Happy Father’s Day!

1. Happy Father’s Day! (in most countries)

2. John 5:19-21 • “Jesus gave them this answer: ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.’”

3. IMPORTANT!: • YOU CAN ONLY GIVE WHAT YOU GOT

4. 3 Things You Need to Learn From DAD

5. DAD SAYS: • 1. “I love you unconditionally.”

6. OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE

7. John 15:15-16a • “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit– fruit that will last.”

8. DAD SAYS: • 2. “I encourage you to take healthy risks.”

9. GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE BUT HE IS NOT A FORTUNE TELLER

10. Discipling Nations” Darrow Miller • “The barriers to risk must be removed. We must replace the fear of failure with a healthy freedom to fail. We need to balance the traditions and richness of the past with a spirit of adventure and discovery.” p. 235

11. Mindset

12. DAD SAYS: • 3. “I affirm, encourage and celebrate your uniqueness.”

13. 1 Cor. 12:18-20 • “But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.”

14. DAD GIVES: • 1. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE • 2. RISK and ADVENTURE • 3. JOY in UNIQUENESS