We Are the Major Influence!

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Today we see the fruits of the efforts begun in
  the 60's to make a "unisex" society.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Today we see the fruits of the efforts begun in
  the 60's to make a "unisex" society.
• Men are pushed to become effeminate and passive.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Today we see the fruits of the efforts begun in
  the 60's to make a "unisex" society.
• Men are pushed to become effeminate and passive.
• Women are taught to become aggressive and abandon
  the home and married life.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Today we see the fruits of the efforts begun in
  the 60's to make a "unisex" society.
• Men are pushed to become effeminate and passive.
• Women are taught to become aggressive and abandon
  the home and married life.
• There is no wonder that these same leaders in
  shaping our society are now endorsing
  homosexuality as a wonderful lifestyle.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• We as parents have the word of God, an infallible
  guide. (2 Tim 316-17)

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We Are the Major Influence!

• 2 Timothy 316-17 (NKJV) - All Scripture is
  given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
  for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
  instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of
  God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
  every good work.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• If we would have the faith and humility to
  listen, God can help us.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• If we would have the faith and humility to
  listen, God can help us.
• Oh for more parents with the attitude of Manoah.
  (Judges 137-8)

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Judges 137-8 (NKJV) - And He said to me,
  Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now
  drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything
  unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God
  from the womb to the day of his death.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• 8 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, and said, O my
  Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent
  come to us again and teach us what we shall do
  for the child who will be born.

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We Are the Major Influence!

• If we look at the cross we find the lesson we
  must teach! (Heb 58-9)

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We Are the Major Influence!

• Hebrews 58-9 (NKJV) - though He was a Son, yet
  He learned obedience by the things which He
  suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became
  the author of eternal salvation to all who obey
  Him,

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Work is Honorable

• We live in a society that places more value on
  "what can I get" than of a strong character who
  will be a dependable and hard working provider.

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Work is Honorable

• We live in a society that places more value on
  "what can I get" than of a strong character who
  will be a dependable and hard working provider.
• God expects every man to be the breadwinner for
  his home. (Gen 224 Eph 428)

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Work is Honorable

• Genesis 224 (NKJV) - Therefore a man shall
  leave his father and mother and be joined to his
  wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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Work is Honorable

• Ephesians 428 (NKJV) - Let him who stole steal
  no longer, but rather let him labor, working with
  his hands what is good, that he may have
  something to give him who has need.

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Work is Honorable

• The idea here is to provide not only for self,
  but for others. Some men must mature before
  marriage!

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Work is Honorable

• The idea here is to provide not only for self,
  but for others. Some men must mature before
  marriage!
• A good man is unselfish with the fruits of his
  labor. (1 Tim 58 2 Thess 310 Eph 428)

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Work is Honorable

• 1 Timothy 58 (NKJV) - But if anyone does not
  provide for his own, and especially for those of
  his household, he has denied the faith and is
  worse than an unbeliever.

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Work is Honorable

• 2 Thessalonians 310 (NKJV) - For even when we
  were with you, we commanded you this If anyone
  will not work, neither shall he eat.

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Work is Honorable

• Ephesians 428 (NKJV) - Let him who stole steal
  no longer, but rather let him labor, working with
  his hands what is good, that he may have
  something to give him who has need.

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Work is Honorable

• I want my sons to give their best on any job they
  take. (Ecc 910)

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Work is Honorable

• Ecclesiastes 910 (NKJV) - Whatever your hand
  finds to do, do it with your might for there is
  no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the
  grave where you are going.

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Work is Honorable

• An hourly wage is a promise. Will I keep my end?
  (Eph 66-7)

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Work is Honorable

• Ephesians 66-7 (NKJV) - not with eyeservice, as
  men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ,
  doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with
  goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not
  to men,

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Work is Honorable

• What kind of man was God's son, Jesus Christ?
  (Mark 61-3)

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Work is Honorable

• 3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and
  brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And
  are not His sisters here with us? So they were
  offended at Him.

