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Cuba Mission
Leaving March 30th: Return March 7th
Teach Bible school graduates, local pastors/leaders
Preach @ underground house churches
Interested in going next year? Talk with Pastor Fred
Be a part this mission through:• Prayer• Mission Donations on May 5th & 19th
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A Cry for Fathers & Mothers
God’s Kingdom Is Relational
Father God & Son Jesus; • It’s a relational example for us to follow
God is our Father, and we are His Children
Families & Ministries prosper when they stay within the context of father, mother, and family type relationships
Families & Ministries suffer and relationships are destroyed when you go outside of the relationship context (Malachi 4:6)
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Significance of Father/Son Relationships
Father/Son words in the Bible (NIV 1984)
• Father – 1,373• Son – 2,630
Total = 4,003 for 2 father/son relational words
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The Issues of Today
Results of Broken Families (includes Christians)
• Approximate US divorce rate is 50%
• In 2009, 41% of children were born with unwed parents
• In 2012, 12.2 million single parent families. 80% were single mothers
• In 2011, 40.9% of single-mother families in poverty. Almost 5X worse than married-couple families (8.8%).
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Our home & church family IS our True Wealth
Family is our legacy
Satan has been killing fathers throughout history
• Around the time of Moses’ birth, Pharaoh of Egypt gave orders to all his people to throw every Israelite boy that was born into the Nile river – (Exodus 1:15-22).
• The 10th plague upon Egypt…The Plague of death on the firstborn son – (Exodus 11:4-6 & 12:29-30)
• Herod tried to kill Jesus after He was born, which ended in the murder of all boys in Bethlehem that were age 2 and under – (Matt 2:13-18)
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Godly Fathers Are A Target
During Holocaust, Hitler led the murder of 6 million Jews: • ~3 million men, • ~2 million women, • ~1 million children
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Closer To Home
The US aborted and murdered ~55 million babies since Roe v Wade decision 40 yrs ago making abortion legal.
Significance of Father/Son Relationships
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The Church has a responsibility of Fatherhood & Motherhood.
WE NEED:
Godly fathers & mothers in our homes
Spiritual fathers & mothers in our churches
What Are The Consequences?
When We Are Not Good Fathers & Mothers?
Sins of our fathers and mothers can infect the lives of our family.• inside your home and inside the church…infects generation
after generation
What legacy will you leave for generations, in YOUR HOME and YOUR MINISTRY?
Exodus 20:5-6: …punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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It’s about the generations of our Family and God’s church.
It’s time to put ourselves aside, and be Godly Men and Women
Lives are at stake! (Declare! Malachi 4:6)
There is a call for Godly fathers/mothers• Our biological and spiritual “children” must
reach higher places of glory in God
WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE?
This Is Not About You!