We give God praise and thanks for another day of worship.
We also give a special note of thanksgiving today for fathers
who are fulfilling their God-given roles.
Many of the homes in our society are suffering from absent
fathers and it is very obvious that our culture is in no way
helping to solve the problem. This has resulted in an increase
of rebellious, angry and violent children. It was never
God’s intention for children to be raised without a father.
When God instituted the family in the garden of Eden He
established it with a husband and a wife, who subsequently
became a father and a mother. God did this because He knew
the importance of a father’s influence in a child’s life.

A good father is not just a second adult in the home. He
positively impacts the lives of his children in a way that
no mother or any other person can. He provides spiritual,
physical, mental and social protection for his family. In
addition, he helps to bring financial stability to them and
serves as a positive male role model. He contributes a
parental skill to the home that is significantly different from
that of a mother. That difference is absolutely important in
healthy child development.

Let us keep fathers before God this week in a very special
way. Pray that they will make themselves available to God
for His purpose and plan to be fulfilled in them and in their
homes. Let us also pray that they will be available to their
children in the way that God has prescribed for them to be.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

1. FATHER’S DAY LUNCHEON
Immediately after today’s Worship Service in
Annex area.

2. LUNCH HOUR & EVENING WARFARE PRAYER
Wednesday, 12:00 noon Lunch Hour Warfare
Payer. 5:30 p.m. Evening Warfare Prayer.

3. SISTERS-IN-UNITY INTERCESSORY PRAYER
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. All women are invited.

4. CHOIR PRACTICE
Friday, 6:30 p.m.

5. PRAYER HOUR
Saturday, 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

6. KIDS G.I.G.G. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

7. NEXT SUNDAY
Worship & Ministry, 9:00 a.m.

NO BRAGGING RIGHTS

MY DAD WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD
WHEN I WAS A BOY. HE WAS A RESPECTED PASTOR, A GOOD
PREACHER, AND A KIND AND GENTLE LEADER. HIS GIFTS WERE
RECOGNIZED BY SEVERAL BOARDS ON WHICH HE SERVED.
WHEATON COLLEGE REWARDED HIS SERVICE TO CHRIST WITH
AN HONORARY DOCTORATE. PEOPLE OFTEN SAID, “OH, YOU’RE
JOE STOWELL’S SON” OR INTRODUCED ME AS “THE SON OF DR.
STOWELL.” I WAS PROUD OF MY DAD AND WAS SO HONORED TO
BE HIS SON THAT, FOR YEARS, BEING KNOWN AS HIS CHILD WAS
MY SOURCE OF SIGNIFICANCE.

THAT’S BUT A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SATISFIED
WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT COMES FROM OUR POSITION
AS A CHILD OF THE KING. BECAUSE OF GOD’S GREAT LOVE
FOR US, HE ADOPTED US AS HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS
(EPH. 1:5). THERE IS NO GREATER HONOR. NO MATERIAL
POSSESSION, FAME, POWER, OR POSITION CAN COMPARE. WHEN
WE EMBRACE THIS REALITY, WE ARE SET FREE FROM THE
TEMPTATION TO MANUFACTURE AND MANIPULATE OUR OWN
SIGNIFICANCE.

THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST HAVE SIGNIFICANCE IN HIM. WE
CAN REJOICE BECAUSE WE ARE CALLED BY HIS NAME. “HE
CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD”
(V.4). WHEN WE BELONG TO THE KING OF KINGS, WE NEED NO

OTHER BRAGGING RIGHTS! –Joe Stowell

Children of the King find their significance in
Christ.