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Father's Day Presentation on Fatherhood

good morning I just want to especially uh uh GRE the fathers in this congregation uh Foreigners for Christ fathers I mean you've been awesome and today is a special time set aside to honor you appreciate you there among us so on this day we also recognize uh your profound impact uh in your children in your homes families and communities but two things I just want to you know this is just short because I want to give a chance to the fathers and everyone else to speak the heart of the Father which you know our worship team has been singing about singing for very briefly on Luke 15 which you know I mean it's always the Prodigal Son story but ever since I've been in this chapter 15 as I would always remember did not really get a revelation of the prodigal sons you know uh Journey but more so yes the prodigal son's Journey but the heart of the father for the prodigal son and uh it's very very powerful and so one and the second one I'd like to draw attention to today as Father's Day is that uh the heart of the father is always about restoration restoration Redemption recovery you know and uh and because you know we will see a brief look at the heart of the father both in Luke 15 and Malachi 45 and uh six all right so God as a father is is going to be even in you know I mean you've heard me say this that um father God has an ache uh there's a hurt and a cry in his heart that is never healed and will never be healed until that final day when he finally come down bring his throne down on Earth and forever he will be dwelling with you and with me forever and that's the Cry of his heart and that cry began in a Genesis 3:15 when man finally I don't know how and why but there's this common enemy who tried to really Mar you know you know uh disheveled or or twist just just REM uh uh make make the the image of God and his likeness in the in the face and in the character and life of Adam and Eve I mean just disfigured it was disfigured because of rebellion because of sin and because of that you know um a denial I mean they would rather obey and uh and pursue what the devil is saying rather than pursue what the father has already prepared for them and it's still the fight today and um you will notice that in many cases you know and I I would like to really uh honor the fathers in our midst tonight today because it's very important for you fathers to really take a hold of your um you know Divine appointment as head of the family and you know spiritual head of the family and I know sometimes you know the wives uh may may appear strong and reliable and they are and that's their role but it just does not let you uh allows you to you know to to you know to to not do your part because the importance of you making a stand is so very very important and uh today the fathers are many times absent even if they're physically present they're leadership and their you know their heart is absent in the homes they always re relegate you know what to do to the wife don't do that that is called an Ahab Spirit the spirit spirit that uh that gives away uh gives away their right even if it's your wife you don't give away your right because your right is going to be very important in even the strength and and the uh the way your wife and your children will be raised up that's very very important and unfortunately in this uh generation of ours there seems to be a a disregard disrespect for the authority and the role of a father uh during my days I mean you know you just you kiss your father's feet just you know you don't even mess around and sit uh in his in his chair in the table because that's an honorable place for your father but today it seems like it has diminished and also I believe because the father's kind of uh reneged like you know gave up their role and that's called an Ahab spirit and an Ahab spirit is a lazy Spirit a spirit that would uh allow a usurpation of their Authority but no more today in this in this uh in this church in this com Community we praise you and we uh we continue to pray for you that you take your role you know in tandem with your wife and be strong there don't just say oh you know no don't do that don't do that don't give up your right fight for your right to take leadership okay and and always fight for your right and that's the picture of the father and uh he's always father God you know has this heart um his his his desire is to bring back all of his creation and then all of his his children all of his people now saved through the blood of Jesus Christ into his kingdom in in an an assurance and confidence that they are loved by the father and so as you see a revelation of the F father God's heart you become that heart and my prayer is actually for I mean if if we just succeed here with you fathers in in for runers for Christ I I believe you know you're going to be so much an inspiration to a younger man to the young people and to those that are Young Fathers or husbands and uh you know for them to grow into that uh strong not domineering capacity but strong in the Lord kind of manhood that will translate that kind of legacy to their uh children and even to if they're not their children like other other you know young men in this um in this congregation really the the call for that the cry for that is the Cry of Malachi 4 can you just take me there quickly and then you know we will be done I mean I can say so much things for that but uh um here let's take a look at U Malachi 45 and 6 why is that important since we are now in the end time and this is the prophecy and remember the Book of Malachi was the last book of the Old Testament and then there was 400 years of Silence God never spoke to any Prophet God did not say anything until Jesus was revealed was