Fathering an Orphan City

2. Fathering an Orphan City

4. The curse of our age 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."

5. 75% of kids who commit suicide are from fatherless homes. • 90% of homeless and runaway children come from fatherless homes. • 85% of all children who exhibit behavioural disorders live in fatherless homes. • 71% of all high school dropouts are from fatherless homes. • 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centres come from fatherless homes. • 70 % of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes. • 85% of all youths now in prison grew up in fatherless homes.

6. Are 5x more likely to be poor. • Are 5x more likely to commit suicide. • Are 20x more likely to have behavioural problems. • Are 20x more likely to become rapists. • Are 32x more likely to run away. • Are 10x more likely to abuse chemical substances. • Are 9x more likely to drop out of school. • Are 33x more likely to be seriously abused. • Are 73x more likely to be fatally abused. • Are 10x more likely to be in a juvenile prison.

7. Crisis of masculinity Crisis of fatherhood

8. 94% people in prison are men. 85% of those men are from fatherless homes.

9. Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knee before the FATHER [PATER], from whom the whole FAMILY [PATRIA] in heaven and on earth DERIVES ITS NAME.

10. Father – Fusion of masculine love and authority that imparts identity and destiny to a child.

11. James Dobson “Mothers raise boys; fathers raise men.”

12. Chances of children becoming a Christian • Father - 75% • Mother - 15%

13. Don Miller “I believe something magical happens when a father tells his daughter she is beautiful, that she is a woman, and that she has a reason to be respected and loved by a good man. If she doesn’t get this message from her dad, she will look for it from men who have less pure motives.”

14. The father-wound

15. Don Miller “Women tend to become victims when they grow up without good fathers. Men tend to become oppressors.”

16. The father-wound in the Father-land

17. Restoring the Spirit of Elijah 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."

18. Psalm 68:5-6 A FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. GOD SETS THE LONELY IN FAMILIES. 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.”

19. A movement of fathers

20. thementoringproject.org

21. Where are the Shifu’s?

22. In and of myself I am more sinful than I ever dared to believe but in Christ I am more loved than I ever dared hope.

23. Let a movement of fathers and mentors be released to heal this city!

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