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Malachi 4:5-6. Families That Can Save The World!. FAMILIES THAT CAN SAVE THE WORLD.
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Malachi 4:5-6 Families That Can Save The World!
FAMILIES THAT CAN SAVE THE WORLD Malachi 4:5-6 - See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."
FAMILIES THAT CAN SAVE THE WORLD How Can We Become Families That Can Save The World? • Receive the Ultimate Revelation of God - FATHER • Recover the spirit of sonship • Reach out with the Heart of a Father
FAMILIES THAT CAN SAVE THE WORLD Let’s look at some research done in the US concerning the impact of fatherlessness. • 5x more likely to be poor, 10x more likely to be extremely poor • Fatherless homes: 70% of juveniles in reform and are long-term prison inmates • 2x more likely to be school dropouts • Have more emotional and behavioral problems • Girls are 3x more likely to be unwed teenage mothers • Boys are usually unemployed, incarcerated and uninvolved with their own children
RECEIVE THE ULTIMATE REVELATION OF GOD - FATHER Ephesians 3:14-19 - For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole familyin heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
RECEIVE THE ULTIMATE REVELATION OF GOD - FATHER John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
RECEIVE THE ULTIMATE REVELATION OF GOD - FATHER Hebrews 1:1-2 - In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son whom He appointed heir of all things, and through Him He made the universe.”
RECOVER THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP Romans 8:15 - For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
RECOVER THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP How can we lose the spirit of sonship? • Performance • Hardening
RECOVER THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP Matthew 11:27-30- All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
REACH OUT WITH THE HEART OF A FATHER • Priest • Prophet • King
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