born and and look look here I know that there is not a very indepth most of the time teaching on this but I'm I'm I'm I'm working on this I'm really listening to what the spirit of God is saying to me about this and and focusing on the heart of the father he said behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and Dreadful day of the Lord and He will turn here turn the hearts of the fathers so there is a need and there is an anointing for the Father's Heart to be turned first to Father God through Jesus Christ and then turn that heart to their children all right and uh the children heart this is going to be a miraculous you know transformation that will be happening in our midst and and the hearts of the children to their fathers and really that looks like it's going to be the natural fathers all right but actually that's turning our our we are CH the children of God uh his is is drawing us to himself that we may turn our hearts towards father God so that father God's heart may continue to turn he did not stop turning to us but we stop Discerning the Turning of God's heart for us and this season even as we were meditating on Elijah is here for San Francisco it's really for this season and for this time where the spirit of God is moving mightily in the midst of us and if we're not Discerning that we must discern it because God is allowing himself disclosing his heart for us that he loves us that there is this Pursuit Of God I mean the songs that we sang just a while ago I mean is is a reflection of the attitude of God and the attitude of each and every one of us we must return to God this is the Cry of the spirit of God return to God this is the calling for this our our uh we're not surviving we will not just survive in the end times we will thrive in the end times because our hearts are turned joined and connected to Father God and his heart will overwhelm us first of all I think that will be that will happen to the fathers and then you know to all of us because as you fathers make a stand proper stand not like I said in do domination and you know uh to release fear to your family or your children but in in in the heart and the kindness of God himself and that's why the Cry of that song of father will you show us yourself you know that's the Cry of the Apostles uh to Jesus I mean actually it's uh what was it Nathaniel or Thomas Nathaniel or Thomas was it anyway it's one of the Apostles I mean say Jesus show us the Father and Jesus said hello I mean if you've seen me you've seen the father and so when we see Jesus we see the father and that was one of the primary reason why he came yes he came to save us to restore the word to bring restoration to complete you know uh the plan of God for for heaven to come down to earth and bring a new Earth but really the number one purpose of God is so that he may de we may know him as our Father God you know that's why going back again to Genesis you will see how you know the first chapter of Genesis I mean you just begin to see how wow the father's heart is so evident in that chapter if you just you know go there I mean that's the whole good news and that's what really moved him to create Us in His image and that the plan is for him to have a family he is Longing To Be Our Father and we need to respond to that longing of God a father to be his children and that's why you know uh when you go to I will probably not go there uh uh Luke 15 I mean you see the Father's Heart I mean you see the terribleness of the prodigal right and the despondency after you know he squandered all of his inheritance and so on and so forth I mean the F father go his father did not give up on him I believe the even when he lost everything uh in his you know Wayward living and and and when he was you know almost going to eat what the food of the pigs were eating uh I mean he I feel like The Father's Heart continues to thump and to uh to beat for him praying for him longing for him uh travailing for him groaning for him crying for him to return and I I believe that even in that miserable uh uh situation where he was I mean his heart was being drawn by The Father's Love by The Father's Heart far away as he may have been but really his prayer his concern his spirit is so close to him and that's what protected the The Prodigal Son I mean and so you begin to see the heart of the father and so in the the progressing into that narrative when he finally made the decision to return I mean when he was walking on the way to the to the to the home I mean the father was already there what waiting and I would not be surprised that uh his father was just there every day every day looking forward to see him uh yearning for for for him to come and appear and so uh he was Far Away according to the scripture and you know the father was already there and that gave uh The Prodigal Son the courage and and you know the oh wow the heart of God was just drawing him and so even when he finally got in there the the a father God did not scold him did not you know tell him blah blah blah blah whatever you know he just embraced him and that Embrace was enough for the prodigal son to be set free to be welcomed once again to be restored and once again uh inherit and enjoy his right as a son he was given a robe he was given a ring and he was given a shoes all of this uh are symbols and part and parcel of uh her his authority before and now even more being restored as the son of his father and of course you know the the plus Factor there is that okay uh let's let's kill the king or let's kill the whatever you know then and let's have a feast and that's the heart of God he so rejoiced that we return to him he's so rejoiced that we we allow him to Feast on us to restore back to us every and all authority that he has really designed for us to enjoy and to have