Jun. 18, 2023

In this week's message Pastor Al shares a stirring tribute along with an important announcement for the entire Village Bible Church family.

LifeGroup Discussion Questions:

Open It:  Share the most powerful memory you have of your father.

Explore it:  On Father’s Day, we honor Dads and consider how we can support and equip them. Read Ephesians 6:4 and consider these questions:

1.  How can earthly fathers affect children’s understanding of their Heavenly Father?

2.  What are some ways that fathers can exasperate their children?

3.  What are some ways that fathers can raise their children in the training and instruction of the Lord?

4.  J.I. Packer wrote this about knowing God as Father. What do you think about this quote?

"You can sum up the whole of New Testament teaching in a single phrase, if you speak of it as a revelation of the Fatherhood of the Holy Creator. In the same way, you can sum up the whole of New Testament religion if you describe it as the knowledge of God as one’s Holy Father.  If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he or she makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his or her Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls the person's worship and prayers and whole outlook on life, it means that he or she does not understand Christianity very well at all. For everything that Christ taught, everything that makes the New Testament new and better than the Old, everything that is distinctively Christian as opposed to merely Jewish, is summed up in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God.”  What are your thoughts?

5.  How can we as a church better encourage and empower our fathers?

6.  Share something you think every father (and mother) should incorporate into their parenting.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to bless, encourage and use the fathers in our church family.

Pray for the needs of each person in your group.