Thank you for your patience

Come join other men this Friday and rediscover what God’s answer is to that question.

When: Friday June 18th

Where: 275 E Vista Ridge Mall Dr, Lewisville, TX 75067 (The White House’s big theater.)

Time: 7PM

For questions contact: Manasseh Kamau @ 817-247-0655

For more information visit http://dad2dad.wordpress.com/

⁵Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

Romans 8:12-14 (New International Version)

¹²Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. ¹³For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, ¹⁴because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

John 4:24 (New International Version)

²⁴God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

• As a man what does it mean to be led by the spirit?
• Do you have God’s spirit?
• What decisions are you going to make to allow God’s spirit to lead you?

Isaiah 61

The Year of the LORD’s Favor

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners, ^[a]

This is God’s personal mission for his people. God knows the assault that we face daily.

God sent Jesus Christ to open the way to our hearts.

1. The goal of the enemy is to steal kill and destroy what is most dear to God and that is us, MEN.

• We are the heads and through us families are saved or destroyed.

2.  The story of your life is the story of the brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

3. We are at war and that war is against your heart.

4. Why does every story have a villain? This is a representation of the spiritual aspect of our lives

5. You have an enemy. He is trying to steal your freedom, kill your heart, and destroy your life.

6. The bottom line is, you are going to have to fight for your heart.

John 10:10 (New International Version)

¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Decide to fight for your heart!!

Volunteers are needed to help at this annual event. Volunteers will be helping with: face painting, carnival games, photos with bunny, at the bouncy houses and with the egg hunts.

Volunteers must be 12 years or older to volunteer. Volunteers will need to arrive by 7:45 a.m. to check in and plan to stay until at least 1 p.m. or the event area is cleaned.

23rd Annual Funny Bunny Festival
Railroad Park, 1301 Railroad Street Lewisville, TX 75057
Saturday, March 27
Carnival: 9 a.m. – Noon
Egg Hunts begins at 11:30 am.
$1 Admission per person (Guest under the age of 3 no charge

(See a map)

If you are able to volunteer, please contact Manasseh Kamau at 817-247-0655 by Tuesday March the 22nd.

Serving our Families:

God and Man:

Romans 2:4 (New International Version)

⁴Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?

God and Man; The relationship we have with God is one that is rooted in Jesus Christ and our response to want to please God is or should be out of love.

God so loved us that he gave……… He sacrificed……He served us.

John 4:23 (New International Version)

²³Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

God is looking is always looking for us to seek him in spirit and in truth.

1 John 4:7 (New International Version)

God’s Love and Ours

⁷Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Some of the most impacting stories throughout history are the stories of selflessness.

Dads and Family:

When it comes to our family, serving them and others will leave an indelible mark in their hearts for a life time.

Would you be characterized by serving your family?

Would your family describe you as a serving dad?

What are ways that we can serve our families?

What acts of service do you want to be remembered by?

In Job 38: 31-33, God reminds Job of His most amazing works in the universe.

“Can you bind the beautiful ^[c] Pleiades?
Can you loose the cords of Orion?

³² Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons ^[d]
or lead out the Bear ^[e] with its cubs?

³³ Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you set up God’s ^[f] dominion over the earth?

Psalm 139:13-15 says:

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the ear

General Information

Rosemeade Rainforest Aquatic Complex located adjacent to Rosemeade Recreation Center, consists of a 50-meter Olympic-size pool, 25-meter short course, separate diving well and training pool. New in 2009 is a 22-foot structure with a two-flume slide. The Rosemeade Rainforest section features a zero-depth entry pool, two platform levels with bridge, water cannons, bubblers, spray bars, water slides, a 200-foot lazy river and a 600-gallon dump bucket. The complex also includes a newly renovated bathhouse and concession area, a new deck, picnic tables, lounges and shaded areas.

A link is provided below

Rosemeade Rainforest Aquatic Complex

Editors note: It is hard to fully capture the magnitude of Heaven and how a place like that is going to look like. Jesus said that he was going to prepare a place for us. Presumably, Jesus has been preparing a place for us for over 2000 years. If the creator of the universe is taking  this long to prepare a place for us, what a place it is to look forward to.

What should our Goal be as Fathers for our families?

by Mark Goodson

Hebrews 11:39-40

^…..40God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

• From the hall of faith, we see that the  patriarchs and all the prophets sacrificed so much so that we can have access to God today through Jesus Christ, but that was not the end goal, the end goal is for all of us to be made perfect by making it to heaven. Spending eternity together, this is the Goal

Isaiah 65:17

• God says that he will create a new heaven and a new earth, and God stresses a point by stating that the former things will not be remembered nor will they come to mind.
• By looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, it’s beyond our imagination just how it will look like, but as we’ll see later it is a vision to ‘die for”.

Description of Heaven

Genesis 2:8-9

• God has always intended to live among his children. From the first home in the garden of Eden where he provided everything to the future home in heaven.

John 14:2-3 2 Corinthians 1:22

• Jesus describes a metaphorical house with many rooms and a day that he will come back and take us to live with him.
• Jesus was giving us something to look forward to, something to hope for. He gave us his spirit as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come.
• When you put down a deposit on the perfect house you look forward with anticipation the day you close and can not wait to live in it.

Revelations 21 & 22

1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. …………

³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

⁵He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”………. ²⁷Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

• 1,500 cube mile city made of pure gold
• Walls 216 feet thick made of diamonds
• 12 gates each made of a single pearl
• No sun
• No ocean or sea
• The tree of life
• A very safe and permanent home.

Whether these illustrations are symbolic or literal, one can not help but wonder just how unfathomable they are; yet the soul yearns to see it all.

What will we do in this amazing place?

Matthew 25:14-30

²¹“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

• We will be put in charge of greater things

Isaiah 66:22-24 Zechariah 14:16-19

²² “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the LORD, “so will your name and descendants endure. ²³ From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the LORD. ²⁴ “And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

Matthew 6:19-20

Note: As Dads we shape our children’s view of God and Heaven. Our view will determine whether our children store their treauser in heaven or on earth.