and so tonight today as Father's Day I just really would like for you fathers to be proactive in you know in uh in the lives of your children I know you are but there's more there's an anointing for that in this end times be more involved be more there be more present as you experience the presence of God in your individual life as fathers let the heart of Father God's heart be translated into your heart and let that heart in you from The Father's Heart translate to the children's heart and I believe that this is going to our generation will be forever change and this is this is the curse in this generation because Jesus said God said in Malachi when that happened then I will not release the curse the curse is because uh uh in the Ten Commandments it was it the fourth command fourth Commandments honor your father and your mother that it may be well with you and that you may have long life and that's why many many of the children who are rebellious and dis dishonorable disrespectful to their parents they are not blessed I don't care how much money they have but their life sometimes ends in suicide in death and just you know overd those because of the emptiness of that God did not design us to become orphans that's why the presence of fathers your presence there is so important it's not enough that you bring the money it's not enough that you're a bread winner your presence is the most important thing in the equation of their lives and then you bring the money and then you bring all the support you know but not before all right and so you know that's all I'm I'm going to say I mean there's so much more but uh enough that enough of that said um um to me um that's that's pretty much you know um what steers my life uh the love of the Father I remember being so amazed that uh for years I would preach on uh First John 3 3 1 and two what manner of love the father has given unto us that he would call us sons of God that is a miraculous marvelous powerful and sometimes you know we really don't like I would say park there and sit and Maul on it and realize but I tell you when you see and when you experience the heart of the father you will never be the same again because that's the very reason why Jesus came to show and demonstrate and allow us to experience the heart of his father through him amen so um I just uh father want to release uh this this blessing to fathers that Lord God they will continue to turn their hearts be made tender that their hearts Lord God may be uh be established that they are loved by their father God their real father and regardless of their experience of their natural father that you know uh it doesn't matter the important thing is now God is giving uh um the fathers of today of this generation of the end time generation a revelation of his father's heart and Lord God we impart that today to our fathers in forerunners for Christ and those that are being raised as fathers in the future future and all those online uh wherever you are whatever you're doing we release that anointing upon you that now you will sit to it that there will be no orphanage in your home that the heart of a father will always be visible tangible approachable and reliable and we thank you for all that in the name of Jesus we pray amen Happy Father's Day Yayo Hallelujah good morning everyone good morning FFC family in here in the church and in online uh good morning po so today is a special day as we celebrate Father's Day so this is their day let's celebrate them let's celebrate with them because this is their moment this is their day because today is Father's Day and the rest of the days is Mother's Day [Laughter] right happy Father's Day to all uh I just want to read something because I preferred something because I said probably Pastor will not going to teach so I just going to prepare something so I just want to read this just to celebrate our father okay I'm not going to explain I'm just going to read all the way so today I stand before you to express our deep appreciations and gratitude for our Earthly father as a children of God we have been blessed with the gift of fathers who plays a significant role in our lives it is through their loves guidance and presence that we learn valuable lesson and experience the unconditional love of our heavenly father in the book of Ephesians chapter 6 verse4 it states father do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instructions of the Lord and this verse remind us the responsibility father bear in nurturing their children teaching them about God's way and God not father B okay teaching them about God's way and guiding them toward a righteous path okay our Our Father are not perfect but for they too are because they are to are humans also being with flows and imperfection however their love for us reflect the Father's Love for his children they provide us perfect provide us protect us and sacrifice their own desires for our well-being their presence in our lives is a reflections of the heavenly father constant presence in our lives so let us not forget the countless sacrifices Our Father makes for us they work tirelessly sometimes in challenging circumstances to ensure that our needs are met they selflessly give their times energy and resour sources to provide us with a stable foundation and a secure future so beyond their physical presence Our Father teach us valuable lives lesson imparting wisdom and guidance they mold our character instilling in US value of compassion integrity and Faith they teach us to persevere in times of struggle and to trust in God's plans for our lives today let us take a moment to express our deepest appreciation to our Earthly father let us honor them not just on this special occasion but every day by showing them love respect and gratitude let us recognize their effort