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Work is Honorable

• Imagine meeting Jesus during this period of His
  life.

29
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• While work is important, it is not first. (Matt
  633)

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• Matthew 633 (NKJV) - But seek first the kingdom
  of God and His righteousness, and all these
  things shall be added to you.

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• It is not second, his family is.

32
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• It is not second, his family is.
• Still this kind of man is important to his
  company than the worldly.

33
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• I want my sons to overcome their timidity and
  have an understanding with their employer.
  (2 Tim 16-7)

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• 2 Timothy 16-7 (NKJV) - Therefore I remind you
  to stir up the gift of God which is in you
  through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has
  not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and
  of love and of a sound mind.

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• Tell the boss "I am a Christian and I must be at
  worship." Gain a promise from him and hold him to
  it. Do not back down!

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• Tell the boss "I am a Christian and I must be at
  worship." Gain a promise from him and hold him to
  it. Do not back down!
• This decision must be made in the heart. (Matt
  624-27)

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• Matthew 624-27 (NKJV) - No one can serve two
  masters for either he will hate the one and love
  the other, or else he will be loyal to the one
  and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
  mammon. 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry
  about your life, what you will eat or what you
  will drink nor about your body, what you will
  put on. Is not life more than food and the body
  more than clothing?

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• It is difficult for a man to hold this commitment.

39
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• This commitment must begin in school and continue
  in work. He will not get some jobs because of
  this. (Ex. 7th Day Adventist)

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• This commitment must begin in school and continue
  in work. He will not get some jobs because of
  this. (Ex. 7th Day Adventist)
• Putting the Lord first means learning
  self-control. (Rom 1311-14)

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• Romans 1311-14 (NKJV) - And do this, knowing
  the time, that now it is high time to awake out
  of sleep for now our salvation is nearer than
  when we first believed. 12 The night is far
  spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast
  off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
  armor of light.

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in
  revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and
  lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the
  Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the
  flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• My sons must make it through the teenage years
  and not be overcome by the good old boys who
  want to get high for fun.

44
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• My sons must learn how to control their emotions
  and not be overcome by anger, jealousy and
  bitterness.

45
Service to the Lord Must be First in Their Lives

• One day a young mother and her kindergarten-age
  son were driving down the street. The inquisitive
  little boy asked, "Mommy, why do the idiots only
  come out when Daddy drives?"

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• This is a great responsibility. (Eph 522-23)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Ephesians 522-23 (NKJV) - Wives, submit to your
  own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband
  is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of
  the church and He is the Savior of the body.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• This means I must do things that I do not want to.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• This means that I put others first. (Matt 2028)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Matthew 2028 (NKJV) - just as the Son of Man
  did not come to be served, but to serve, and to
  give His life a ransom for many.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• What does true headship involve?

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• What does true headship involve?
• An acceptance of responsibility. (Not indecisive,
  vacillating but firm)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Too many men let their wives lead by doing
  nothing.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Too many men let their wives lead by doing
  nothing.
• It is unimaginable to me for a man to bring
  children into the world and not be a Christian.
  This will bring problems for your children.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• An unselfishness motivated by love. (Eph 525)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Ephesians 525 (NKJV) - Husbands, love your
  wives, just as Christ also loved the church and
  gave Himself for her,

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• True leadership finds fulfillment in providing
  what is good for the family. (Ex.
  Our dog, kittens and responsibility.)

58
God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Here is where the wise man will listen and learn.
  (1 Pt 37)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• 1 Peter 37 (NKJV) - Husbands, likewise, dwell
  with them with understanding, giving honor to the
  wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
  together of the grace of life, that your prayers
  may not be hindered.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Leadership in the ways of God. (1 Tim 211-12
  Phil 219-24)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• 1 Timothy 211-12 (NKJV) - Let a woman learn in
  silence with all submission. 12 And I do not
  permit a woman to teach or to have authority over
  a man, but to be in silence.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Philippians 219-24 (NKJV) - But I trust in the
  Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I
  also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20
  For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely
  care for your state. 21 For all seek their own,
  not the things which are of Christ Jesus.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• 22 But you know his proven character, that as a
  son with his father he served with me in the
  gospel. 23 Therefore I hope to send him at once,
  as soon as I see how it goes with me. 24 But I
  trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come
  shortly.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Real leadership involves service that others run
  from. I would love to know my sons would be a
  Timothy.

