Happy Father's Day. Is anybody here excited about being a Father? Got to say your hands?

Amen. Hey, I love to be a Father. I mean, I'm just, I'm excited to be a Father. I'm excited to share with you today about being a

father. Hey the Bible says that children are a blessing from the Lord and and the

fruit of the womb is our reward. And so I'm just excited to share with you some things that the Lord has shown me over the last few years of learning how to become a better father.

Tonight I'm going to talk about how to win the heart of your child.

How to win the heart of your child.

But before we get started, I want to, I've always wanted to do this so if you'll

humor me for a second I I want to honor in a very small way the the father of

gateway church pastor Robert Morris.

So are you ready?

Okay, if you would turn in your Bible

to two passages of scripture.

Malachai, chapter 4 verses 5 and and Mark chapter 12 verse 30. And put a marker at mark 12 verse 30.

And put a marker at mark 12 verse 30.

You know it's a little bit ironic that I'm going to talk tonight about how to win the heart of your child and how to be a father because I did not naturally start out as a good father.

When I got married to Melody, I just, I was young, we just graduated

from college and I had no idea how to be a father. And so I've been learning this process

and it's a process. I want to encourage you younger guys.

It's a process and you will get better as you keep fathering your children as you go along and

learn things of how to be a good parent. But I guess I remember when Kristen, my oldest daughter was three years old.

And Cassie had just been born, my youngest daughter, and so I took Kristen to church on Sunday night. I came home

from church that night and I came home I said hey honey I'm home. She said hey

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