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Father to the Fatherless

Father to the Fatherless. Psalms 68:5 – 6a. Multi-dimensional Fatherhood. Biological. Physical. Spiritual. Financial. Emotional. Sociological. Psychological. Relational. Educational. Psalms 68:5-6a.

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Father to the Fatherless

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  1. Father to the Fatherless Psalms 68:5 – 6a

  2. Multi-dimensional Fatherhood Biological Physical Spiritual Financial Emotional Sociological Psychological Relational Educational

  3. Psalms 68:5-6a A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.God sets the lonely in families,

  4. Psalm 68 Psalm of Praise • The greatness and goodness of God. (1-6) • The wonderful works God for his people. (7-14) • The presence of God with his people. (15-21) • Processional praise. (22-28) • Enlargement of the God’s community. (29-31) • The glory and grace of God. (32-35)

  5. Deuteronomy 10:18 – 21 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. 19 And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. 20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. 21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

  6. God the Father • Not just an Old Testament Idea • 2 Corinthians 6:18: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my son and daughters say the Lord Almighty” • God’s covenant with David – 2 Samuel 7:14 • Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Our Father” (Matthew 6:9)

  7. God the Father to the Fatherless • Not just an Old Testament Idea • James 1:27 - Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

  8. Greatest Challenge “is God in his holy dwelling.God sets the lonely in families”

  9. Conclusion “Earthly fathers are reflections of our Heavenly Father” “Christians are family members to the lonely”

  10. Multi-dimentional Fatherhood Biological Physical Spiritual Financial Emotional Sociological Psychological Relational Educational

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