and sacrifices for they have played an integral role in shaping us into an individual we are today to all the father of FFC we thank you for your unwavering love support and guidance we are grateful for your presence in our lives and we acknowledge the significant role you play In Our Journey of Faith may God bless you abundantly ly for your Selfless Love and may He Grant you wisdom and strength as you continue to lead and guide your families but most especially today let us remember that just as our Earthly father love and care for us our heavenly father love us intimately more he is our ultimate source of strength guidance and love love I remember a long long time ago I heard a very special teaching about uh uh teaching on Father's Day about the father and since I heard that I was re I really amazed on that when I heard that message and that message stick into my heart I didn't it's about Luke 15 verse 11 to 32 about the prodal son I didn't hear it in this church I heard it in a different church but I heard it from Pastor Linda she is our speaker that's why when she speak about Luke 15 I just smiled because I remember her again since I because she taught you know you know every time we hear the prodigal son we always think it's about the prodigal son or the other son but she twe it and she show the love of the father to us you know his children and since then you know I didn't forget that and every time I have the opportunity to share about the the loves of the father I use that you know that verse Luke 15 verse 11-32 thank you Pastor Linda it's in my heart and I always share it to others about you know it is really a good good uh you know reflection a good example of how much the Father in Heaven loves us and just like what Pastor Linda remind us once again today and that's why when she say it I was sitting in there and just smile and I remember it amen thank you Lord and today Happy Father's Day as we celebrate our father our father will share to us about fatherhood about what is being a father so let's hear from them and open our ears and learn from them at the same time amen hallelujah I hope everybody's excited as we hear the word of God later on and everybody's you know ready to receive the word of God anyway uh sister Percy texted me I think the other day or yesterday with regards to father she said if I could like say a few words about fatherhood so first I I like okay what is fatherhood I search search and I came up with this answer fatherhood is the opposite of motherhood all right you get that fatherhood is the opposite of motherhood see that's what I came out with all my searches anyway our verse for today is in Deuteronomy 6 verse 5-7 in NIV it says love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul with all your strength these Commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts impress them on your children talk about them with your when you sit at home when you walk along the road when you lie down when you get up amen see becoming a father is easy but being a father is much difficult and not all fathers can be a dad amen Deuteronomy states that very clear the command of God that we should love the Lord Our God with all our heart with all our soul with all our strength that's straightforward as you could you could hear we just don't say it we must walk it we must practice it we must observe it remember our kids think of us as Heroes and role models and most of our actions they emulate they copy that's why there was a saying that children needs a father figure in their lives we are not perfect and can never be perfect but we have our God our god father who can help us shape the growth of our kids children look up to us they adore us we are the role models see that's the reason why we need God in our life we as men or fathers they adore us our children love us we also fail as men and father we fail we think we can succeed in raising up a family we think we can provide and support our family on our own yes there's some truth in those but we need God to help us in all areas of our life we need this leadership we need this guidance we need this wisdom and strength to succeed as human being and as a father love for our God should always be part of our conversation with our kids as the word said impress to them that we need God in our lives 247 we ask fathers stand as pillars of our family our job is to provide for the family disciplining and nurturing the father plays an important role in strengthening the family his love for his family is Ultimate a father that takes all the hardship to support his family his role is prominent in promoting overall development of his family but for us for us as man and father for us to succeed we need God we need to partner with him as one of the Men's Ministry goal is to have accountability we are accountable to God we answer to God our verse is very strong love the Lord your God and impress this command to your children let us remember children are God's gift to us children are God GI to us as father let's partner with J with our Father God who will help us we can't do this alone with the strength of of the Holy Spirit we can succeed that being said Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and all the future fathers God love you fathers God is in your heart always have a great Father's day and enjoy the fellowship and the food again Happy Father's Day to everybody everybody all the men and all the men sorry amen good morning everyone and Happy Father's Day online and here thank you brother Jun for you know being a father you opposite of motherhood yeah that's good that's a good one and yeah I really thank the Lord you know for first of all you know before becoming a father you know I get to know the Lord and truly that helps me especially knowing his word the word of God