Good afternoon and Happy Sunday. One this day that we celebrate Fathers I am so happy that I had my Father ( whom I am pictured with) in my life. This man worked at Ford Motor Company as a tradesman (welder) for over 30 years. As most people know that being in skills trades you make a nice amount of money and my Father worked as many hours as he could. He worked on the weekends and on holidays. He would come home sometimes. nap for a couple of hours and then head right back out the door to head to work. It would be times that I would never see him. The one constant time that I saw him was when it was time for church every Sunday. My Father would be tired as any should be working those hours and would be excused for not going to church. But that was not the will of what God wanted him to do for his family and one thing that I admire about my Father is his Obedience to God ( The Attribute of a Father).
As I go into this teaching I want to define the word obedience and I am going to go to my source of definitions and that is dictionary.com. The word obedience means as follows; the act of obeying; and
dutiful or submissive compliance. You see with all the hours that my Father worked, he made a lot of money and he could have not obeyed or complied to the will of God because of that. But my Father did God's will. Obedience to God ( The Attribute of a Father).
As I go into the Word of God for this teaching of Obedience to God ( The Attribute of a Father) I begin in Genesis 22:1-5. In these verses Abraham is told by God that he has to sacrifice his son Isacc
as a test of his faith to God. Abraham could had questioned God but he did not. My Father could have been selfish and bought himself members only jackets or Karl Kani clothing but my Father was not the will of God for him the act of obeying God was important for my Father. Obedience to God ( The Attribute of a Father).
In continuing this teaching of Obedience to God (The Attribute of a Father) I go to Genesis 22:6-8. In these verses Isacc questions Abraham about where is the animal to be sacrificed for God and is told
that God will provide. I also wondered why my Father did not have any Converse All-Stars or snake skinned boots because I knew that he could afford it. But that was not what God had for him to do and my Father was dutifully compliant to the will of God. Obedience to God ( The Attribute of a Father).
As we go back to the Word of God we go to Genesis 22:9-18. In these verses as Abraham continues to obey God we see where a lamb is provided for the sacrifice and Abraham is blessed beyond his
imagination for trusting in God. My Father could have rims and whitewall tires and a sun roof in a any car he wanted but that was not the will of God. My Father was submissively compliant to the will of God. Obedience to God (The Attribute of a Father.
As I come to the conclusion of this teaching I am glad that my Father obeyed the will of God and is a great Father. I could not see that when I was younger. I could not see the sacrifice of time he made as he went to work to provide for his family so that I can have the Members Only Jacket. I could see the sacrifice of not being selfish as he took care of us all so that we had food on our table and that I could have Adidas. I could not see the sacrifice of him going to church when he was dead tire so he can do the will of God so that we had a nice house and I could ask him for anything and he would give it to me. Sacrifice is the Attribute of a Father and the only way that happens is being Obedient to God. In John 10:27 it tells about those who love Jesus knows his voice. My Father did and still does know his voice. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. Please join me tomorrow for a teaching called You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. This past month I was riding with my friend Angela Francis. On this particular day she had to go get her hair done and her friend Roxanne' shop. I had done this numerous times in the past so when I was getting ready to leave I told Angela I was going to the forest preserve to sit and wait as she got her hair done. At the forest preserve I would be able to do two things while I was there. I would be able to think of ideas for my blog, my radio show and my daily postings on Facebook. When you attempt to write you sometimes get writer's block and need to get to a different atmosphere ( Hmmm Writer's Block may be a blog soon LOL ). The other reason I wanted to go to the forest preserve is because it was hot that day and I needed some shade. So as I approached the forest preserve I put on my left turn signal and waited for traffic coming southbound to clear. After
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Growing up we used to love to take pictures. Maybe not myself because I had a self confidence problem, but everywhere you went there was someone taking pictures. In grammar school we took pictures every week. In high school we took them every year. At church we took pictures. In the club we took pictures as a group to show we all went to a party. Most of the pictures we took were with a Polaroid camera which had great quality then. But if you wanted the best pictures you wanted the photographer to take your pictures. This was one of the coolest professions back then because all the ladies who wanted to be models or actresses had to go to the photographer to get that photo to take to the different agencies to show how they look. So in order to get the best quality the photographer had to go someplace where he could get the best results. It was his Dark Room. This is the na
Good morning and Happy Friday. The summer is now beginning and the weather is now reaching its highest temperatures. It has reached a high point of 90's so far in the Chicagoland area and it appears to be nothing in sight to relieve us of these conditions that are almost drought like. As the summer gets ready to start in earnest next week we anticipate the warmest temps of the year after a winter that saw a little snow but the hawk, ( that's what we call the wind in the CHI ) was in full effect. But the sun has been out daily and we need a little moisture in our lives. We expect things to get wet in order for us to not only cool off but to wash away some things and bring a freshness of new things in our lives. The hotness of the weather coincides with the hotness in our lives. We need things to cool off a little bit but need some things to come down so we can enjoy the things in our lives that is promised to us as Christians. We are faithful and trusting in his Word. So as we
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