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well happy father's dates all the dads, all the grand dads, happy,

Happy Father's Day.

Such an honor to have you join us for those of you who are fathers.

And like me, you've got kids for those who are spiritual fathers you're the mentors the coaches the teachers the leaders in the community we love you we appreciate you we honor you and this day is specially set aside and this weekend is uniquely designed to just encourage you and to thank you and to bless you.

And so if I wore my t-shirt, more fathers less government in honor of our time together right and if you disagree

with that you need to come back and learn the Bible all right we're in we're in a

great book of the Bible called Genesis and usually for something special like Father's Day

The senior pastor will take a break and do a topical sermon, but today we find ourselves in the perfect text as we're in the book of Genesis we hit Genesis chapter 25 and

we're going to answer this question how does God work through generations of a

family we've been studying the life of a man named Abraham,

one of the most significant men in the history of the world.

This week we're going to look at his son Isaac

and then his grandson Isaac's son, Jacob.

So actually right in Genesis 25, we're looking at lives and legacies being changed.

We're looking at three generations.

And so if you've got a Bible, find your place in Genesis 25. And I'll start with a bit of an analogy for for all of us

but especially for the men the husbands and the fathers. My wife Grace and I this

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