4 Continual Prayers for the Fathers

Date: June 19,2022 Sunday
Venue: Mahayahay 2, Pardo Cebu City
Message: Orly Bayate Senior Pastor of the UCIPI

Good morning Uphill church. Today is a special Day for the Fathers. Because it’s Father’s Day! Tell your brothers and sisters beside you “ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY.”
Father’s Day began in America around 1910. Most credit “Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth” for beginning its observance (“Father’s Day,” History.com).
Father’s Day was a religious holiday before being commercialized by greeting cards and gifts. It became a national holiday in 1966, and in 1972 the third Sunday of June was officially designated Father’s Day.
The Bible teaches the value of fathers. Far more than mere progenitors/ancestors fathers shape future generations and thus, nations and the world (not to mention churches). Their value cannot be overstated/exaggerated.
We thank God for the gift of godly fathers and ask Him to continue to bless us with faithful fathers.

This morning I will be sharing with you entitled “ 4 CONTINUAL PRAYER FOR THE FATHERS

1. O LORD, GIVE US FATHERS WHO WILL LISTEN.
A. We need fathers who listen first to God and hear from His Scriptures the words of wisdom needed to direct their households on the path of righteousness.
B. We pray for fathers who listen to their children to hear their hopes and dreams and to encourage their aspirations – and for fathers who hear their children’s cries for help in times of doubt and despair.
C. We pray for fathers who listen to their wives, the mothers of their children, and glean fro10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?

She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.m them wise counsel as a trusted companion (Prov 31:10-12).

2. O LORD, GIVE US FATHERS WHO WILL LEARN.
A. How we desperately need fathers who will learn the word of God, live it before their children and also teach it to the next generation (Psa 78:1-8)!

for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
B. We need fathers who are humble and willing to learn; who rely on God’s truth to guide them as they nurture their children in the training and admonition of the Lord

(Eph 6:4).

for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
C.Fathers are needed who will pray with Manoah, “O my Lord, teach us what we shall do for the child” (Judges 13:8).
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.” 
3. O LORD, GIVE US FATHERS WHO WILL LEAD.

A. We need fathers who willingly accept their role as leaders of their families, accepting the responsibility and the sacrifice that comes with it.
B. These fathers are a blessing to their families (Eph 5:23; 6:4; 1 Tim 3:4).
Ephesians 5:23 “For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.”
1 Timothy 3:4 “ He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.”

4. O LORD, GIVE US FATHERS WHO WILL LOVE.
A. We plead for fathers who fully love the Lord and who teach their children to love God (cf. Deut 6:4-9). 4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.[a] 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
B.We need fathers who love their children by correcting them in love
(Heb 12:5-7). 5 And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?[a] He said,
“My child,[b] don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t give up when he corrects you. 6 For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”[c]

7 As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?



To wrap up my message,
Fathers are needed who love their children’s mothers and by that love show their children how to love their future spouses.
Faithful fathers deserve our honor every day: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mothers…that it may be well with you…” (Eph 6:1-2)