says to train up a child where they should go and when they grow old they will not depart from it and truly you know those words are really reflected in my life and for somebody who grew up with uh with without the father figure you know not uh my my dad is always there but I I I never really experienced that that relationship and I me and my brothers used to like you know that don't even know that we can play we can we can do a lot of things in our life because he's not always there he's a good provider but one one thing I learned is that uh being a provider is not is not enough I mean the you know having that relationship ship with your children and just that Bond those are the things that you know money cannot buy and I I'm so thankful to the Lord uh for giving me that opportunity you know for my children as you know my children are old athletic and so since they were young I you know all those events and and games and you know I'm so thankful that you know I get to see everything all of them you know I experien it the joy of like you know cheering for them and just and I keep on telling you know my my children are my life you know if you ask me like what I like what my children like those are the the things that I always you know I always but cherish but uh that the thing is you know I'm just grateful and I am really thank the Lord for giving me a partner in life for my wife and in raising up my children in the knowledge of the Lord because of that you know just seeing them now all grown up and still uh serving the lord and and and and and you know putting God first in in their life you know as a father I'm I'm I'm I'm truly grateful truly grateful for the life that he has given me you know for you know seeing them and now with grandkids knowing also that they too will grow in the knowledge of the Lord and and have that relationship you know what what more can we ask you know as a father and and just grateful in everything and just being blessed and once again you know I just want to remind especially for the Young Fathers that uh being a provider is not is is not enough uh we need to set an example to our children you know uh you know the responsibility and the fear of the Lord that is the most important the fear of the Lord because like when you bring them to the knowledge of the Lord you'll never uh you know they will not depart from it as they grow amen amen Happy Father's Day to all fathers uh online people happy Father's Day um basically for me what I'm going to be uh sharing is actually my experience uh as a father being a father I I remember uh that was a second round uh when I went back to Saudi Arabia I was praying to the Lord uh Lord um give me someone or bless me with someone who will really accept me uh as as me as a chi and uh 6 months uh after the prayer so I was able to meet my wife uh Marilyn so I truly truly believe that the good Lord blessed me with uh my wife uh Marilyn and uh she was the one who brought me to uh you know Christian belief and um of course during the time I was like okay so thank you Lord and of course Next Step there is to uh pray for kids right so uh during that time I was like okay so Lord thank you so much for you know allowing me to meet my wife and um I would probably share this uh in three stages um this is what this is what I experience okay uh in fatherhood there there are three stages uh when I thought about this one the first stage I already experienced that which is the preparation stage wow when uh I learned that my wife uh is pregnant uh a month after I was like God thank you so much and I prayed for having a son and true enough Angelo was born you know during the time uh of course preparation uh I was listening to my wife and uh she was telling me you know I wanted to uh uh give birth in the Philippines so of course at the end you know I don't know how to manage uh I don't have any experience you know um this type of uh you know taking care of uh a wife who gave birth so in short what she said at least when something happened to me you know my family is there you know and uh true enough she she gave birth there and then I was like longing for pictures and everything like that so I grew I I kind of like you know I I saw Angelo uh from the time he was born until the sixth month through pictures only through pictures I would always kiss uh his picture and everything like that even the negatives I would just like really during that time there was negatives only no no no nothing else only the negatives and then I will I would really wait for the time for my day off to have it developed and then it's clearly uh um developed and see the actual picture then I would you know hug him and everything like that anyways preparation stage was so much uh I was I would always uh guide my my wife know when whenever she coming coming from bed I mean wanted to get up I would really put my uh my neck and then she would put her arms around that and then because she's heavy she was Heavy during that time you know I mean because of Angelo now remember her not because she's heavy heavy but because she has some some some you know something there in the tummy and that's the preparation stage lot of preparations there of course financially and everything like that and uh I thank God uh because we know in Genesis 1 chapter 1 right he provided everything everything before he created um uh human Adam right so we saw the goodness of God there he knew exactly what we need right and I I would probably say that up to now uh uh God the father is there as a father you know showing his fatherhood to each and every one of us um yes Adam was born and because of his uh uh Disobedience partnering with uh Eve so they were barred you know uh staying in the in in the Paradise in the Garden of Eden now after that uh God is still