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1. The Timely Word
2. www.cceaton.org
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The Making of a Real Dad!

• Joshua 11-9

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Happy Fathers Day, T.V.
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Cites a Cornell University study showing fathers
average 37.7 seconds a day in real contact with
their kids. In contrast, kids watch on average 54
hours of television per week
James Dobson
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Moses birth, circumstances of life, and his
acceptance of Gods role for him
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Purpose

• to learn the God given role of fatherhood in view
  of Joshua

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By looking at the life of Joshua, we have a solid
basis to understand what all is involved with the
making of a real dad!
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I The Sense of Inadequacy
A. Joshua Filled BIG Shoes
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Joshua had moments of feeling inadequate for the
job Much like every dad present has experienced
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I The Sense of Inadequacy
A. Joshua Filled BIG Shoes
B. We Must Fill BIG Shoes
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2 Corinthians 1210
That is why, for Christs sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in difficulties. For when
I am weak, then I am strong.
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Yes, there were feelings of inadequacy, but the
promise of God overcame that inadequacy in Moses
and Joshua. That same promise remains today!
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II The Command to be STRONG
A. Called Upon to be a Leader
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Real Man Airbag
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Real Man Water Skiing
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Real Man Surgeon
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Real Man Pushup
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II The Command to be STRONG
A. Called Upon to be a Leader
B. God Has Revealed His Will
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Too many are living their lives as if it were a
crap shoot
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Proverbs 35-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do
not lean on your own understanding. In all your
ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths
straight. (NASB)
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II The Command to be STRONG
A. Called Upon to be a Leader
B. God Has Revealed His Will
C. Gods Presence is Greater than Satans Terror
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Hebrews 135
because God has said, Never will I leave you
never will I forsake you.
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III The Choice to Lead
A. Think of the Choices Faced
B. Think of What did Happen
C. Think of What Could Happen
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His character in Star Trek the Next Generation
(Capt. Jean Luc Picard) use to often say, Make
it so Number One
Patrick Stewart
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Our very survival as a nation will depend on the
presence or absence of masculine leadership in
the home.
James Dobson
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You can name anything you want to name, but I am
opposed to anything in the world that
de-emphasizes the line of difference between the
sexes. I believe ladies ought to be feminine,
sweet, lovely and charming. I believe
Jack Hyles
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men ought to be strong, masculine and decisive.
Im opposed to anything that makes a man and a
woman act alike, look alike, dress alike or talk
alike.
Jack Hyles
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Women 50 years ago wanted their men to be
fearless, chivalrous, honorable and
self-confident Their heroes were ultra-manly
Hollywood stars such a Humphrey Bogart and John
Wayne I can date the demise of
Dr. Harvey Mansfield
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manliness to the beginning of the rise of
feminism in the Sixties Forty years later, for
the first time in history, we have a gender
neutral society We need a change in our thinking
so that both men and women can lead fulfilled
lives.
Dr. Harvey Mansfield
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Is this what it is going to take until you
recognize Gods roles for men and women are to be
taken seriously?
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Conclusion and Summary
Here then is my point. We need dads being real
dads so their sons and daughters will grow up
fulfilling the roles God has given them as
Christian gentlemen or as Christian ladies!
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Joshua 2414-15
Now fear the Lord and serve Him with all
faithfulness. Throw away the gods your
forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in
Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the
Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for
yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether
the gods your forefathers served beyond the
River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
you are living. But as for me and my household,
we will serve the Lord.