✝ Daily Encouragement (7/3/25) "A Father's Duty"
Published: Thu, 07/03/25
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Thursday, July 3, 2025  "A Father's Duty" Message summary: What a powerful model is taught in our daily text. Listen to our message on your audio player.
"For
you know that
we dealt with
each of you as
a father deals
with his own
children,
encouraging,
comforting and
urging you to
live lives
worthy of God,
who calls you
into His
kingdom and
glory" (1
Thessalonians
2:11,12).
 A photo of my dad when Ester was a toddler.
Paul
never mentions
his own father
in any of his
writings
recorded in
the New
Testament and
actually gives
very little
explicit
teaching on
fatherhood.
Yet in the
daily verse he
presumes that
his readers
have an
experience and
knowledge of
fathers. "For
you know that
we dealt with
each of you as
a father deals
with his own
children".
“Encouraging”
– I had an
accident my
freshman year
at Bible
College in
which I
injured my
knee badly.
The knee
repair
required
surgery and
several days
in the
hospital
followed by a
slow recovery.
I was very,
very
discouraged. Actually
I was
wallowing in
self-pity.
I spoke to my
dad on the
phone and
received some
meaningful
words of
encouragement,
along with a
subtle rebuke
as he shared
with me a
mature
perspective on
life’s trials.
“Comforting” – Though both parents have these duties we more often associate loving words of comfort coming from our mothers. It’s harder for me to recall reassuring words or comforting gestures from my dad, but a related memory comes to mind indicating my dad’s love for his wife and family. In 1967 Mom took my sister and me on a train to California to see my oldest brother Mike and his wife and newborn baby girl, my parent's first grandchild. Dad stayed home to work and missed us a lot. He was there to meet us at Union station upon our return and it was the first time I ever saw him cry. That was a side of him I had never seen and it has remained with me to this day. Perhaps his tears were a demonstration of love that was of special reassurance to me at the time. “Urging you to live lives worthy of God” – This is surely a supreme purpose for a godly father. My dad was skillful in HVAC, plumbing and related trades and was knowledgeable in many other areas. I recall going to work with him in the hot Kansas City summers as a high-schooler. He came to faith later in life so I really can’t recall many verbal lessons of a spiritual nature. But he sure demonstrated faithfulness, responsibility, and hard work in caring and providing for his family. Biblically this is certainly a component in living a life worthy of God.
Fathers,
what a
powerful model
is taught in
our daily
text! How are
you at
encouraging
and comforting
your children?
Do you urge
them to live
lives worthy
of God? These
are a big part
of your
Scriptural
mandate as a
father. Let us
be found
faithful in
the godly task
before us! B e encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13 Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"A Father Like You" Watch on YouTube Christian Hymns and Worship This will be song of remembrance for some and for others a song of aspiration. For many it will be both.
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