In this message, Pastor Bryan Loritts gives a strong word of challenge and encouragement to Dads from Psalm 127 on this Father’s Day weekend!
Sermon Notes
TAILWIND DADS
Psalm 127
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” Psalm 127
“I would have killed for a hug from my father.” -Burt Reynolds
“Not receiving any blessing from your father is an injury. If you’re a young man and you’re not
being admired by an older man, you’re being hurt...Not seeing your father when you are small,
never being with him, having a remote father, an absent father, a workaholic father, is an injury”
- Iron John, Robert Bly.
THE CENTRALITY OF GOD
Psalm 127:1-2
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.” Psalm 127:1-2
Why parenting matters:
“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” Proverbs 13:22
RELATIONAL
Psalm 127:4
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.” Psalm 127:4
“Went fishing with my father today, the most glorious day of my life.” -Henry Brooks
INTENTIONAL
Psalm 127:4
“ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.” Psalm 127:4
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
DISTANCE
Psalm 127:4
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.” Psalm 127:4
AN ENDURING PURPOSE
Psalm 127:4
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.” Psalm 127:4
“If a man is passive and indifferent to the things of God and the spiritual leadership of his home,
then attack is not necessary. He is already neutralized” -Point Man, Steve Farrar
