1 JOHN 3:1 : "SEE WHAT GREAT LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED ON US THAT WE

SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD."

 

PROVERBS 23:24, "THE FATHER OF A RIGHTEOUS CHILD HAS GREAT JOY; A MAN WHO FATHERS A WISE SON REJOICES IN HIM."

Qualities of God that prove helpful to us:

1. He is merciful to us

2.He disciplines us

3. He sacrifices for us

4. He instructs us

5. He loves us

2 Timothy 2:15, "MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PRESENT YOURSELF BEFORE  GOD AS A PROVEN WORKER WHO DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED, TEACHING THE MESSAGE OF TRUTH ACCURATELY.

A LOVING FATHER MUST BECOME A "GODLY FATHER'  WHO:

1) SEEKS GOD AND LOVES GOD

2) LOVES HIS WIFE

3) LOVES HIS CHILDREN

4) IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY

5) IS A ROLE MODEL OF GOD