Fighting For Your Family - Part 2 Series

Fighting for Your Family Part 2

Welcome

Open: We started a brand new series last

week called “Fighting for Your Family”

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REVIEW FROM LAST WEEK:

# 1 – THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A

PERFECT FAMILY

# 2 – ONLY FAMILIES THAT LIVE BY GODLY

PRINCIPLES SURVIVE AND THRIVE

# 3 - IT DOESN’T TAKE PERFECTION TO

MAKE A GREAT FAMILY, BUT IT DOES TAKE

WORK

INTRO: LET THE FAMILY WARRIORS RISE UP!

TEXT: 2 Samuel 23, Verse 8 (probably says “David’s Mighty Men” (tell about David):

8 These are the names of David’s mightiest

warriors. The first was Jashobeam the

Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the

three mightiest warriors among David’s men. He

once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in

a single battle.

9 Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son

of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. Once Eleazar

and David stood together against the Philistines

when the entire Israelite army had fled. 10 He

killed Philistines until his hand was too tired to lift

his sword, and the Lord gave him a great victory

that day. The rest of the army did not return until

it was time to collect the plunder!

11 Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from

Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi

and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils.

The Israelite army fled, 12 but Shammah held

his ground in the middle of the field and beat

back the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a

great victory.

EXPLAIN THEN INTRO MOVIE CLIP

PLAY CLIP OF BRAVEHEART

What does a Family Warrior Look Like?

# 2 – Prays daily for his family

# 3 – Prays Daily WITH His Family

# 4 – Is Passionate About Serving Jesus

# 1 – Usually Male (but can be female if the

home lacks a male)



# 5 – Sets an Example He Wants His Children to

Follow

Okay Pastor Tommy, that’s what a Family

Warrior LOOKS like, but how do I become one?

FIRST, UNDERSTAND THIS ABSOLUTE,

BEDROCK, FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE:

• OUR WIVES AND OUR CHILDREN FIND IT

MUCH EASIER TO CONNECT TO A MAN

WITH CHARACTER!

• YOU GAIN THAT CHARACTER BY BEING STRONG IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

• IN FACT, YOUR SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE WILL BE DIMINISHED, IN FACT MUTED, IF YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN WALK WITH GOD

So Pastor Tommy, how can I get strong in my

relationship with God?

• You must take ownership of your own spiritual journey!

Why is owning my own personal spiritual life

such a big deal?

#1 – Your Spiritual Life Strengthens or Weakens

Every Relationship You Have in the Family

Look at Your Wife....

• Women rank “spiritual intimacy” as number 3

intheir top five needs

o# 1 Unconditional Love

o# 2 Communication and Emotional

Intimacy

o# 3 Spiritual Intimacy

SO a better spiritual like means a better

marriage? Absolutely!!!

Look at your kids......

• Your kids are looking to you as their strong leader whether you are one or not

• We, as fathers, introduce them to the knowledge of and a right view of God in their lives!

• Did you know that.........

o63% of youth suicides are from fatherless

homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5

times the national average.

o90% of all homeless and runaway children

are from fatherless homes – 32 times the

national average.

o85% of all children who show behavior

disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the national average. (Center for Disease Control)

o75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the national average.

o43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]

o71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release, Friday, March 26, 1999]

o90% of adolescent repeat arsonists live with only their mother. [Wray Herbert, “Dousing the Kindlers,” Psychology Today, January, 1985, p. 28]

o70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]

o85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. [Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Department of Corrections, 1992]

o80% of rapists come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)

o71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)

oFatherless boys and girls are: twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to end up in jail; four times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. [US D.H.H.S. news release, March 26, 1999]

• Come on Church, It’s WAY past time for

there to be some WARRIOR MEN to stand