For anyone who is wondering, this Sunday is Father's Day. A day we set aside to thank our fathers for all that they have done for us, and all that they mean to us. This is yet another Sunday that I was forced to choose a sermon to go along with the occasion. This by far is my weakest area. Give me a passage and I can put together a sermon in hours, give me a topic and it's days or even weeks. I chose 1 Timothy 5:8 for my text. I don't want to give away too much of my sermon but I do hope to reinforce the importance of fathers in the spiritual lives of their children. According to a recent study these figures say it all:
If both your parents worship with you regularly as a child there is a 80% chance that you will worship regularly as an adult.
If only your mother worshipped with you regularly then there is only a 30% chance you will worship regularly as an adult(sorry moms)
If only your father worshipped with you regularly thent here is a 70% chance that you will worship regularly as an adult.
These are staggering numbers to see the difference between dad taking you to church or mom. Truth is there are less dads doing it alone than moms so that changes the numbers somewhat but the solid truth we take from those numbers is that if we want our kids to grow up and impact the church as adults, then fathers are going to have to get involved.
So if your dad worshipped with you as a child, make sure you thank him for that. In doing so he did far more for you as an adult than you will ever understand.
Hug your dad, tell him happy fathers day and make sure he knows that Fathers day isn't the only day that you feel that way.
1 comment:
An excellent point regarding fathers and their children I have to say, the greatest Father of all has about 70% of the world's children worshipping at any one time.
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