65
God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Real leadership involves standing for what is
  right even when you must stand alone. Too many
  churches have cowardly men.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Good judgment. (Heb 511-14)

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• Hebrews 511-14 (NKJV) - of whom we have much to
  say, and hard to explain, since you have become
  dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you
  ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach
  you again the first principles of the oracles of
  God and you have come to need milk and not solid
  food.

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God has given the Man the Responsibility of
Headship

• 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is
  unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is
  a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who
  are of full age, that is, those who by reason of
  use have their senses exercised to discern both
  good and evil.

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• In short, how to be a gentleman.

70
The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• In short, how to be a gentleman.
• They may not know the books of etiquette, but
  they must know God's book.

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• In short, how to be a gentleman.
• They may not know the books of etiquette, but
  they must know God's book.
• This is a quality of Character that puts others
  ahead of themselves.

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• In short, how to be a gentleman.
• They may not know the books of etiquette, but
  they must know God's book.
• This is a quality of Character that puts others
  ahead of themselves.
• Children are natural mimics who act like their
  parents in spite of every attempt to teach them
  good manners.

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• What are the marks of a great man? (Matt 712
  Phil 23-4)

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• Matthew 712 (NKJV) - Therefore, whatever you
  want men to do to you, do also to them, for this
  is the Law and the Prophets.

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The Value of Kindness, Courtesy and Gratitude

• Philippians 23-4 (NKJV) - Let nothing be done
  through selfish ambition or conceit, but in
  lowliness of mind let each esteem others better
  than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only
  for his own interests, but also for the interests
  of others.

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• There is such a need for workers in the kingdom.
  (Matt 937-38)

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• Matthew 937-38 (NKJV) - Then He said to His
  disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but
  the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord
  of the harvest to send out laborers into His
  harvest.

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• I want them to take their talents as far as
  possible.

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• I want them to take their talents as far as
  possible.
• This will require faith and a willingness to try
  and learn.

80
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• I want them to take their talents as far as
  possible.
• This will require faith and a willingness to try
  and learn.
• At the same time I want them to avoid pride. (1
  Cor 81-2)

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• 1 Corinthians 81-2 (NKJV) - Now concerning
  things offered to idols We know that we all have
  knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
  2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he
  knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

82
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• Some do things to be seen. (Matt 65)

83
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• Matthew 65 (NKJV) - And when you pray, you
  shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love
  to pray standing in the synagogues and on the
  corners of the streets, that they may be seen by
  men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their
  reward.

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• When men do work for the Lord, they will be
  blessed!

85
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• There is only a limited time in which these
  things can be taught to our children. They grow
  up!

86
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• There is only a limited time in which these
  things can be taught to our children. They grow
  up!
• What example will they see in us as parents. (1
  Cor 111)

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• 1 Corinthians 111 (NKJV) - Imitate me, just as
  I also imitate Christ.

88
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• The best thing parents can spend on their
  children is time--not money.

89
To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• The best thing parents can spend on their
  children is time--not money.
• I want my boys to understand that true success is
  found in doing the will of God. (Matt
  724-27)

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• Matthew 724-27 (NKJV) - Therefore whoever
  hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I
  will liken him to a wise man who built his house
  on the rock 25 and the rain descended, the
  floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that
  house and it did not fall, for it was founded on
  the rock.

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To be as useful as possible in the Lords Service

• 26 But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine,
  and does not do them, will be like a foolish man
  who built his house on the sand 27 and the rain
  descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
  and beat on that house and it fell. And great
  was its fall.