reminding uh each and every one of us actually up to this time you know there are uh in in Adam's case because of that Disobedience uh he was he was uh barred into that uh uh um Garden of Eden and uh he learned something because of that Disobedience there's like consequence right now we as a father also uh when I was raised by my father you know I would really one thing I a testimony maybe some of you didn't know about that uh my father uh he's a loving father uh he's strict and his uh lenient some ways he was a trical driver uh uh during that time you know and then I was I think my my my my my family will probably remember this one especially my kids I I share this one to them I was bad when I was a kid you know and uh remember if you're a tricycle driver actually you you're receiving coins and everything like that you know peso 50 cents and everything like that and in his school in his school I was like you know I wanted to have something in my pocket so during one situation it was It Happened One situation only kind of like you I need money so they were all sleeping I was about maybe eight years old or n years old I got some coins from uh his pocket and then after that so I I put in my I know uh it's it's with me in short the following day okay when he he when he woke up during that time he said okay someone uh get money and everything like this and then maybe he's thinking it's it was me so he came up to me did you get something from here and I told him nope nope and then and then he hit me and those coins falling I was like no I did not get any money but there was evidence right but he forgave me definitely that's that's the uh the love of the father whatever happened is still uh the father is a loving father he would really uh uh uh care about you now up to now he's uh I I spoke with him I spoke to him actually last night night and I remembered uh his goodness you know he's 87 years old and uh I I I I I love him so much and this is one one message also I think uh Pastor Linda mentioned about Luke 15 and we saw the heart of the father right so even though you did something wrong you squandered uh everything you disobeyed me but I'm here to love you you know I'm here to always care for you right so actually I'm I'm mixing mat no that's preparation stage activation stage now activation as a father is hard why it is because that is where like what Pastor mentioned last Mother's Day the opposite to Father's Day uh she mentioned there was no uh uh what you call this a manual you know there's there was no manual same same goes with the father especially in my case you know it was totally different thing uh uh really totally different thing but I thank God uh the the first time when I got to the US the first thing I asked the Lord Lord uh show me a church that will really help me because I know I know church will help me to raise my family uh 2 years old 7 years old I don't have that much experience I mean biblically scriptures and everything like that I know I'm I'm weak during that those moments you know that's why I the first time I really look for a church to the point that I was uh able to attend a church which is uh uh Oneness Church something like that anyways so and then I found the ficc and then now I'm with uh uh uh forerunners for Christ La activation stage is really hard why it is because you really have to like pastor ver mentioned and uh brother uh June uh they will look up to you you know as a role model now what are the uh the things I experienced um during activation stage when they were young actually of course you have to be playful with them you know um you should always be because I think during that time Angelo will uh ride on my back and everything like that and then I would really play with him and uh with Angela and then uh in activation stage you should also be a team player like what we have talked about your partnering with your wife making sure that everything I I know my wife is working uh financially she she she's really helping me a lot also with that and then as a in the activation stage you should be a multitasker my my my my goal before is to really provide for my family especially for my kids remember we would be we we we we we would live in a single bedroom apartment single bedroom apartment um they grew up there for 10 years and during those moments I was like you know Lord uh you know my heart I wanted to provide something for my family you know whenever we change clothes and everything like that we're we're all open because one one bedroom only right and I would remember Angelo yeah no I'm I'm I talking about yeah there's a bathroom but there's no there's no anyways privacy but I'm talking about privacy right right and then Angelo uh mentioned one time uh Papa that's okay one bedroom why he he he's he he has wisdom really at least we are close to each other we are seeing each other he was about maybe minus minus five years and uh she he said that and then at least we were close and everything like that which is which is true but again my point as a father you have to really provide for your family so I would sell vacuum cleaners I would uh you know life insurance and everything like that so just to provide and uh one one one way I agree I agree one one yeah I remember that rainbow anyways and then uh during the activation stage up to now it's an activation stage because they're still young um 21 and then 16 so during activation stage decision making is really important right and I remember I think pastora mentioned about that last uh this past Wednesday when we were deciding for a house God bless us with uh uh a house right so we're able to find a place in Texas and everything like that and it's because of God's faithfulness to me he answered all my my prayers and everything like that as far as I know uh