2021.06.27 - Lean On Me - Fathers

2021.06.27 - Lean On Me - 02

Saturday, June 26, 2021

7:50 PM

 

1.     Who Do You Lean On?

a.     Do you just want yes men

                              i.         Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. KJV

2.     Coming In And Going Out 

a.     Jethro And Moses

                              i.         Exodus 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. KJV

                             ii.         Exodus 18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. KJV

3.     Head In The Clouds

a.     Hebrews 12:1 Therefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. KJV

                              i.         Don’t reinvent the wheel

                             ii.         Not bad to ask help

                           iii.         Blaze a new trail if you must - follow anothers trail if you can

4.     Lean On Those That Have Waited

a.     Isaiah 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD  shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. KJV

                              i.         But they that wait upon . . .

1.     OT:6960 qavah (kaw-vaw'); a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect: KJV - gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

                             ii.         Charge to pray for those who follow

                           iii.         Dear Younger Me

5.     Father Figures Needed

a.     1 Corinthians 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.KJV

                              i.         A church full of spiritual runaways

1.     When disciplined they run away instead of allowing growth

6.     The Power of The Blessing

a.     Numbers 6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. KJV