“My children, listen when your father corrects you. Pay attention and learn good judgment, for I am giving you good guidance.”
Proverbs 4:1-2 (NLT)
1. BE PRESENT AND INVOLVED IN YOUR CHILD’S SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT!
“For I, too, was once my father’s son,…My father taught me, “Take my words to heart. Follow my commands, and you will live…”
Proverbs 4:3-4 (NLT)
2. DADS HAVE INFLUENCE AND ARE ESSENTIAL!
“My child, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life. I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in straight paths.”
Proverbs 4:10-11 (NLT)
“Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way. Turn away and keep moving.”
Proverbs 4:15 (NLT)
TRAIN TO WIN!
“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)
3. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP THE SNAKES OUT!
“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.”
Genesis 3:1 (NKJV)
“Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9 (NKJV)
Victory Group Questions:
1. Read Proverbs 4. Share your insight.
2. How has the presence or absence of a father impacted your life?
3. Psalms 68:5 says He is the “Father to the fatherless…” Share how God the
4. Father has filled in the gaps left by our earthly fathers.
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