everything is planned you know planned according to uh to me and to the plan Son of God however at the end the Lord uh made a decision so kind of like he used that uh steps for me to learn something and for my wife uh for for her to be able to I think of course pass and Collex there's a lot of Miracles during activation stage there's a lot of blessings there's a lot of testings but the good thing here is uh uh Proverbs 1669 right can you po post that Jeremy or 169 so we can make our plans right but the Lord directs his steps so as a father we can plan so many things right for your future for the family's future for your uh the future of the kids God is always there like what happened to me during my Texas decision really I I I've seen God's faith fulness and I grew in faith you know conversing with God for that uh Texas plan but at the end God made another step and I don't I do not regret for that with Foreigners for Christ I've seen my kids I don't know if the decision that I uh if I decide to be there in Texas I wouldn't probably see Angelo and Angela you know having this kind of experience experiences with the Lord growing in love with the Lord that's why it's important for us not only for the fathers but for everyone uh whatever we plans definitely God is always there with us as long as we partner with the Lord but at the end God knows exactly what is better for us so that's one thing now uh of course as uh in the St in the learning or activation stage you are also learning from kids as they grow we are not perfect right as a father sometimes you will learn a lot from your kids as well so to all those fathers if there are kids like you know really you've see they're saying something which is uh legit and basically uh right and at the same time aligning uh with the word of God the scriptures listen to to listen to our kids as well because we learn from them right the only perfect father is Our Father God but we as an Earthly father we have to always you know kind of like like what I said partnership there should be teamwork there we have to listen we have to open our ears uh and then uh you know if they say something which is good for the family that's why when you make a decision also as a father you are the final uh decision maker in the house at the end you know but then again also listen to the family members for you to be able to uh uh have a a right decision and of course uh uh listening from the Lord Lord and final State uh final word for me in uh activation stage actually is uh we as a father we are this spiritual figure okay uh Joshua 24:15 uh this is one scripture that we have in the house you know as for me I mean but as for me in my house my family we will serve the Lord you know that's why I I realized this one when I was uh looking at this verse I was like okay so because the first time I came to the US I told you right so I I look for a church so if let's say for example uh in my heart or my God my God our god did not impress that in my heart I don't know what will happen with my family right so that's why it's important for us even if we are not to those father out there or to be father uh don't be afraid if we're not really uh uh uh kind of like you know equipped with uh the scriptures word of God but as we act as we obey the Lord as we listen to the Lord as we pray to the Lord our kids seeing that whatever actions whatever movement whatever decision uh we make whatever words coming out from us they also hear that so if we're not really that equipped uh scripturally then you know just ask the Lord definitely the holy spirit will be there to guide us as long as we have the right heart for the Lord and the last one is actually the final stage so preparation stage activation stage final stage my final stage is not there for me as for me only because my final stage that I'm talking about here is when my my my kids will settle you know my kids will settle I can guide them if I have a post or something like that I can I can guide them and like recently a week ago uh we had a hard to hard talk with my son so I was able to express my my feelings my uh kind of like I coach him you know and this is this is a part of the activation process you know you have to be a coach as a as a father you are wearing many hats you know provider uh scriptural uh uh uh um spiritual leader um coach also teacher there's a lot of uh hats that you are wearing that's why don't get tired as father don't get tired of uh um teaching coaching uh partnering with our kids because at the end at the end we will all smile when we see them successful especially spiritually with the Lord and having this uh Foreigners for Christ kids I've seen uh uh uh kids here in Foreigners for Christ totally uh dependent on the Lord and that's what we are uh praising God for so I just want to encourage everybody uh to those fathers let's all connect let's all uh uh partner with God because father God is always there to guide us to provide for us and to uh equ equip us more and more if we will put our heart into it so again like what I said uh father God is there right we are disobedient in in the process in the process sometimes uh when you become adult like 50 plus a a lot of people kind of like getting into uh seriousness with God you know but don't wait for that don't wait for that as early as now for those kids who are listening right now because I think I've seen some people they they they get more uh connected more uh aligned with God which is good you know when they age but no don't wait for that for those listeners young ones start if you are hearing this message right now if you are four years old 5 years old 10 years old you know 15 years old keep on uh drawing keep on aligning with God because at the end you know you will be in the kingdom of God Amen so yeah uh so I'm going