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God wants us to be fathers. God wants good people to make more good people. I don’t mean to diminish being an earthly father at all. But I want to challenge you today to take a step into another kind of fatherhood. This kind of fatherhood can’t happen accidentally. It can’t happen without intention. God wants us to be Spiritual Fathers.The most important men in the Bible weren’t human fathers, they were Spiritual Fathers. 

One of the most important parts of Christianity is “the meeting together.” Being with fellow believers, growing, learning, supporting, loving one another, worshipping together, validating God’s presence in each other’s lives, all of it has always been highly important in the Kingdom of God.The early church was full of commitment and love towards one another. They met together all the time. They prayed together. They worshiped together. 

Walking this life together in the church, it’s all too easy to let our guards down and forget how serious what we are doing. Yes, God wants us to enjoy each other, to relax in His grace, but there are lines that we don’t dare cross.And as the early church experienced, God is very aware of what His people are doing and how we are functioning together.God is Truth. And when you go against Him, you are going to hit Truth. Satan’s words and thoughts will always cause you to be braver than you should be against Truth. When you find out that God doesn’t like something, how do you respond? Are you defiant, or compliant with Truth?

When life and death is on the line, you need to know God is…. A genuine, true, real, experience with God.The apostles knew their lives were on the line. There weren’t arguments over petty differences. They weren’t talking behind each other’s backs. They weren’t divided over their differences in opinion. They prayed and people were healed.They preached, went to prison, and people were saved.They prayed and God’s presence and power were revealed.

If you want to change your life, this is the recipe. This is how. If you are tired of a bad marriage, this is how to make it good. If you struggle with sin, change your devotion. If you struggle with an addiction, shift your affections and life’s dedication from that to God and His people.

Your life, up to now, if you have lived, really lived; if you have tried, really tried; if you have given yourself a chance to go after something that is difficult; your life has had trouble, upsetting, painful and sometimes even disturbing experiences.The Bible is full of stories about women, some great women, and some not so great women. There were so many things for the women in the Bible to overcome. I hope you are reading about them to be encouraged and strengthened.