Not 40-something’s running around in goofy clothes, chasing 25 year old girls and lost in some perpetual dating scheme.
The great captains of modern business success are calling muster on both our churches & men
The great captains of modern business success are calling muster on both our churches & men
Our land is in a serious cultural and spiritual code blue. This beautiful human experiment is dying on the operating table and while nurses make TikTok videos, leaders are calling muster. https://www.foxnews.com/media/steve-formes-message-business-owners-protesting-lockdowns
From New York City to Los Angeles, men and women of every political persuasion and personal belief are punching the big red “help” button https://nypost.com/2020/05/20/end-new-york-citys-lockdown-now/
To those whose fathers are no longer living, there is good news: the father/son relationship did not start on earth. The earthly representation is an emulation of what a proper faith journey with our Heavenly Father is designed to be
“So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.”
John 5:19 ESV
Even if we lack our earthy father, God stands ready to show us —
John 5:19 ESV
Even if we lack our earthy father, God stands ready to show us —
We are being deceived on a massive scale.
But God, the Father, sits on His throne, Master of all, He owns the cattle on every hill. And He owns the hills.
He is God of law & order.
He is God of TRUTH
Satan sews chaos https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/05/23/msnbc-contributor-says-that-many-americans-wanting-less-government-have-an-infantile-view-of-freedom/
But God, the Father, sits on His throne, Master of all, He owns the cattle on every hill. And He owns the hills.
He is God of law & order.
He is God of TRUTH
Satan sews chaos https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/05/23/msnbc-contributor-says-that-many-americans-wanting-less-government-have-an-infantile-view-of-freedom/
Satan is the spinner of millions of lies per day. His lies are limitless. Boundless. Complicated. And more numerous than the recently unemployed and recently sickened, combined. We are watching a world being destroyed by the father of lies. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/22/u-s-census-launches-weekly-coronavirus-report-47-jobless-38-delayed-medical-treatment/
Are you feeling bedraggled by msm amplified falsehoods? Hurt by the blatant fallacies of those you trusted in politics, media, business & even personal relationships?
There is a simple, blessed hope.
Forget trying to track all of those lies. THERE IS ONE TRUTH
There is a simple, blessed hope.
Forget trying to track all of those lies. THERE IS ONE TRUTH
For many years, too many of us have absconded from personal duties and focused instead on “getting to the bottom” of what’s going on in our country. Perhaps we’ve even become crusaders for liberty?
Is there a lesson to be learned from our fathers?
From our father’s father?
Is there a lesson to be learned from our fathers?
From our father’s father?
The scriptures offer 2 insights into the dynamic of taking on the world while our lives stagnate, discombobulate, weaken.
“For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?”
1 Timothy 3:5
“For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?”
1 Timothy 3:5
And whereas we all know this scripture, I will stand boldly & admit that I am absolutely guilty:
“Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Matthew 7:5 NKJV
Why do we do this??
“Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Matthew 7:5 NKJV
Why do we do this??
Why, throughout 5 fruitful, extraordinarily productive years of crafting Christian New Media & conservative content have so many fallen victim to this old trick of the devil?
Because it is easy.
It is easier to criticize the democrats than deal with the man in the mirror
Because it is easy.
It is easier to criticize the democrats than deal with the man in the mirror
It is easier to cry foul and rebuke all of the evil that is usurping our land like a tidal wave of sewage than it is to admit short comings, talk to loved ones, ask forgiveness, walk in another man’s shoes.
Are we not the party who believe in bottom-up decision making?
Are we not the party who believe in bottom-up decision making?
Have we replaced a lost sense of father (earthly and/or heavenly) with the man who most of us believe God sent as an eleventh hour, fifty-ninth minute respite?
I am just throwing this out there: is it not up to US to seek first the Kingdom of God?
Then trust & obey?
I am just throwing this out there: is it not up to US to seek first the Kingdom of God?
Then trust & obey?
Have we adopted perhaps a tad bit of
“President Trump ‘messianic’ complex”?
I don’t know.
But my gut tells me the best thing that We the People and We the Church can give our President is grassroots pray warrior strength https://bigleaguepolitics.com/pastor-rips-cease-and-desist-order-to-pieces-in-protest-of-government-shutdown-policy/
“President Trump ‘messianic’ complex”?
I don’t know.
But my gut tells me the best thing that We the People and We the Church can give our President is grassroots pray warrior strength https://bigleaguepolitics.com/pastor-rips-cease-and-desist-order-to-pieces-in-protest-of-government-shutdown-policy/
In the coming months, every father, stepdad, grandfather, church father, even older brothers will have our very core-mettle tested, challenged & tried.
There will be obstacles wrapped in obfuscation.
Tyranny bundled lies.
What can we rely upon?
There will be obstacles wrapped in obfuscation.
Tyranny bundled lies.
What can we rely upon?
Throughout the three dispensations of God’s relationship with man, a simple prayer-formula exists. It lived in Father Abraham’s heart. It drove Joshua. Strengthened Moses. Transformed Paul. Gave vision to John the Revelator
Like your earthly father (I know many of you have that deep, father pain) but like your earthy father, your Heavenly Father loves you & He WILL challenge you.
The challenges are apportioned commensurate to your faith.
Your faith is built layer upon layer by the Holy Spirit
The challenges are apportioned commensurate to your faith.
Your faith is built layer upon layer by the Holy Spirit