to you know what I'm going to share is like you know the same thing uh my experience with kids I think uh having kids uh you're going to give up everything you know I have uh like bad habits you know that's part of the thing that huh yeah so there's uh things that you know you have to I mean make you give up right away so and then you know sacrifice and like you know like I always you know tell like my always and I always said okay I always tell my like whatever I had you know I don't care they they they can they can have it and so my said oh you know but you know was like but you know like whatever I had you know you know they you know it's it's always available for them and then uh like really uh growing up I don't have that Father Figure cuz my dad he works in mining and then my mom she came in here when she was five I mean when I was five so I don't really have a a father figure because I was with my sister and my sister has multiple maming kids so of course she's going to take care of her kids and my brother my brother-in-law uh I mean she is busy too with something else so I don't really have any uh Father Figure like so I didn't know how to be a father so but I was blessed that before we have children uh me and my are already starting to be uh going to church and becoming a Christian so it's a struggle it's always a fight but I mean I I I I I learn along the way so that's all I can say like being a father you will learn along the way not all of them is the same the same thing they are all different and you have to uh uh pay uh pay special attention to that because you so that you don't treat them the same way because uh they're all different and [Laughter] uh yeah and yeah low Buton yeah and uh yeah so like just you know like basically like growing up and uh you know there's sometimes disagreement with me and my son and you know my daughter but and my youngest one you know so you know but all in all you know like I always tell them that Daddy always love you you know sometimes that they get upset that they scream and you know I I Repent that I don't do that a lot anymore once in a while I still do it but I I repent for that because I'm not supposed to be angry with my kids that's that's not yeah yeah you're not yeah you yeah yeah so you don't scream at them even they provoke you so you know still like be still and be patient I mean that's the way it is and you know I'm because we just I just put everything to God so like if there's things that I can't control it's it's all about God you know and he will take care of it uh first of all uh Happy Father's Day to everyone El there and uh I only got a short thing to say about being a fatherhood I'm not going to lecture all the father out there you I know you guys can handle your own but I cannot raise my family without the help of our their father so I am very thankful for the Lord that he gave us two great son [Laughter] goodlooking no not like me but anyway you know I had never experienced to be mentored my by my father because when I was born my father was uh paralyzed so no mentoring for me you know actually even my mother never mentored me because uh my my mother is very strict because he she always telling us to do the right thing but thank God that she did it for us that's why we all grew up like this but anyway being a father is not really a joke you know it's a hard job you have to really concentrate of your kids as they grow up because if you don't guide them as they're growing up they're not going to be in a righteous way so I thank the Lord that uh my kid grew up the right way but sometimes raising our kid we go through this struggle bad times and all that things anyway with the help of Our Lord we went through all that uh obstacle you know we we we suffer you know here and there but thank God we did it with the help of my wonderful wife hardworking so when I when I was uh growing up I had to Mentor my own self and I thank God that I grew up like this and my my mother is the one that guide us to grow up like to be a man because my father he cannot do it because he was paralyzed he was a hardworking man we have a rice spilled and after that he was Barber and on top of that I thank the Lord that he do everything to raise us there were he had a child and they all grew up the right way with the help of God thank you happy Father's Day again everyone Hi everybody uh I'm not a good speaker so I have to made a a note in my cell phone if that is okay with you guys if I can read it in here yes thank you I just want to start by saying Happy Father's Day to all the fathers in here and even to all the father that is watching online and most to Our Father in Heaven Happy Father's Day I'm so blessed because God gave me a beautiful wife and bless us with to amazing children as a father I am proud or I'm not a perfect father but I do my best to fulfill my duties my best to teach discipline and grow with them so we can strive to be the best version of ourself I am so proud to see what they have grown into but I am more grateful to see them grow with the present and guidance of the Lord their everyday in their lives as JJ continuing his studies toward his BSN is also starting his journey as a nurse at a hospital as for Mariel she has finished her first years of the nursing program may the Lord give them to strength and knowledge to finish strong and become as an amazing nurse in the future yes beside my two children I wouldn't be the father I am today if it's was not for my wife [Music] Elda I I am and will always be grateful for her I will continue to be supportive and love them through all their future and Anders may the Lord bless bless us fathers of this day and continue to give us the wisdom and strength to carry out our rules and uphold the value of the Lords with Integrity Grace thank you